Tony Tam

Author: Tony Tam

  • Falling For ka-plooyeee

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    another favorite pass time.. falling into a bed of soft pillows.. it’s ka-ploooyee time! Set to the music of Cecilia Bartoli http://www.youtube.com/v/0SjtVVCfcbQ

  • Finally, Good Coffee In Paris

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    I been having a hard time finding Italian quality coffee in Paris.  Most places that serve coffee in Paris serve very mediocure cafe creme and cappucino.  While in Paris, I’ve been listening to the http://coffeegeek.com/ podcast and making myself long for a good cup of capuccino. Until one day I stumbled on urbietorbi le bar…

  • Run The Paris Metro #8: town of Malakoff

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    Run The Paris Metro #8: 5.97 miles, 10 down 232 to go. The photo is of ligne roset, super high end ultra modern design.  They have a store in SOMA SF. I just finished running Metro line #13 which bought me to the outskirts of Paris to the town of Malakoff Getting to see the…

  • Run The Paris Metro #8: 5.94 miles, 10 stations, 232 to go

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  • Run The Paris Metro #7: 10 miles, 9 stations, 242 more to go

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    This run is the first run I’m trying to finish off one end of one of the metro lines.  I knew that it would take me to the suburbs of Paris.  This is Paris metro line #13 Saint-Denis – Université.  Running the Paris metro is the only way where you will get to see every…

  • Meeting new friends in Paris

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    I’ve been eating really late (like 11:30pm) here and I sometimes like to just step outside and pick up some take out from this Chinese place right downstairs. A few days ago, the owner of the place was speaking Madarin then I also starting speaking to them in Mandarin.  The husband and wife both came…

  • Travel with StyleCity guides to see the chic and modern

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    I love the cosmopolitain cities like Paris, SF, NY, Tokyo, HK, Taiwan and whenever I can, I buy this series of books call the StyleCity guides.  These books recommend places to live, eat and shop but with a focus on style and chic. Today I used the guide StyleCity Paris First Pierre Hermé, apparently, he…

  • video: kate singing coccinelle

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    Kate is a very lucky girl indee in her exposure to different languages, especially in a country like the US where we are very mono-language focused.  It’s rare for a child to grow up being able to speak another language like a native She grew up with Chinese-mandarin as her first language because we didn’t…

  • Video: Kate 2005: water tension experiment

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    I’m beginning to seriously miss Kate, so I’m revisiting her videos on my little 17″ powerbook. Everyone loves the San Francisco Exploratorium. There are hundreds of science experiments here. Kate’s favorite the first time she was there is this “water surface tension” experiment. You try to make as much water stay on top and not…

  • Video: Kate: why I don’t want to play with this boy?

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    Ok, I’m easily amused by my daughter. But when we speak Chinese, it’s even funnier (at least to me). One day I asked her why she won’t play with this boy at school, here is our conversation while she was making crepes [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWTe7cz8zZs] highlight here to the end for the transcript: Kate: Because his voice…