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Gary Ono’s sunny Little Tokyo apartment is a monument to the things he loves. Behind his dining room table hangs a Japanese illustrative scroll—vintage and …
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“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” (Shakespeare; Romeo and Juliet) William pretty much …
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I have spent a great deal of my life trying not to be conspicuous. Maybe it’s the result of my painful lack of social skills …
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These were not letters from a summer camp like the funny one from a young homesick camper as written by songwriter, Allan Sherman, in his …
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Read Part 1 >> Japantown Family and Personal Recollections By now, my childhood flashback images of my grandfather’s semi-automatic sembei machine are stroboscopic visual pulsations. …
The fortune cookie, the famous and fun gratuitous dessert, is unfailingly gifted following delicious meals in all Chinese restaurants throughout the world. So this uniquely …
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