Good news, donut lovers across the Pacific – Dunkin’ Donuts recently announced that it is planning on opening locations across Vietnam. The first ones is planned for Ho Chi Minh City Saigon.
No word if there’s going to be specialty flavors like a nuoc mam donut (which could be amazing if mixed with a nice honey glaze – just sayin’).
Still waiting for the ones in Denver to open.
Yao Ming could ball, but can he make wine?
The former Houston Rockets center is set to release his inaugural batch of Yao Ming 2009 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon in December for his Yao Family Wines company.
750mL bottles are $150 apiece and 1.5L are $325. The family reserve is $1,300 for a 1.5L bottle.
Yao launched his Yao Family Wines in November 2011.
I wrote this piece four years ago, a day after my mom’s birthday. This being the third anniversary of her passing, it feels appropriate to run it again:
“I love you.”
Three simple words that express deep, caring feelings for loved ones.
Three words that hold a great deal of impact and meaning in just eight letters.
Three words I lived without for most of my life.
Growing up, “I love you” just wasn’t part of my family’s vocabulary. I don’t think I can name an instance when anyone in my family said these words to one another. Talking with my Asi
ans friends, it seems like a common Asian thing.
It’s not that we don’t love one another, we just never express it. My parents weren’t the hugs-and-kisses type or the type that said the L-word. No, the thing they always said to me was, “Are you hungry?”
When I came home from school, it would be the first thing they would ask. Coming back from a late night with friends, my mom would wake up and groggily ask me if I was hungry. Coming back from dinner, they’d ask me if I had enough to eat.
And it wasn’t just them. My aunt would do the same whenever I went over to hang out with my cousins. It would be the first question any one of my brothers and sisters would ask whenever I visited their houses.
I remember one day I was in a particularly bad mood when my mom asked me that question.
I said, “Why do you keep asking me that? You know I’m not hungry!”
She seemed taken aback. She just turned back toward the kitchen and told me she was just wondering.
I stormed out of the house and drove off to wherever it was I was headed. But during my drive I realized that it wasn’t just another question – She was wondering about my personal well-being. At that point, I realized that my family expresses love through food.
By asking, “Are you hungry?” they’re really saying, “I love you.”
So whenever I go home and my mom asks me those three loving words, I answer with five of my own.
“Sure, what do you have?”
Singer-songwriter and YouTube star Kina Grannis is going to perform at 8 p.m. on Monday, May 7 at the Bluebird Theater, 3317 E. Colfax Ave., Denver.
Tickets are $15 in advance, $17 on the day of the show or $20 for a meet-and-greet session.
Check out one of her music videos after the jump.
Actress Donna Hansen, shown in this 2011 photo on the set of "Rashomon," will play Suyuan Woo in Vintage Theatre's production of "The Joy Luck Club."
Vintage Theatre unveiled its cast list for “The Joy Luck Club” earlier this week. The show will run April 13 to May 13 April 27 to May 20. at the Vintage Theatre (formerly the Dayton Street Theatre) at 1468 Dayton St. in Aurora.
“The Joy Luck Club” was adopted from Amy Tan’s bestselling novel by Susan Kim.
The cast (actors – characters):
Arlene Rapal – HUANG TAITAI
Andrew Hunter – DRUNK
Charlie Chiv – TIN JONG
Donna Hansen – SUYUAN WOO
Dorothy Lee – SERVANT PG18
Janell Kim – YING-YING ST. CLAIR
Jennifer So – ROSE HSU JORDAN
Kim Yan – AN-MEI HSU
Lee – OLD MAN CHONG
Michelle Yung Hurtubise – WAVERLY JONG
Samantha Yon – JING-MEI WOO
Tria Xiong – LINDO JONG
Ulcca Hansen – LENA ST. CLAIR
Maria Cheng – SWAN LADY
Paolo Dizon – CANNING WOO
Peter Trinh – LAU PO
Johnny Katona – TED JORDAN
Lilly Traviata – YOUNG YING YING
For more information, go to www.vintagetheatre.com.
Threw this together earlier today. Apologies to Electronic Arts and the Associated Press.
Magic Cyclops on “American Idol.” ‘Nuff said.
