Days of The Dragon

I’m sorry blog, I’ve been neglecting you. I can blame it squarely on Facebook. When I put out little updates on there every day or two, it just seems like there’s nothing to put here. I guess you’re relegated to monthly catch-up updates for now, unless I decide to start writing about other stuff on [...]

A couple of updates first – Parker An is now 3 1/2 – and has the verbal and analytical skills of a 4 or 5 year old – it’s a little scary (in a good way!) sometimes what comes out of that mouth. He’s more into books lately, which is great…and has taken a sudden [...]

We had a very fun and full Halloween weekend. I took Friday off work, and Parker An and I headed up to Michigan. Friday we visited Madison Heights, which has several Vietnamese stores. There’s a few restaurants, a couple of video and book stores, a market, etc. We ate at the Little Saigon restaurant – [...]

Going to Toronto again next week for a few days, really looking forward to it. Parker is so excited, we’re gonna have to ride the streetcars and the subways a lot! Chinatown, here we come – more yummy Vietnamese food – yay! Also, tomorrow night starts Rosh Hashanah – L’Shanah Tovah (שנה טובה) to all [...]

Last weekend I drove down to Columbus, which isn’t really very far away – only two hours. We met up with two other families that have adopted children from Viet Nam, and we spent about six hours at the fantastic Columbus Zoo, one of the best in the country. It was a really fun time, [...]