Lingbo Li
CampusTweet interviews me on video; Korean food ensues
The very talented Lynne Guey of CampusTweet interviews me on video. Dinner was at Woorijip, a Korean fast food place in NYC’s Korea town. She’s also written up a lovely and insightful blog post about meeting someone you’ve been following through the Internet.
There are some embarrassing photos in there. Yes, I wore a spike bracelet and red zebra print tank tops. I thought I was pretty badass.
Thanks to mutual friend Mindy Z. for the introduction! (and Danielle for the introduction to Mindy.)
CampusTweet.TV Episode 3: Dinner with Lingbo Li from lynne guey on Vimeo.
Calling all Boston Vinophiles
Want to win tickets to Morton’s Uncorked Tasting Series? Have ace recommendations? See the blurb below:
Uncorked Tasting Series, Morton’s The Steakhouse Back Bay is asking Boston vinophiles to submit wine suggestions for the August 30 tasting (theme is “You Tell Us”) for the chance to win four comp tickets to the event. All folks have to do is send suggestions (sky’s the limit) to cm.mbo@mortons.com by August 26. The winner and three guests will be treated to five wines paired with five signature Morton’s hors d’oeuvres at the August 30 tasting from 6:30 – 8:00pm at Morton’s Back Bay (699 Boylston Street). Tickets are also available for $40 each (call 617-266-5858 to reserve a spot).
Best food in Flushing, Queens: 11 food stalls, 1 monster post
The followup to yesterday’s post about the Golden Shopping Mall’s first floor can only be outshone by the followup.
This is truly epic, and I say this with no twinge of marketing bravado. You should take a look at it, even if you have no interest in visiting Queens, because you want to see what a truly obsessive, twisted blog post looks like.
Seriously. This stuff took weeks. And there’s a video coming.
How to eat Flushing, Queens
Don’t miss my most recent post for Serious Eats, a monster roundup of Golden Shopping Mall’s first floor. Yeah, I did all the graphics. Because I’m obsessive and like twiddling bits on Photoshop for hours and hours.
My roundup of the basement is tomorrow, and there will be a Flushing Mall food court post as well! Finally, I’m working on a video to accompany these posts where I’m the genial, marrow-eating host who interviews chefs in Chinese. Exciting!
Advice to Harvard freshman (the hardest part is getting in)
A reader, Vivian, emailed me to ask for advice to incoming Harvard freshman, particularly in regards to writing. This is my response, with the caveat that it’s aimed towards a particular personality type. (i.e. if you’re hyper driven and prone to biting off more than you can chew.) A lot is applicable to college students in general.
Advice to incoming college freshman
Lesson 1: Life sucks sometimes. Get over it.
My first year of college was divided into first semester (good) and second semester (bad). The first few months I spent living in The Crimson’s newsroom, banging out news stories at blistering speed. I would obsessively refresh my email to be first to respond to story pitches. I rose fast. I drank the (gently spiked) Kool Aid.
Along the way, I made a friend who seemed motivated by the wrong things, or at least, things that I didn’t want to motivate me. We had a falling out, and second semester, my social life took a serious nosedive. I panicked. I had no friends to block with, it was like being picked last for gym teams all over again. I won’t even get into details of what happened. It worked out, but not without a lot of rejection.
At the same time, I cooled down my Crimson involvement, struggled in my classes, and removed myself from campus as much as possible.
So what happened?
Lana Lingbo Li
I'm a world traveler / enthusiastic eater who's now blogging and producing videos over at HelloLana.com. Visit me there!
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