by Steph Yiu
This mosque was easily one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. Built between 1996 and 2007, it is large enough for 40,000 worshippers, with a 180,000 sq ft tile mosaic courtyard. The price tag: $540M.
Categories: Travel
by Steph Yiu
We got into Dubai at around 10 p.m. While the city is known for glitz and glam, we planned our trip to focus on culture. We booked a hotel in Bur Dubai, known as the “old city.” It wasn’t shiny, it didn’t have a Hermés store on every corner, but it was also 3x cheaper and a heck of a lot more interesting.
Categories: Travel
by Steph Yiu
I’m about to tell you something crazy: my job encourages me to take a 3-month paid sabbatical every 5 years.
Categories: Life
by Steph Yiu
Whenever I see magazines with before & afters, I wonder how much blood and sweat went into the transformation. Now that these photos are mine – I can tell you!
Categories: How-To
by Steph Yiu
Emily and I were off for a last-minute Vermont vacation – without much of a plan other than we would crash with friends, ski/ride, and see where the roads would take us.
Categories: Travel
by Steph Yiu
I decided to host Chinese New Year party, featuring a lo hei. Lo hei is a uniquely Singaporean tradition centered around a assembling a salad. It starts with a presentation of around a dozen ingredients, each symbolizing health, happiness, and wealth. Once all the ingredients are mixed in together, everyone grabs a pair of chopsticks and tosses the salad. You’re told that the higher you toss, the luckier you’ll be.
Categories: How-To
by Steph Yiu
Last fall, we (finally!) adopted a 10-month-old scruffy mix that we named Fritz. As a new dog owner, I wasn’t really sure what to buy or what would work. It took a bit of trial and error, and now I have a final list of items we regularly use.
Categories: Gear
by Steph Yiu
This month I got to cross an item off my bucket list: hike and stay with Maine Huts & Trails in Carrabassett Valley. Maine Huts & Trails is a network of 100 miles of recreational trail, along with four off-the-grid “huts” (really, lodges) to overnight at.
Categories: Travel
by Steph Yiu
Earlier this summer, Rupa Shenoy from Public Radio International found Denizen and reached out to talk about growing up as a global nomad. She ended up using the interview in her show Otherhood, a podcast for people who came to the United States as children or are the children of immigrants.
Categories: Presentations
by Steph Yiu
Last week, I spent a few days in Denver, CO, eating delicious food and wandering across town with friends.
Categories: Travel
