Top Contributors to the Asian Community is an annual awards banquet — this means there’s plenty of food! — honoring our community leaders.
Archives for November 2011
READER’S CORNER: Have you ever gambled or are you still gambling? Can you join me in saying, ‘I have never gambled in my life?’
By Gideon Sanoy For Northwest Asian Weekly The phone rang. Being a new desk clerk at the Bush Hotel, which is owned and managed by SCIDpda (Seattle Chinatown International District […]
International Special Review District Board announces candidates for annual election
The 2011 International Special Review District Board election will be held on Nov. 15, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the Bush Asia Hotel, 409 Maynard Avenue South, in […]
BLOG: One last lucky day of the year
By Assunta Ng I got this from a few friends recently: “This year we are going to experience four unusual dates: 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11.”
BLOG: Is Chinese food organic?
By Assunta Ng The other day, at a dim sum lunch I donated at a Chinese restaurant, a non-Asian woman said she didn’t eat shrimp.
BLOG: Play the lotto or eat delicious food
By Assunta Ng Recently, an older Asian woman’s eyes caught my box of little golden, juicy, sweet tomatoes while I was waiting for the cashier at Uwajimaya.
BLOG: Who has the money?
By Assunta Ng China, of course. “These days, our real estate market is dry. No one has money to buy,” said a Chinese American realtor who dropped by the Asian Weekly earlier in the month.
EDITORIAL: Too late for two warring parties to make amends? Nope.
One of our front page stories, “LIHI exec and local group in dispute over former tenant’s $99,” is a classic he-said-she-said kind of story. Sharon Lee, executive director of the […]
LIHI’s Sharon Lee and SeaSol clash over $99
By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly “Amateurish and unsophisticated.” This is how Sharon Lee describes the actions of the Seattle Solidarity Network (SeaSol). Lee, executive director of the Low Income […]
Construction of a new Seattle Goodwill building begins — really
By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly When an organization wants things done right, members sometimes find that doing things themselves may ultimately prove to be the best option.