{"id":321,"date":"2008-08-18T14:36:57","date_gmt":"2008-08-18T18:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aslinchoi.com\/blog\/?p=321"},"modified":"2008-08-18T14:36:57","modified_gmt":"2008-08-18T18:36:57","slug":"spring-street-bbq-chinese-american-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aslinchoi.com\/blog\/?p=321","title":{"rendered":"Spring Street BBQ-Chinese American Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

We took you and the boys to Spring Street BBQ in Chinatown.\u00c2\u00a0 We walked over to Olivera Street and found the Chinese American Museum.\u00c2\u00a0 It is on the spot of part of\u00c2\u00a0the Original China Town.\u00c2\u00a0 China Town was demolished to make way for Union Station.\u00c2\u00a0 It had so many stories of the struggles that the Chinese people went through in the United States.\u00c2\u00a0 How hated they were.\u00c2\u00a0 Not that long ago your family faced persecution because of their race and they fought hard so that you can have the freedom’s that you enjoy today.\u00c2\u00a0 It use to be that it would have been illegal for your father and I to have you because I am white and he is Chinese.\u00c2\u00a0 I hope you don’t forget the sacrifices that your ancestors on both sides of your family made and honor them accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We took you and the boys to Spring Street BBQ in Chinatown.\u00c2\u00a0 We walked over to Olivera Street and found the Chinese American Museum.\u00c2\u00a0 It is on the spot of part of\u00c2\u00a0the Original China Town.\u00c2\u00a0 China Town was demolished to make way for Union Station.\u00c2\u00a0 It had so many stories of the struggles that the … Continue reading Spring Street BBQ-Chinese American Museum<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paFCYB-5b","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":317,"url":"https:\/\/aslinchoi.com\/blog\/?p=317","url_meta":{"origin":321,"position":0},"title":"China Town with Grandma Nancy and Grandpa Joe","author":"Denise","date":"August 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Sunday, August tenth we took your grandparents to China town so they could see what \"real\" Chinese food tastes like.\u00c2\u00a0 They loved the food and were impressed at how your Daddy's speaks Chinese!\u00c2\u00a0 We walked around for several hours looking at all the shops.\u00c2\u00a0 They loved how you sing and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Your Life"","block_context":{"text":"Your Life","link":"https:\/\/aslinchoi.com\/blog\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":81,"url":"https:\/\/aslinchoi.com\/blog\/?p=81","url_meta":{"origin":321,"position":1},"title":"Red Egg Party","author":"chris","date":"August 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"On July 30th, Ye-ye and Ma-ma threw a Red Egg party for you. 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