By Assunta Ng Giving the wrong gift to the wrong person produces no joy. For Christmas gifts, I stay away from personal clothes, handbags, or hats. However, you won’t go […]
Festivalgoers embrace Little Saigon
By Hailey Way UW Newslab At the third annual Celebrate Little Saigon Festival on August 17, the sun shined, beer and Vietnamese coffee flowed, Vietnamese food was plentiful and the […]
BLOG: Live band surprises Uwajimaya’s CEO?
By Assunta Ng A live band marched into Uwajimaya on the morning of Aug. 21 to surprise its CEO, Tomoko Moriguchi Matsuno, for her 68th birthday. But on closer look, […]
BLOG: An unexpected great business weekend
By Assunta Ng Graduations and Father’s Day celebrations illuminated Chinatown–International District businesses last weekend.
BLOG: Hara’s mom is 98 and doing well
By Assunta Ng Former Seattleite Shuko Hara, mother of King County Assessor Lloyd Hara, is 98 and now living in Delaware to be close to her daughter.
BLOG: Can you feed a family for less than $5?
By Assunta Ng Can you feed a family of four with a budget of $400 a month? A Seattle Times article said a mother was able to do so by […]
BLOG: Modernizing my Lunar New Year dinner
By Assunta Ng When I was a child, I followed some silly Lunar New Year traditions. My family wouldn’t bathe on the first day because in Chinese culture, it is […]
PICTORIAL: The Food of Lunar New Year
Special thanks to Lam’s Seafood and Uwajimaya Photos by George Liu/NWAW // < 


