Celebrating Chinese New Year with Food
Chinese New Year is the beginning of a new cycle, fresh, untouched and brimming with hope and endless possibilities. This is a great cause of celebration with tradition and ritual to start off the new year well. There is no … Continue reading →

Trip to Japan ~ Day 2
Jet Lagging  - Up at 4 am, perfect timing because it is 2pm in Denver. This is time to get e-mails replied and phone calls made.  After all it is a business trip. Quiet early morning hours doesn’t happen often … Continue reading →

5 Day trip to Japan – Day 1
14 hours flight ~ Half a suitcase full totaling 26 lbs, I have not packed so light flying in a long while.  We are on our way to Japan for a short 5 day business trip searching for famous Japanese ceramics around … Continue reading →

Help Japan
This blog has been silent for a while because I have been trying to figure something out in doing our part helping Japan earthquake and tsunami survivors. I wanted to make sure that our money and effort is put to … Continue reading →

My Favorite Find
We were at the Atlanta Gift Show during their bad winter storm last month. But I sure was glad to be there and finding lots of great thing for the store. My favorite find at this trip was Bee Bar. … Continue reading →

Chinese New Year Good Feng Shui
Everyone would want a year filled with good fortune.  Chinese new year (Feb. 3rd, 2011) gives a 2nd chance to start the new year right.  Here are 5 easy feng shui tips to have an auspicious rabbit year. Spring Cleaning – It … Continue reading →

Handmade Noodle – Taiwanese Style
There is a traditional Taiwanese noodle call 麵線 (mian sian), it literally means noodle thread.  With thickness about 1/3 of angel hair pasta, it only takes 1 minute to cook through. and wonderful served both hot and cold. My favorite way is pan-fried cooked noodle … Continue reading →

Childhood without Eletronics
It seems like time passes slower without TV and all other electronics.  These pictures are probably good lifestyle snap shots of  Taiwan in the 50′s & 60′s. Getting a beating is one of the “memorable” childhood experience. While never been … Continue reading →

Happy Rabbit New Year!
Happy Rabbit New Year! It is just the beginning of the new year. And I am already working on my 1st new year resolution – to blog every week in 2011. My first blog is, naturally, on New Year’s Day. For … Continue reading →

Wish come true ~ 2 days after Christmas
A friend brought J into our store, she browsed around as many first timers do.  As she was exiting towards the door, she looked up and there it was… a life-size peacock on our Christmas tree.  “I’ve got to have that peacock.” … Continue reading →