I wrote about celebrating Lunar New Year for the first time since I started learning to read and write Chinese 11 months ago; being able to read mom's Post-Its, and the poetic Chinese menu descriptions I've been missing out on all this time.
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As Texas barbecue ascends in Chicago, what happens to our own South Side style? Column by @nickdk: trib.al/W19cIcA
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The four seasons are depression, allergies, tomatoes and spooky
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Whip up one of these batch cocktail recipes — created by bartenders and bar directors at the likes of Kasama and Esmé — for an ideal Memorial Day weekend. Story by
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Get to know Chicago's James Beard nominees:
First up, Nobody's Darling, a Black woman-owned bar in Andersonville devoted to creating welcoming, women-forward queer spaces.
on how the bar is at the forefront of evolving lesbian bars: bit.ly/3wI1GBx
#jbfa
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Thank you so much! It was my privilege to write about them and I’m so glad they’re getting the recognition they deserve 🍹 twitter.com/joeybear85/sta
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Can't wait for Forest this year <3
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“The Forest brought us together.” 
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Enjoy this vignette from “A Million Shining Lights - 10 Years of Electric Forest” and rewatch the full film here: youtu.be/e9DNXNs3Nyo
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Enjoy this vignette from “A Million Shining Lights - 10 Years of Electric Forest” and rewatch the full film here: youtu.be/e9DNXNs3Nyo
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Wrote this piece about #LunarNewYear and anxiety about my parents and my partner's parents meeting for the first time.
Send pics of cute tiger things pls 🙏
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Lunar New Year celebrations begin Feb. 1. Here are some in the Philly region that you can attend with your family and friends — just don’t forget your masks!
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MY DEBUT FULL LENGTH ALBUM ‘FRACTALS’ IS OUT NOW 
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Okay, I'm totally obsessed with these:
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Pt 2 of LOTR: Middle Kingdom: A green, round door, an underground home with a open air courtyard like the siheyuan houses in China. The plaque on Bag End is taken from what they translated it in the Chinese movies.
It must be warm and cosy in the winter, I think. :)
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I'll never forget Brian Mita's strength of character, depth of kindness and seemingly endless generosity. Rest in peace my friend.
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Chef Brian Mita, who died this weekend, will be remembered for so much more than the food he made at Izakaya Mita, writes @nickdk.
chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food
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Owamni by The Sioux Chef boldly reclaims Indigenous food in the Midwest: ‘It’s an act of resistance that we exist’
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As writes, "There are more Moody survivors than anyone can definitively say. Some declined to speak to Mother Jones for this story; some, for their own reasons, have been unable to come forward at all."
Read more:
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I'm pretty new to the personal essay arena, but I hope you'll give this one a read. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 中秋节快乐! 🌕🐇
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So grateful for ’s thoughtful and gentle hand editing this piece full of squishy emotions ❤️ twitter.com/joeybear85/sta
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Back at my old stomping grounds for a sec 🥰
New story:
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Chicago's lesbian bars aren't dying out — they're evolving.
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Your definitive guide to canned cocktails ahead of July Fourth weekend: Here are our favorites — and what flopped.
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I wrote this column about my struggles with depression and trying to overcome the stigmas surrounding it: latimes.com/california/sto
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i wrote about how human resources functions—or doesn't—in the restaurant industry
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When I talked to Kelly Jo, she first told me she wanted to tell me about her son, Jay, before the diagnosis.
People are much more than a disease; her son was more than the cancer that came in the end.
Thank you for sharing your family's story:
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Like so many folks who felt the Atlanta spa shootings hit close to home, I couldn’t let it go. I didn’t want people to easily forget.
So, I went back. For the past few months, Hyun Jung Grant's sons let me into their lives.
My last story for NYT:
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Join AAJA and on June 9 for a discussion on the power journalism has to refute or amplify the wedge between the Black and AAPI communities as we strengthen our relationship for the future.
🌟 Register:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist
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The CDC's newest guidelines for those fully vaccinated offer an ease in restrictions, including no longer needing to wear a mask in public except for certain places. Learn more:
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After two years, three complaints to city, state and federal agencies, countless phone calls, and hours aiding investigators, one former employee of Tank Noodle spurred a federal investigation resulting in nearly $700,000 in back wages paid to 60 workers.
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On the hunt for boba tea?
Be prepared to have your bubble popped — tapioca balls are in short supply.
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While working on this story, I found an official city press release from the Emanuel era claiming would solve food injustice in Chicago’s most vulnerable neighborhoods by “Summer 2020.”
Guess what didn’t happen, therefore driving the necessity of these 3 services? twitter.com/joeybear85/sta
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Some career news — I’m joining the team at as an education reporter covering Detroit Public Schools. I’m moving in May.
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We are beyond thrilled to announce the hiring of @JessicaVillag as our new reporter covering Detroit schools. Jessica comes to @chalkbeatDET from the Chicago Tribune, where she's been a general assignment reporter covering crime, breaking news, and Chicago’s Latino communities.
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Nike, H&M face China fury over Xinjiang cotton 'concerns'
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I spoke with several Asian American women in the Chicago area about the relentless scourge of racist sexual harassment they've weathered — and their fears of more violence following the Atlanta shootings.
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Our guidance to newsrooms in the wake of the Atlanta shootings:
1/ Take caution with language in coverage that could fuel hypersexualization of Asian women. In describing the businesses affected by the shootings, avoid terminology & connotations of prostitution or sexualization
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THREAD: We are devastated by the news out of Atlanta. Last night a white man murdered 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian women. This violence is the culmination of centuries of white supremacy in America, and it's important we center the victims and most marginalized in our coverage.
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the last part! "we expected to be treated poorly so there was no sorrow..."
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IDENTITY CRISIS: South Korean actor Youn Yuh-jung, who lived in Florida decades ago, said she doesn't "fully" comprehend why Asian Americans cry after watching the film she stars in, "Minari." #미나리
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‘Dehumanization’ of Chicago’s restaurant workers leaves them with a tough choice: COVID-19 risk or unemployment?
ARIEL CHEUNG IS THE BEST!! So excited to see what she does in this role 😍 twitter.com/arielfab/statu
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"I was not emotionally prepared for this kind of success."
A whole mood.
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People went HAM on the NYT recipe developer that added tomatoes to pasta carbonara, so I decided to replace nearly every ingredient in it, add ketchup, and still call it carbonara, because there is no bad time in your life for a pasta controversy.
foodisstupid.substack.com/p/ketchup-carb
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