Archive for March 26th, 2008
Tonight at the San Francisco Public Library and Launch Party
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008So I have two events back to back tonight (Wednesday, March 26) — library and a 150+ person party. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. San Francisco Public Library , 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., San Francisco Launch Party @ Swig Bar , 561 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, Organized […]
OC Register’s Q&A…musings on my Chinese name and Colbert
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Richard Chang of the Orange County Register write a Q&A with me and also plugs the appearances at Vroman’s Bookstore in Pasadena; Friday at Skylight Books in Los Angeles; and Saturday at the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda. What is nice: it will also be picked up in the Los Angeles Daily […]
Aol’s front page, “click bomb”
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Aol.com put this feature on Chinese food myths on its front page for six hours on Sunday and it cause a jump in traffic to this blog, and a sharp (but quick) bump on Amazon (~200 to 124). As a guy who worked for Gap’s Internet properties observed, when they have a shopping deal featured […]
Fortune Cookie Chronicles in Hawaii
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008A friend sent me a photo of her 90-year-old dad reading The Fortune Cookie Chronicles galley while on vacation in Hawaii.