My dad may be known as the cook around the house, but when it comes to vegan dishes, no one beats my mom. Every year for Tet, she would recreate her special vegan noodle dish, the same one that she used to sit at a local food cart in Vietnam and would eat with her sister. The concept is simple but using many key ingredients. Rice noodles cooked in a sweet broth that has been […]
Happy Tet! Being a big fan of winter holidays myself, I often get into a slump after the New Year in January, but then February comes along and the festivities of Tet always gets me back into the spirit of things. Every year during this time, my mom cooks up a storm of vegan dishes and an explosion of yellow blooms from forsythia branches and chrysanthemums fill the house. On the eve of Tet, my […]
I’ve been doing well so far with not staying too late in the classroom during the weekdays, even though this week has been full of meetings and Open House shenanigans. I’m taking a step back to enjoy the beautiful weather and Tet this weekend. The kids have been doing so awesome. I’ve really been enjoying grading these Van Gogh paintings of theirs. See more here.
The winter is slowly showing signs of it’s departure down here in the South. On good occasions, like this past week, the only remnants of its presence comes to us in chilly breezes, accompanied by those blazing orange sunsets around 6 o’clock in the evenings. Signs of spring have been discovered, if you look close enough, in the little weeds that peek through the grass and in the flowering pear trees that have been so […]
Last week, I spent another evening at Myth & Symbols with old friends and met a few new acquaintances during a relief printmaking workshop. Wine, good pizza, great art and sour gummy worms to cap off the night. You can see more images from the workshop here.
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