I always thought my family, the Chen’s, is a very unique clan unlike the other Chinese families at the time. Our family members, well, at least my dad's generation are extremely gifted in Art and Culture...We have musicians (aunt Bing and uncle Y’tu), chess master (uncle Ching-tao), calligrapher (my dad), painters (aunt Bing and aunt B’yuan), poet (uncle Migimi)…The four classical Confucian virtues of Chess, Music, Poetry, and Painting, they mastered them all, and I am not being condescending, just spend a few hours with them and you will know. But above all, they are free spirits in a traditional society.
Saturday, I went out with my Aunt Bing and Uncle Victor (her husband, Aunt Bing and Uncle Victor are even more interesting individuals, more on that later) to an art fair near Sierra Madres. It was nice. My sister Tina who is back for a few days with her husband Morgan to visit was with us, and we just strolled thru the kiosks by various artists. It is so refreshing to see that they are, at certain areas, culture and art still flourishes without LA superficiality. We struck up a conversation with this Peruvian artist who’s style and them (about the native Peruvian Indians) I really like (too bad I didn’t bring my camera). Afterwards, just before sunset, we just chilled at this small and quaint bar near all the kiosks and talk about everything and nothing at all. I had 4 beers (Corona, no Hoegarrden), it was nice. Brings back memories of Southern France and Cyprus….
Hoegarrden beer rules!
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