Because you never know ...
"... whether you'll stub your toe on a rock or a pearled oyster as you wade through the muddy waters of life."
Author: Shinyung Oh is a former associate at Paul Hastings who lives in San Francisco.
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Hot Dog Nuggets
One of my most memorable fights with my mom featured Nathan's hot dog nuggets. Sixteen of them. You know, those that look like miniature corndogs, but without the sticks. They came in a green and…
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Notions of Womanhood
I've been attending a sewing class all week. At 2:00 in the afternoon. While almost everyone else I know is at work. In fact, around noon on Monday, when most people were stepping out to…
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Our New Phase
Maternal instinct had been knocking at my door for some time now, but I had kept it at bay until a couple of months ago. After the spina bifida ultrasound, the floodgates opened and I…
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The Snoogle
I've introduced a strange thing into our bed. When I told a friend that I was pregnant the first time as we dined over chicken with black bean sauce at Henry's Hunan, she reached across…
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Strangeness
A few months earlier, I flipped through Lennart Nilsson's photography book, Life, at Border's and was fascinated by the images he was able to capture. He had photographed every stage of human development, from conception…
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Stranded
[This is one of my favorite incidents from last year.]The afternoon started on a better note. I laced up my running shoes for the first time in weeks. The fog had not yet starting rolling…
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Baby & Pregnancy Books
For Moms/Dads and Soon-To-Be-Moms/Dads,I hope we can share our lists of favorite pregnancy/baby books. I've read only a few so far, but the one I very much enjoyed was What's Going on in There?: How…
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Secret Identities
Here's an article I wrote for KoreAm about Secret Identities, an anthology of Asian-American superhero graphic novels. The coolest thing about writing this article was interviewing a bunch of Asian-Americans involved in the media and…
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Little Moccasins
Last Friday, we stopped by a shop in Hanalei called Ola's. We were drawn in by the shop's glass display, given Jeff's interest in glass blowing. When we were in Venice a couple of years…
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Another Week
The last time we were in Kauai, we spent most of our week in Hanalei, which is along the North Shore. One of our favorite lunch spots was a burger joint called Hanalei Gourmet. One…