Archive for February, 2017
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Michael Purugganan on collecting PHL flags: ‘Think of the young people who fought for our independence’
Video and photos by Anuz Thapa By Cristina DC Pastor It was a walk-back to the past, my visit with NYU Dean for Science Michael Purugganan one Saturday morning at his Washington Square West apartment. Michael is an avid collector of Philippine artifacts. It is his collection of early Philippine flags, I came to see. […]
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On Lunar New Year, a trip to Chinatown for bags of cheers and Malaysian beef jerky
By Cristina DC Pastor And tell me what street, compares with Mott Street in July? Sweet pushcarts gently gliding by — ‘Manhattan’ by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers It does not take Chinese New Year for us to be prompted to visit Chinatown, but it is always a good time to make that special trek […]
