Ended 2017 with Events (that occurred after my last year’s Holiday Letter)

DEC ‘17: Ambrose Ng’s family invited friends to join them in celebrating his 70th birthday at his and Irene’s home in Powell, OH.

DEC ‘17: Mom & I drove to her NY home for the Friends of the Rockefeller State Park Preserve Gala at the Rockefeller Playhouse where we toured and she hosted a table of friends (Lina Mei, John Mei, John Huang, Charles Wang, Lilian & Leo Fong-Eng, Sandra & Fred Teng). Honored to be greeted so warmly by Friends President Clare Pierson and her mother Ann, daughter of Nelson Rockefeller.



DEC ‘17: Mom invited a table of old friends in NYC to dinner at Tri Dim Shanghai to try their specialties (including Xiao Long Bao and Lions’ Heads). So good to get together with: Kaity Tong; Gene Young; Laurette, Michael & Winnie, and Clifford Feng; Minson Chen; and Chester Mah. We sent our guests home with rooted cuttings from Mom’s Night Blooming Cereus to try their luck at getting them to bloom.



DEC ‘17: Mom & I drove over to Laura & David’s home in Bolton, MA a little early this year. Laura prepared a huge lobstah dinner for us and we got to see David put up their outdoor decorations. We also saw Shari before Steven drove her to Brooklyn to be with her family for the holidays. Massive piles of gifts under a lovely tree and a luscious Xmas dinner before we drove back to Ohio for New Year’s Eve.



DEC. ‘17; JAN: Celebrated a festive New Year’s Eve at 8 pm with families at New Albany Country Club, complete with balloon drop. Alas, Mom caught a cold from the many kids there and a week later, ended up in OSU East Hospital for 3 weeks with pneumonia.