One day, an elderly Vietnamese man walked into the office of Người Việt Tây Bắc. He wanted to place a classified ad in the largest and oldest newspaper for Vietnamese immigrants in Washington. Julie Pham, 33, … Read more
Here is a look at our day in Seattle’s most famous market. Video by Dan Q. Tham
Right in front of his childhood home, an unexploded shell jutted out from the ground, tilted at a 35-degree angle. Every day, Giuseppe Tony Tran would touch the shell with wonder. He was born in the … Read more
After a day in Calaveras County, home to the world-famous frog-jumping contest inspired by Mark Twain’s story, we drive west to the island of Alameda, California, to interview Frank Ghiglione, who has his own frog-jumping story. … Read more
Of all the cities and towns on Mark Twain’s route west that we visited, Salt Lake City honors him least. The city’s magnificent main library, a 240,000-sq.-ft., five-story-tall curved wedge-shaped beauty by Moshe Safdie and other … Read more
