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Celebrating life
It was a highlight of my life
to travel with the Chinese
American Hotel Association
and Chamber of Commerce
to China back in 2017, visiting
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou
and Shenzhen, a city next to
Hong Kong. We bonded on the
trip, and have enjoyed multiple
reunions ever since.
Last week, we met in one of
the cozy private rooms at Mulan
in the Queens Crossing building
in downtown Flushing.
During the day, the third-floor
ballroom turns into a dim sum
palace, and its neighbor Mulan
serves superb Cantonese dishes
at lunch and dinner.
Our dinner party feast —
hosted by Richard and Marilyn
Chuk, who had led our visit to
China — seemed endless. Dish
after dish of fish, lamb, rice, noodles,
sashimi and more made me
eat, eat and eat some more. Each
dish was as delicious as the last
one, and the round table made
it easy to converse with each
other.
One of my travel mates,Wayne Moy, worked on the
purchase of the Fortunoff
property in Westbury. We are
all waiting for its transformation,
but there has been little
progress due to the ongoing
trade war with China. We’ll
keep you posted if there’s any
movement.
After that wonderful reunion,I enjoyed a weekend escape to
Manhattan, with an overnight
stay at the Hilton. It’s located
only a few blocks away from the
Shubert Theater, where I relished
the powerful Broadway production
of “To Kill a Mockingbird,”Harper Lee’s 1960 Pulitzer Prizewinning
book written at the
height of the civil rights movement
— remarkably relevant
today as it was decades ago.
Before taking in “To Kill a
Mockingbird,” I visited the intimate,
Jeffrey Liu, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hoy, Mr. and Mrs. Derek Law, hosts Richard and Marilyn Chuk
unique Museum of Arts
and Design at Columbus Circle.
For years, I wanted to visit
this museum, created to exhibit
contemporary artists, designers
and artisans. I’m a fan of jewelry
designers, and here they exhibit
and sell many of the designers’
works.
The current “Fake News and
True Love” exhibit features jewelry
as potential fake news.
One object in this jewel
box-like museum was a “possibly
fake” ring that may have
been given to President John F.
Kennedy by Marilyn Monroe.
It was found with a mysterious
note: “Jack, with love as
always, Marilyn,” dated May 29,
1962. The ring is crowned with
an image of Marilyn Monroe
in a heart, and an image of
President Kennedy coyly
joined by a mirror.
The museum, located at 2
Columbus Circle, encompasses
five floors of intimate
exhibition space that’s easy
to navigate and extraordinary
to experience. The museum
is open every day except
Monday, and free after 6 p.m.
on Thursdays.
I saw “To Kill a Mockingbird”
on Sunday, my favorite day
to go to the theater because
Manhattan is at its sleepiest,
comparatively speaking, with
less traffic.
Lee wrote her book loosely
based on her family’s experience
in her small town in
Alabama dealing with race and
rape. The book is said to have
been read by more people than
the Bible.
Now, it has been magnificently
adapted as a play by the extraordinary
playwright Aaron Sorkin
distinguished director Bartlett
Sher, and an engagingly talented
ensemble of actors led by
Jeff Daniels. The success of their
performances was evident by
the sold-out, large, two-balcony
Shubert Theatre.
I’m so grateful to have experienced
it, as they transported
me with their passion and performances.
It’s a show not to be
missed!
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Jeff Daniels and Gbenga Akinnagbe give a passionate performance in the
Broadway production of “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
The Museum of Arts and Design at
Columbus Circle
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