Had a very exciting reading for Dragon Chica at the wonderful Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, Colorado. I arrived early with my father when suddenly the lights went out. At first we thought it was just a blown fuse, but then everyone noticed the lights for the whole block were out…all buildings, all street [...]
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Rick Steves & China A to Z
Posted in China, Chinese women, family, Interviews, Questions from readers, U.S.-China relations, Uncategorized, winberg chai, tagged China economy, China travel, Chinese women, Interviews, Olympics, One Child Policy, Rick Steves, Travel, Travel tips, U.S.-China relations on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was interviewed by travel guru Rick Steves for his radio show about the book CHINA A TO Z, which I co-authored with my father. However, I just realized that I never put a link to that interview on my blog. So here it is, folks! You can listen to the hour-long radio show or [...]
My Father’s Mad Men Days, II
Posted in Asian American Literature, Asian Pacific American, family, Hollywood, photos, pictures, winberg chai, tagged 1950s, Advertising, Asian American History, Benton and Bowles, Mad Men, Madison Avenue, Name That Tune, New York City, Ted Bates, winberg chai on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As promised, here is the full-length article describing my father’s real life as a “mad man” in an advertising agency in NYC in the 1950s. This article was published in the Jakarta Post Weekender Magazine, November 2009. (pdf links if these images are too hard to read: mad-men-weekender-page 1 and mad-men-weekender-2nd page)
My Father’s “Mad Men” Days
Posted in Asian Pacific American, family, Hollywood, photos, pictures, winberg chai, tagged 1950s, Advertising, Asian American History, Don Draper, Hollywood, Mad Men, Madison Avenue, Name That Tune, Television, winberg chai on October 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A longer, more detailed version of this essay is going to appear in print in THE JAKARTA POST WEEKENDER MAGAZINE. (It will include juicy details about my father’s stint on “Name That Tune.”) I promise I’ll post a link if/when it’s available.
Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Letter to My Father
Posted in Asian Pacific American, China, family, U.S.-China relations, winberg chai, tagged China, Kennedy, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Senator Ted Kennedy, U.S.-China relations, winberg chai on August 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My father called me bright and very early this morning to tell me that Senator Kennedy had died. For my father, like so many of his generation, the Kennedy family has embodied so many American dreams and nightmares. When I was a child just starting school, both my parents talked so frequently of Pres. John [...]
