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• Inculture parents interview

  Inculture Parents magazine interviewed my husband and me about our “intercultural family”: Monday, January 21st, 2013 Real Intercultural Family: Elka and Thien Real Intercultural Family: Elka and Thien By Stephanie Meade Where are you from? Elka: I was born in England. My dad is British and my mother is German. When I was very young, [...]

• Saigon 2013

  I think this photo, which I recently snapped on Nguyen Trai Street, is a good representation of modern Saigon. There are a couple of stores catering to the city’s growing middle class; a gorgeous little French-colonial-era chapel; a sidewalk cafe with plastic stools; and the obligatory construction site looming overhead.

• My little friend

  As we’re waiting to start the Year of the Snake, I seem to be living in the Year of the Frog. This adorable little tree frog showed up in our bathroom last night, and hopped right onto me. I carried him outdoors and encouraged him to jump onto a tree, where I hope he’ll have [...]

• Hitchhiker

  Half way back from downtown I spotted a tree frog clinging to my car’s sideview mirror. Since we were in the thick of traffic I just hoped he’d hang in there until we reached some frog-friendly place to stop. Sadly, he panicked and leapt off before the Saigon Bridge. While I’d like to believe that [...]

• Christmas cheer

  In Vietnam, nothing says “Christmas” like little kids dressed up in Santa suits. Here’s my friend Mai Anh’s son, Thien Nhan (https://help-thien-nhan.blogspot.com/), decked out for the festivities.