Archive for 'Vietnam' Category
Chào from Viet Nam!
Linnea and Terry in Can Tho, Vietnam
After a busy week I left the US through the Bradley Airport in Hartford, Connecticut on Friday morning, May 30, at 7:00 am. I caught up with Linnea in the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City at midnight on Saturday. Her flight was an hour later than [...]
A High School Director’s Theater Experience Having Costumes Made in Hue, Vietnam
By Lenore Grunko (also, President of the Connecticut Drama Association)
E. O. Smith High School
Storrs, CT
lenoregrunko@yahoo.com
I arrived here in Hue on August 5, 2007 to visit my husband, Patrick, who has been working on the Simmons College/Hue University library project with Terry Plum all summer. When I travel, I like to get beyond the typical [...]
Man with silk
man with sillk
Originally uploaded by librariantech1
This is the “shop” keeper who sold me 80 meters of silk. The stalls are about 5 feel wide and stacked, perhaps 15 feet high, with fabric.
Sashes and Skirts
Sashes
Skirt
Originally uploaded by librariantech1
The sisters are holding the finished skirt, 2 layers of flowing silk and the longs sashes that will become tie bows on the side.
Lady
lady and me
lady
Originally uploaded by librariantech1
This lovely lady made our kimonos cherrily. They were perfect. I’m pictured next to her wearing the first one. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m 5′2″. When shopping for some needed clothing, I had to buy XXXL. You see why.
Pattern
pattern
Originally uploaded by librariantech1
This lady works as a cleaning person in a medical center and made our pants from a pattern. I had brought some patterns with me. She was willing to try working with a pattern, although she had never seen one before. She liked it!
Well-balanced meals
As the Introduction to Vietnam and Hue says, of the countless Vietnamese dishes, there are about 1300 dishes specific to Hue. Of these about 700 are popular among the Hue people. There are three ingredients almost always used in cooking: fish sauce, salt, and shrimp paste. Spices are used in everything, [...]
Century Riverside
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Originally uploaded by librariantech1
Breakfast at the Century Riverside. Don’t forget your breakfast card.
Bode Restaurant
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Originally uploaded by librariantech1
The Bode Restaurant is across from the LRC on Le Loi street. Quietly popular, it has been expanding steadily to the left and the right in this picture. Monks ate at the Bode almost every lunch, and next door a temple is being built.
