For Mother’s Day, I wanted my family to try Ethiopian food again because we all really enjoyed it when I made everyone try it for my birthday in January. Addis Red Sea was our first Ethiopian restaurant. My husband and I used to live in the South End in Boston and it was walking distance…
My friend, Dr. Hyeouk Chris Hahm, studies Asian American youth social-emotional health at Boston University School of Public Health. Asian Americans youth have high rates of depression and suicide (second only to Native Americans). Dr. Hahm analyzes the root causes to come up with a multidimensional intervention program designed for high schools and colleges. Harvard is…
I’m mentoring a First to College high school student whose goal is to study graphic design at MassArt so I took her to meet one of my college freshman dorm mates, Lisa Rosowsky, is a professor of graphic design there. Lisa sent me an invite to her newest show called For Our Fathers: Two fathers—one…
My oldest did the same art class, Xtreme Week, at Mass College of Art and Design a few years ago. She thought her little brother would like it so I got him to agree and signed it up. Secretly, it was also to help regulate his bedtime. He’s been staying up way too late this…
Now that I’ve turned 54-years-old, I’m thinking about mid-life goals even though this not a milestone year. I’ve decided to create priorities and organize my life three categories: health, wealth and happiness. Mid-Life Health Check-In My first step was to do all those medical appointments that I have been putting off: Doctor (physical) Dentist (cleaning–…
Painted Ladies migrate as far north as the Arctic Circle. The 9,000 mile round trip is almost double the length of the famous migrations undertaken by Monarch butterflies in North America. The apparent lack of a return migration of the late-summer generation of Painted Lady butterflies was one of the greatest enigmas in insect migration ecology. from…
We took the kids to try Ethiopian Food at Addis Red Sea in the South End, Boston (our old stomping ground). We used to eat here a long time ago and the cozy ambiance is the same as we remembered. The food is delicious (but probably not as spicy as the food typically is in…