So Halloween this year fell on a Saturday under a very full moon. No costume party for me this time, which turned out to be a good thing because I’d been feeling sick all week, and by the time the weekend rolled around I was pooped…though I suppose I could have gone to a party dressed as a swine flu victim. When …
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Ông Nội
 Today I’m thrilled to plug this new blog that’s truly a labor of love by my father and his younger brother, Chú Phán. It is a tribute to my grandfather Ãà m Duy Tạo (my Ông ná»™i) who spent a lifetime studying, translating, annotating, and recording among several other works of literature, The Tale of Kim-Vân-Kiá»u (or simply Truyện Kiá»u to the Vietnamese). Truyện Kiá»u is …
Land Of Crazy Driving
 From Sacramento it’s a not-too-long drive into San Francisco, land of crazy driving. And by not-too-long I mean a little over an hour with minimal traffic. I’ve been to SF enough times to know where all the key places are…  All kidding aside, my favorite things to do in this city are watching its skyline materialize over the bridge and …
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City Of Trees
 Sacramento is the capital of the great state of California, and its nickname is the City of Trees.  It’s definitely a lush city, and a river also runs through it, so while driving around sunny downtown Sacramento I have a strange deja vu of being in Austin. But other than being a capital and university town, the two …
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More Than Just An Anniversary Celebration
Every family has one designated favorite relative. The one all the kids want seated at the kiddie table at weddings and reunions. The one who leads the most exciting life according to your young mind; the adult you want to become. You might say the one lit by joie de vivre. I’ll give you a moment to think about your own family and identify this person. …