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Dolls Like Us: The Changing Face of Toys

... my girls to the mecca of American excess: the American Girl store at The Grove in Los Angeles. Replete with a doll salon and personal ... a set), the Hollywood executive progeny crowded inside the store. The husband and I gifted our big kid with the Cecile doll for her ...

hyphen-migration - 05/18/2015 - 5:14pm - 3 comments

Flour and Rice: What My Ancestors Taught Me About Survival Food

... of COVID-19, I decided to make dakjuk. Despite the grocery store already emptying out from panic buying, I was able to buy the last ... flour and rice — had already disappeared from grocery store shelves by this time and would be impossible to buy for several weeks. ...

Sarah Huang - 05/19/2020 - 2:41am - 0 comments

If the Glasses Fit, I'd Wear Them

... ago, I went into the partly-Asian American owned eyewear store in San Francisco, HyperOptics Optometry . Now that I have insurance, ... the land of crookedness. I had thought that since the store was partly-Asian American owned (or wholly? I'm not sure), they would ...

hyphen-migration - 05/18/2015 - 5:15pm - 8 comments

Online Exclusive: Free Sharing with artist Gaye Chan

... but opened the door to the office found a disco, grocery store or living room. It would be confounding at first, but then you might see ... have noticed if you were expecting to see a disco, grocery store or living room. What are your "inputs"? What inspires you and feeds ...

hyphen-migration - 09/13/2015 - 9:07pm - 0 comments

Making Better Memories

... Evite/Facebook event post Sound system and Pandora Thrift store tux or dress (ruffles optional) 100 of your closest friends/neighbors ... ? It’s cool to be nerdy now. So go to the dollar store and stock up on tissue paper, balloons, plastic spaceships, storm ...

hyphen-migration - 09/01/2015 - 2:06am - 0 comments

The Herb Is the Word

... on Stockton Street in San Francisco. In our first store, I told the teenaged kid working there, “I’m looking for Chinese ... stepped into an herbalist shop — it was an Asian pantry store, where they stock dried scallops and abalone for cooking. Apparently not ...

hyphen-migration - 09/13/2015 - 11:23pm - 0 comments

DECEMBER FICTION: "Retrograde"

... in front of their favorite haunt of a corner convenience store. But really, it was his wife who affirmed the move. In his last moment ... remembered how as a child, he’d dive into a particular pet store by the bus stop with the full intention of making it his own personal ...

Jung Yun - 12/02/2019 - 2:01pm - 0 comments

Double Trouble at Singleton's

... nightclub in favor of their neighborhood Vietnamese food store. Ruk22 (also known as Denise Lampton, 29), and Flo’rescent ... too many hurricanes and oil spills. Singleton’s was a store that stayed back and still served the community. Like Flo says in the ...

hyphen-migration - 05/18/2015 - 5:14pm - 0 comments

Edible Finds: Top Seven Chinese New Year Parade Snacks NYC

... are that you have had something from Aji Ichiban by now. The store is delightful. It's bright, exciting, and filled with samples. Samples ... grew up with dried fish and peas in their lunch boxes. This store blatantly offered a look at cultural differences in food. And if you ...

hyphen-migration - 05/18/2015 - 5:15pm

My Little China Doll

... doll. The Scene of the Investigation Toy Store, San Francisco. Crackling, fluorescent lights. Multi-ethnic personnel. At ... with a home hair-dye kit, this intrepid reporter wishes the store would carry the sleepy-eyed, pink-cheeked and vanilla-scented Yang, from ...

hyphen-migration - 09/09/2015 - 8:59pm