The Sights of Taipei
By Angie Liang Walking the streets of Taipei for the first time in ten years, I found myself chuckling. It was so much like New York, except the …
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Returning to Our Family’s Homeland
By Angie Liang A decade has passed since I last saw Taiwan, the island country where my parents are from. They spent their childhood until their early 20s …
Loving Spain, then and now
By Kristan Hoffman Seven years ago, I fell in love with a boy. He was my closest friend in college someone who made me laugh, challenged me …
“Gentlemen, start your engines”
At least football season is all in, all done for now. Basketball is in and the Mrs. would rather watch Duke play than eat. Tis the season for, …
Lessons on Humanity from a Cheetah
By Kristan Hoffman With the spots of a Dalmatian, the build of a Greyhound, and the paws of a Great Dane, Savanna is clumsily put together but unbelievably …
Our Holiday Break
By Kristan Hoffman and Angie Liang Kristan While there was no snow or sleigh bells, my holiday was otherwise fairly traditional. I flew home to Houston and was …
Merry Christmas
Me and the Mrs. Wish you and yours a Merry Christmas and a happy next four years. It might take that long to get all the household goods …
A visit to the doctor brings good old memories
Some four or five weeks ago I had a relatively bad experience turn into some very fine memories from my childhood. I took an unfortunate tumble in the …
Moving out
After living in the same house for 34 years, the Mrs. finally decided she was ready to move on. Needless to say, yours truly was more than ready …
After the Storm
By Angie Liang We Houstonians are no strangers to hurricanes. Living in former swamplands about an hour from the Gulf Coast, weve had to stock up on non-perishables …