Snapshots From Asian America II
August 15, 2007
- Pinkberry’s Shelly Hwang failed a few times before finally finding gold in frozen yogurt. Now, she’s the diva of desserts with plans on expanding her empire of swirly goodness.
- Provocateur-Writer Kenneth Eng was released after undergoing psychiatric evaluation in New York, but was immediately rearrested for threatening classmates and faculty back in his college days.
- War of the Worlds Art Director Al Nozaki was way ahead of his time in envisioning an alien invasion back in the ’50s. Curbed L.A. blogged that Nozaki’s Rafael Soriano-designed modernist home is now on the market in Echo Park. Nozaki died in 2003.
- Homegrown Defender Alex Yi is a mainstay on F.C. Dallas’ MLS pro soccer team. He’s 24, 6-3, 200 lbs and hails from Alexandria, VA.
- Educator Dr. Linda K. Oda has been appointed director of Asian affairs for the state of Utah’s Dept. of Community and Culture.
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