Green. Some think of the color’s connection to life and the environment surrounding us. Others do not have such an idealistic view. To them, the hue represents greed and envy. Rather than seeking prosperity in life with Mother Nature, value and enrichment come from money. However, when I think of green, I am transported back to every single winter I spent as a child in San Francisco and seeing the iconic emerald roof of Dragon Gate, the oldest and largest Chinatown in North America. Steppin...| Pacific Ties
Apart from the inherent danger, violence and injustice of prison life, one theme emerged repeatedly in the anthology — one that surprised me in its universality: love.| Pacific Ties
Cafe Knotted, a South Korean pastry chain boasting over ten locations in Korea since 2017, just opened its first U.S. location in Westfield Century City. Following a rise of Asian cafes popping up in the greater Los Angeles area, Knotted also serves trendy, Instagram-able desserts and drinks — with a specific focus on cream-filled Korean donuts.| Pacific Ties
The Fall of Saigon took place 50 years ago on April 30, 1975. An illustration by Nancy My Tran depicts a Vietnamese altar honoring a lost loved one. A poem by Julianne Le reflects upon the effects of imperialism and war.| Pacific Ties
Some wars are fueled by the same fire. In 1969, Asian American students at UCLA recognized that the violence occurring during the Vietnam War possessed an unsettling likeness to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These students wrote about these connections in Gidra, the precursory publication to the Pacific Ties Newsmagazine.| Pacific Ties
