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Neon Elevated with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

Wow! What a night! From the first ring of a single hand bell that roused the ensemble dancers in black…

13 Tongues, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Dance, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Taiwan, 十三聲

Speaking for Trees with Music and Film

Have you ever looked at a tree, like really, really look at it? Taiwanese Composer Chou Hsuan-Hung (周宣宏) and Filmmaker…

banyan trees, concert, nature, Taiwan Academy, TOCA Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation, Wei Wu Ying 衛武營, Whispers of Trees, 樹仔聲

In the garden: Feels good, Smells good, and… HUH?

Spending time in nature is good for health. Benefits include improved attention, reduced stress, and increased happiness. No wonder in…

garden, geraniums, lamb ears, Los Angeles Arboretum, nature, unusal pollinators

In the Eye of the Beholder, “Man of God” Inspects the Male Gaze

We’ve all heard of the old axiom that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” While the expression appears…

Anna Ouyang Moench, arts, Geffen Playhouse, Male Gaze, Man of God, play

Consider the parsley.

America’s salad landscape has since gotten so exciting since my childhood salad days comprised of iceberg/romaine lettuce salad mix dressed…

healthy eating, healthy food, parsley, salad

A Burning

Frustrated? Disappointed? Cynical? I can’t quite nail down how I was feeling after finishing Megha Majumdar’s A Burning. The book…

fiction, good read, MeghaMajumdar, must read, nationalbookaward, novel, reading

Drink, Eat, Exfoliate.

Eat, pray, love? Nahhhh. Let’s drink, eat, and exfoliate. I am talking about homemade soy + barley milk. Growing up,…

barley, healthy eating, healthy food, soy bean, soy milk, wellness

Tell you a Kahaani

I can’t tell you a lot. Except, watch Kahaani, a 2012 Hindi-language thriller directed by Sujoy Ghosh. My one hint…

detective, female lead, hindi movie, India, Kahaani, movie review, must watch movie, mystery, thriller

CNY in Penang, Malaysia

Growing up in the U.S. I have vague memories of celebrating the Lunar New Year. Sure, I kind of remember…

Chinese New Year, CNY customs, Kek Lok Si 極樂寺, lion dance, Lunar New Year, Malaysia, Penang, Southeast Asia, Travel

The Vanishing Half

“The hardest part about becoming someone else was deciding to. The rest was only logistics.”  Stella, The Vanishing Half I…

African American literature, book, Brit Bennett, family drama, fiction, good read, must read, novel, reading, sisterhood

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