Mark your calendars! WHEN? -SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 2009 from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM WHERE? Thai Town: Hollywood Blvd from Western Ave to Vermont Ave FEATURING: -International Curry, Curry King Contest, Raffle Drawing, and Cooking Demonstration -The 6th Annual Thai New Year’s Day Songkran Festival -Thai Town 5K Run Walk TRANSPORTATION: 1) Hollywood/Western Metro Red…
If you live in Los Angeles, the next time you’re on the freeway or at a busy intersection, take a look at the cars. How many colors do you see? I can count them on one hand: white, gray/silver, black, and red. Sure, occasionally you’ll see a blue or green car (wow!), but it’s really…
As we UCLA students slog through final exams, we like to commiserate about our exams, projects, and papers and then reassure each other that it’ll all be over soon. In Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China, people often use the expression “add oil (加油)” to encourage each other, especially during final exams season. Yesterday I said…
Have you ever noticed that many East Asians and Southeast Asians hold up a peace sign when posing for casual photos? My first exposure to this was when I studied abroad in Hong Kong. Almost without fail, whenever my local peers posed for a photo, up went their fingers in a V-shape. I grew up…
So I’ve been following the Kogi taco truck around for the past few weeks. On Twitter. Kogi is the brainchild of Mark Manguera, whose fusion of Korean BBQ and the ubiquitous taco truck has created a Los Angeles food sensation. People keep talking about it – in class, at work, in my apartment, in the…
Diversity on television shows has been scarce for decades. Although many leading networks have been pressured to diversify, leading characters on scripted prime time shows still predominately consist of white, young and prosperous actors. Now, reality television programs are including a wider range of not only race and class, but of age and sexual orientation…