PART TWO // MEXIGRAMS

me gustan los aviones, me gustas tu // me gusta viajar, me gustas tu // me gusta la mañana, me gustas tu // me gusta el viento, me gustas tu // me gusta… Read More →

EVERY DAY THE 14th.

This morning I woke up to the sound of my neighbor practicing his trumpet. In between all of his squeaking and honking, I think he might have been trying to play a Lionel… Read More →

EMPIRE BUILDER STATE OF MIND.

You decide to take the Amtrak to Idaho, because the roads are icy and your car has old tires, and on the train, you can read and sleep and dream. You step out… Read More →

CORN DOGS AND COTTON CANDY. {VASHON ISLAND}

I have been going to Vashon to visit my aunt and uncle since I was a baby. My memories of this place go back as far as I can remember: riding the ferry… Read More →

Kimchee Love. {KOREA}

Dear Kimchee: You are laid out in front of me on a small plate and I pick you up with silver chopsticks. You burn my mouth with your heat and you remind me… Read More →

Gaga Seoul. {Korea}

My first night in Korea and Tiana surprised me with tickets to the Gaga. I laughed, I cried and then I was immediately relieved that I was old enough to get into the… Read More →

Walking on Korean air. {Somewhere over the ocean}

When I boarded the large pale blue Korean Air jetliner, it was like a dream: the flight attendants with their hair in buns and their blue silk dresses and neck scarves and the… Read More →