Recent Posts by Anna Nguyen
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Anna Nguyen on October 6, 2008 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
I was at the Arsaga's Espresso Bar inside the public library, waiting for my café viennese. Behind me were two ladies speaking in lush, deep tones of the French language. They were discussing literature, I assume, as they were both holding novels and would occasionally point at certain texts.
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Anna Nguyen on September 24, 2008 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
As part of the events presented by the Hispanic Heritage Month, award-winning Brazilian photographer, Jean Paulo Nascimento from Floriano, will display several of his photos and will interact with the UA public during a reception 6 p.m. today at the Multicultural Center.
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Anna Nguyen on April 18, 2008 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
I needed an escape. I had walked out of the boutique that carried tempting glittering treasures. A gold choker featuring a grand sparrow pendant caught my eye. Impulsively, I asked the sales lady if I could try it on. As it nestled on my throat, I looked at the price tag.
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Anna Nguyen on April 11, 2008 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
For the past seven days, KUAF 91.3, a public radio station licensed to the UA, has conducted its annual spring fundraiser in hopes of raising an eight-day goal of $140,000 and 500 new members. The campaign began on Saturday, April 5 and will end at 9 p.m. tomorrow.
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Anna Nguyen on April 11, 2008 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
Wednesday night, we were driving to Shogun. A sushi restaurant was the next destination on our agenda. Erica and I've already visited Thai restaurants to satisfy our curry crawl; a Vietnamese restaurant to reacquaint my friend to delicious "pho," a soup and noodle specialty from my parent's birth country; and a Chinese bistro in Rogers to enjoy an elegant dining of lo mein and Singaporean noodles.
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Anna Nguyen on April 4, 2008 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
Wong Kar-wai's new, and English debut, film, "My Blueberry Nights," is released today in, as all Wong's films are, in select cities. As readers might have noticed, I mention Wong in many previous articles, praising his stunning aesthetics in films in a rather obsessive manner.
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Anna Nguyen on March 28, 2008 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
I was at a local Starbucks, waiting to replace my former order of a cup of café au lait for a grande black coffee. The lady in front of me took a few steps back, displacing the generous space that divided us. To avoid body trafficking, I, in turn, took a few steps back, perhaps more cautiously than the lady, as I did not want to step on the shoes of the patron behind me.
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Anna Nguyen on March 26, 2008 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
A guy taking photos of bathroom stalls exhibits innovation and exemplifies what Truman Capote once said about challenging art standards. "Good taste is the death of art," Capote remarked.
"From the Stall" by Doug Rice is an art book featuring photographs of graffiti found in bathroom stalls.
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Anna Nguyen on March 14, 2008 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
Frills and visions of various hues of pinks and gold. How I love the frivolity, playfulness and suggestiveness of the Rococo art era, displayed especially intricately and lavishly at the Palace of Versailles where I was overwhelmed with the extreme interior décor of the chateau where Marie Antoinette partied and dined.
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Anna Nguyen on March 7, 2008 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
Not wishing to return to the Yllen Eiffel Hotel in Paris, as it would signify that the remaining hours of my last day in Paris would soon be truly over, I continued my leisurely stroll through the busy Les Champs-Elysees district.
That very day, I recalled rising from bed early to catch an early metro ride to no specific destination.
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Anna Nguyen on February 29, 2008 at 12:00 am • 0 Comments •
Maggie Cheung onstage at the 2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards, presented the award for Best Foreign Film, wearing her usual black ensemble showcasing her elegant edginess.
By chance, while the television set was on the AMC channel, I saw my favorite thespian speak in her husky, accented English, a moment I considered pleasantly bizarre because the only times I've seen la Cheung featured at Hollywood events were preserved in photographs at fashion events featured in my Vogue and W collections.