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Wake Up Call from a War Hero
Big Tiny with a Big Hero!
There’s nothing like a good dose of reality to provide perspective in life.
Please click here for link to this post at Chicago Now. Thanks, especially to all members of the Greatest Generation.
01
04 2010
St. Patrick’s Day with not a St. Patrick Elwood
Please click here for link to post at Chicago Now. Thanks!
18
03 2010
Thank You, Dr. Seuss
My fave!
My parents never read to me during my childhood. We speak Chinese to each other and English is our second language. Perhaps that’s why National Reading Month (March) and the recent birthday of Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Suess, have me feeling new appreciation for a particular children’s book.
“Oh Say Can You Say?” is my favorite Dr Seuss book. It’s filled with silly tongue twisters and I’ve read it aloud to my children countless times. Long before I decided to become a broadcast journalist, I knew the importance of being able to communicate in a clear and concise manner.
My kids are reading on their own now and I’m always plodding through at least two novels. I can’t remember the last time I got to read “Oh Say Can You Say?” and it’d probably take me awhile to find it. Say, maybe I will and then have some green eggs and ham!
This post was inspired by the Yahoo! Mother Board.
07
03 2010
Home Sweet Blog Home
Hitting "SAVE" for NancyLoo.net
For a number of reasons, I’ve decided not to divert traffic from this website to my blog at Chicago Now. I guess I just don’t want to kill myself off online! I’ve been writing in all sorts of web spaces anyway so what’s another? While I’ll be posting here far less often, I’ll continue to blog on the Fox Chicago website, the Chicago Moms Blog and (this just in) the Yahoo Mother Board along with Chicago Now.
I became a journalist because I love to write which is why I want to encourage more young people to focus on it. Along with a good friend, MJ Tam, I recently launched a website called Young Chicagonista. Please indulge me by checking it out and reading this week’s Huffington Post article on our site. Write on!
03
03 2010
Chicago Now, Later.
THIS JUST IN: I’m moving! Actually, I’m moving this blog to a bigger and better space in the virtual world.
Not now, but very soon!
Sometime next week, this blog will migrate over to Chicago Now, a popular community of bloggers overseen by the Chicago Tribune. This web address will still direct you there and my blog will have a whole new title and look. However, I’ll get to continue blogging about whatever I want, whenever I want.
As many of you know, I’ve worked on television here for nearly a decade. I LOVE Chicago so it’s such an honor to get to blog about my adventures all over town and have a platform to spark conversations and allow people to share their opinions.
Thanks to the many of you who’ve followed this blog since its launch. Now, come along with me to Chicago Now and spread the word!
21
02 2010
What’s Your Panda Name?
We often talk about the darnedest things while on our way to cover stories. For some reason, cameraman Sean Gibbons and I started talking about pandas. I think it’s because we passed a Panda Express before we got to our location. Sean asked why pandas on loan from China always have double names like “Tian Tian” at the National Zoo in Washington D.C.
"Loo Loo"
We didn’t spend much time discussing why. We decided to assign panda names to some of our co-workers.
"Sean Sean"
"Sol Sol"
Me = “Loo Loo”, Sean Gibbons = “Sean Sean”, Sondra Solarte = “Sol Sol”, Ed Flynn = “Flynn Flynn”, Matt Butterfield = “Butt Butt” and Patrick Elwood = “Pat Pat”.
"Pat Pat"
"Flynn Flynn"
"Butt Butt"
"Tom"
Then, there’s cameraman Stewart Orlin. He’s incredibly witty, intelligent and somewhat shy. He’s also got an extremely wry sense of humor. After conferring with Sean and Ed, we decided that Stewart’s panda name just couldn’t conform with the others. He’s “Tom”. What’s your panda name?
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