Wordless Wednesday: Princess of Nashville

at Hot & Cold, another Bongo Java production

Proud Posts: May Video/Photo Recap

 

“Share your favorite post from the last month and tell us why it’s close to your heart!”

This month's blogging took SO MUCH TIME - it was all visual/video.  Two posts I put a ton of work into are:

Boba A Go-Go! APA Month Vlog - my first ever video blog with Krispy

and

Grand Ol' South Tour: Nashville - the photos of me and my 'Sis' make me so happy

The Asian's Guide to the South

Hello Intrepid Asians!

You may at one time find yourself venturing into the deep interiors of America, wondering what the heck you're doing there and if you'll make it out alive.

I have gone South...and returned, bearing photographs aplenty.

Here is a truth-tell of how to experience the South as a Yankee, a city slicker, and - of course - an Asian.

GENERAL
Shame on you Los Angeles and New York.  The South beats you by spades in politeness.  One creepy thing Southerners do is look you in the eye when they speak to you!  Like they actually care that you're a human!  What is that?! 

CHARLESTON
Nervous about landing in a state that proudly flies the Confederate flag?  "Chas" is a bit of an uncomfortable place to be Asian - because you'll be the only one.  In EVERY SINGLE place you visit.  We definitely received double takes and awkward stares.  Fun place to see American history, but lacking greatly in diversity. 

NASHVILLE

New blog friend Joy is moving to Nashville, and I'm happy to report that the music capital is a fairly comfortable place to be Asian.  The 3 colleges, including nationally known Vanderbilt, brings in enough hipster-wannabes that you can pretend you're in Venice, CA.  Nobody bats an eye when you walk into a restaurant, and you can even play Spot the Asian about once a day.

Grand Ol' South Tour: Nashville

Family

From Charleston we flew to Nashville to see my childhood friend that I call my little 'Sis'.

It was AMAZING to see her in the city she's adopted for the last 5 years, and to finally meet her boyfriend.  We're both far from family and having a sister for a few days filled a wonderful place in me.

We checked out the art fair at Centennial Park, which also sports a full-size replica of the Parthenon.  Local high schoolers were taking prom photos that day so we joined in.

reliving our high school musical days

At night we created my Mii so we could...play the Michael Jackson dance game on the Wii of course.

Food

Vidalia onion rings at Burger Up

their Bongo Java brand coffee is like crack

lunch on our last day

housemade salsa & chicken salad

Sis' front porch, right before the every-13-year cicada plague.

Next up on the tour...Graceland!

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Don't forget to Ask Your Asian! Ask me or Krispy anything and the Asians will answer in an end-of-May vlog.

Magnolia Plantation and Fort Sumter

Charleston: Touristing

We toured the Magnolia Plantation, which they've renamed the "Garden", and I swear I found Bon Temps.

Having a Sookie moment

Having a Snow White moment

Then we hopped a ferry to Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.

bridge to Mount Pleasant ferry dock

You did NOT put a Confederate hat on my Yankee head

inside the Fort

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Don't forget to Ask Your Asian! Ask me or Krispy anything and the Asians will answer in an end-of-May vlog.

Ask Your Asian: APA Month

Happy Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month!

Because of the Grand Ol' South Tour I didn't get to post about this until now, but it doesn't matter because May is not the only month I rock my Asian heritage.

To celebrate, Krispy from A Nudge In the Right Direction and I will be your Asian ambassadors.  Send us your questions about anything Asian from why Korean girls get eye surgery to what Krispy and I consider our ethnic identity.  We're spilling our yellow secrets!

Our Q&A will debut at the end of the month...in VLOG form.  That's right, we're putting our moving pictures into the interwebz.  It sounded like a good idea at the time.  I blame Ali Cross.

Leave your questions in the comments and stay tuned for more Asian-American goodness, including the Asian's Guide to the South.

*UPDATE* Apparently you can ask us anything.  We'll respond.  Maybe in Chinese.

Wordless Wednesday: Gals on a Charleston Porch

Becka and I did NOT mean to match

See more from the Grand Ol' South Tour

The Grand Ol' South Tour

why do tall women wear heels?!?

When I told my very urban, very ethnic friends I was venturing into the South, the #1 question they asked is: "Why?"  

Because I'm the kind of person who will fly across the country to meet someone from the internet.  Yup, the answer is super creepy.

Rebecca Enzor is one of my CPs and she's incredibly sweet!!  She gave us a great list of restaurants and activities, and her husband even cooked amazing food for us.  I also discovered she is incredibly tall.

 CHARLESTON: The Food

bread pudding at Glass Onion

housemade butter at Husk

okra!

Five Guys Burgers

woah they don't have THIS flavor in Cali fountains

Wordless Wednesday: Mid-Air

from my window
en route to Charleston



Heading South with the Boyfriend

Let's go Vin; my ex Dwayne looks mad!

A girl can dream, can't she? :P

Although my real boyfriend looks nothing like these hulking specimens, he is taking me across country on a Grand Ol' South Tour to visit Rebecca Enzor in Charleston and a childhood friend in Nashville who swears there are Asians at Vanderbilt.

As requested, more pics of the photo shoot last week are coming.  For now, I'll leave you with another outfit that didn't make the cut - the beach bridal look: