re: #328 William Lewis

I dearly loved being in Vietnam in 2002 for our adoption. Saigon remains a very cosmopolitan community and there was a delight in being able to go to a Pho soup store across the street from the hotel for breakfast, to a used bookstore for later, to excellent museums, and to hang out with the vets (ARVN, NVA & VC) I’d met and drink coffee on the sidewalks. Like the best of Europe and Asia in a small little bundle of joy.

The Hmong people have a strong representation here in the wild north country. I should go down to their enclave on University Avenue and try some of the cuisine. It’s one of the ones I haven’t tried yet.