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This weekend, I said goodbye to the calm and easy streets of Mountain View as I completed my move to nearby Cupertino. Four years living in the same place meant I accumulated a large number of possessions that I had to either (1) take to the new place or (2)…

Rae’s parents performed Saturday night with their choir at the First United Methodist Church in Palo Alto. The San Jose Chinese Choir was formed “in 1981 by parents and friends of the San Jose Chinese School.” They give regular performances in the Bay Area and have sung in the Hawaiian…

Music streamed from the phallic Harmon Kardon Soundsticks and Jello shots (red not green this time) flowed from the fridge last night at Dardy’s Bulletproof Lounge party, held in celebration of his now furnished apartment. There were a number of online personalities present, including Carol, Paul, Mike, Eric, Susan, Rae,…

Quoi d’neuf? On Saturday, the St. Lawrence String Quartet performed Tchaikovsky 1 and Bartok 3 at Eric’s in San Francisco. I’m not well versed in classical music, but I can spot excellence when I hear it — Geoff, Barry, Leslie, and Alberto, they are most impressive. On Sunday, Rae and…

Right now, Judy is on a plane headed for Japan, where she’ll be working for the next several months. On Monday night, she held a going-away party at her place in Oakland. It was nice meeting some familiar faces in Mona and Vanessa, both of whom I haven’t seen in…

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…