As a typical immigrant trying zealously to fit in with the natives, I have embraced Boston’s love of ice cream in all seasons; in fact, I love the idea of walking around with a cone on days when the air is colder than the ice cream itself. This, however, is the first time [...]
There are some movies so terrifyingly awful that they evoke a fight or flight response, and Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of them. Now, I admit to a certain Pavlovian response because I’d seen parts of it while suffering from a fever as a small child, but it’s also quite possible that it [...]
One distinguishing feature of Asian hair salons (or at least the 5-6 I’ve been to) is that as part of the shampoo you also get a nice scalp massage, sort of a watered-down (pun intended) shaitsu. Today my stylist was getting her hair colored and highlighted (which is itself weird, kinda like seeing your dentist [...]
The Anderkoos request the pleasure of your company at
dumpling party 2006:
fight the War on Chinese New Year
Saturday, January 28the Anderkoo residence
I’ve finally posted photos from Christmas 2005 with the Andersons in Wheaton, IL. They were taken by our new Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ2, which sadly kicked it soon thereafter (somehow the LCD screen cracked). Well, it was a good camera while it lasted.
The photo at right is of the matching lawnmower and snowblower set
that was the [...]
