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...Taiwanese heartland, where kids still play marbles with pits of the dragon-eye fruit the way Chen did as a boy. They still go swimming in the creek and roast water chestnuts on charcoal braziers. His family's red-roofed Taiwanese house consisted of four rooms built around a courtyard and an open hearth. They used chalk to write on the charcoal-stained walls how much they owed neighbors and merchants. His father was a day laborer...
...settled during the 17th century, life was hardscrabble. What kids like A-Bian dreamed about was a full stomach. He ate only rice most meals. Beef, chicken and fish were for special occasions. His family's typical stone, red-roofed house consisted of four simple rooms built around a courtyard and an open hearth. They used to write on the charcoal-stained walls in chalk how much they owed to neighbors and merchants. His father was a day laborer...
...Spring Break-related splurge can partake in the wonder that is Spring Fashion Weekend. The majority of the events are, in fact, free. Makeup artist David Nicholas hosts an open house and high tea to introduce his spring/summer 2001 cosmetic line on Saturday, and Culture in the Courtyard (an open air group fashion show) takes place in the Boston Public Library’s courtyard on Saturday, featuring the styles of Alfred Fiandaca, Denise Hajjar and Ted Saluto...
...away. On days like these the warm air is filled with such energy and life that, when he closes his eyes, he knows she is sitting right there beside him. Spring love can be fleeting, as in the secret kiss in a darkened recess of Lowell’s courtyard, or bittersweet, as in the final shared moment before an inevitable summer split, or pure, as in the bond between two who have just traded a question, an answer and a ring...
...major attraction is the very social courtyard which is wonderful,” she said...