Well, day 4 of Project FSK (Feed Stray Kitten) finally gets me a photo op with my furguy. It’s all on the down-low because I can’t just pluck him from someone’s family… but I think it’s official that he thinks breakfast begins at my house.  I didn’t see him at all since Friday when I first blogged about …
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Another Year Of Roaming
 Exactly one year ago I published my first post at this blog, and it was a recap of the CHANEL Mobile Art exhibit in NYC.  If my life hadn’t worked out the way it has, often full of fashion frivolity, I would have liked to have been a photojournalist covering stories from the front line. Richard Engel is the person …
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The Revenge Of The Runt
 When I was 10 some kid took it upon herself to tell me that I was a runt. English was my third language at this point yet I was not exactly literate in any of the three, so I wasn’t sure what that word meant. But from the wrinkle in her nose I knew it wasn’t a compliment. You might …
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Ông Nội
 Today I’m thrilled to plug this new blog that’s truly a labor of love by my father and his younger brother, Chú Phán. It is a tribute to my grandfather Ãà m Duy Tạo (my Ông ná»™i) who spent a lifetime studying, translating, annotating, and recording among several other works of literature, The Tale of Kim-Vân-Kiá»u (or simply Truyện Kiá»u to the Vietnamese). Truyện Kiá»u is …
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More Than Just An Anniversary Celebration
Every family has one designated favorite relative. The one all the kids want seated at the kiddie table at weddings and reunions. The one who leads the most exciting life according to your young mind; the adult you want to become. You might say the one lit by joie de vivre. I’ll give you a moment to think about your own family and identify this person. …