Photos from Big Island of Hawaii
Ramie and I had a great trip to the Big Island of Hawaii swimming with sea turtles, seeing a volcano, hiking to secluded beaches and eating good food. IPad and iPhone users, link to Flickr Read More …
Category: Travel
No Asians on Food Network
This video is funny but true. Lots of Asian food, no Asian people on the Food Network other than Ming Tsai, and his show isn’t on the network anymore. An aside: I saw Tsai, the Read More …
Experience in Chicago raises questions about stereotypes
My trip to Chicago last week for the Unity Journalists of Color convention drew some parallels the “Across Asian Middle America” feature in the Road Trip Issue of Hyphen, which hits the streets in August. Read More …
My Top 10 (+1) list from Japan, Vietnam
A tourist junk sails in Halong Bay, Vietnam. More photos from Japan and Vietnam It’s probably not common to combine visits to Japan and Vietnam in one trip, but we did it. We had friends Read More …
Japan is exciting, bewildering
The jet lag is wearing off, but I’m still waking up at 5 a.m. Tokyo time. Ramie and I have been here almost a week and just got back from two days in Kyoto. Japan Read More …
South Africa border unrest raises apartheid’s spirit
Since visiting last year, I take an interest at any news I come across about South Africa. This Los Angeles Times story highlights a long-simmering problem of social unrest in Zimbabwe and the mass migration Read More …
It happens in Vegas: change
The bright lights of the Las Vegas Strip. My first visit to Las Vegas was in 1999. A buddy and I booked the best hotel deal we could find, and not knowing the geography, we Read More …
Penny Marshall flies Southwest
I was on the same Southwest flight from Oakland to Burbank with actor-director Penny Marshall on Saturday. My wife Ramie and her sister Debbie spotted her at the gate waiting area, and at first they Read More …
Hawaii’s unique state
It could be the white-sand beaches. It could be the blue sea that calls you to jump in. It could be the warm tropical weather and the palm trees waving in the breeze. It could Read More …
Almost out of South Africa
Our South Africa trip is winding down. Ramie and I (seen with the Three Rondawels rock formations along the Blyde River) are in Johannesburg now on our last day in the country. We’ve been to Read More …