nod 'n' smile

It seems the world is full of Chinatowns. Whenever I travel, I’m always amazed by how many big cities seem to have one, even areas that are otherwise pretty homogeneous. They exist on six continents (come on, Antarctica, what are you waiting for?). Some have been around for centuries and yet the Chinese lifestyle and [...]

I often get asked what my favorite restaurants are in the city. In true New Yorker form, I either order in or eat out for 90% of my meals, so it’s a perfectly reasonable question and one for which you’d think I’d have a good answer. But for some reason, I always seem to draw [...]