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Last year, we celebrated Michael’s 30th birthday at the Indian Oven restaurant in San Francisco. For his 31st birthday, Deb, Arwen, Dave, Keith, Teri, Rae, Susan, Petrice, Michelle, and I joined Mr. T at Mescolanza Pasta Pizzetta Dolce on Clement and 24th. On the way to the restaurant, Rae and…

Aujourd’hui, j’ai passé du temps avec Rae, Anne, Céline, et ses familles à Mountain View et à Palo Alto. EIles se sont arrivées il y a quelques jours après avoir assisté au mariage de Jean-Laurent et Grace à Orange Country. Les enfants d’Anne et de Céline sont devenus temporairement mes…

I met Jean-Laurent through his sister, Hoàng-Mai, when I was living and studying in Paris. At the time, neither Anne, Jean-Laurent, nor their two other sisters, Céline or Nathalie, were married. The past seven years have seen some big changes in the Huynh family, with Jean-Lo now joining Céline and…

Yesterday night, I went to the San Diego Padres game at Qualcomm Stadium. My Dad and I were accompanied by Colin, one of my parents’ friends. The game was exciting up to the fifth or sixth inning, when the lead bounced back and forth between the Braves and the Pads.…

Friday night featured the opening reception for the GOT ART? Showcasing Works by Emerging Asian Artists exhibition at the Chinese Culture Center. The CCC is a “major community-based, non-profit organization established in 1965 to foster the understanding and appreciation of Chinese and Chinese American art, history, and culture in the…

A number of Rae’s friends are from San Diego, and one of them is returning back to the hometown after several years in the Bay Area. On Friday night, we went to Suzanne’s place in Berkeley to wish her well on the eve of her departure. The last time that…

FANTASTIC! THE ART OF COMICS AND ILLUSION is running until October 17, 2002, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts at Mission and Third in San Francisco. On the first Tuesday of each month, appropriately known as Free Tuesday, the galleries at Yerba Buena and the SFMOMA are open…

This afternoon, I was sitting in front of my computer, when the familiar smell of something burning wafted into the room. I turned around and saw the entire park outside of my house enveloped in smoke! I grabbed my camera, strapped on my cleats, and rode the bike down the…