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a fantasia on national themes

I’m writing this post somewhat spontaneously on the 4th of July in the Bellevue Square Mall, while I wait for the evening to descend on the park just south of us, setting the dark blue backdrop for the explosions of sounds and colors that we use to mark another year of one of the world’s longest-standing constitutional democracies.1 I’ve just had lunch at one of my favorite restaurants in this area, Me + Crepe,2 which sells Tianjinese jianbingguozi, a kind of savory-crepe-turned-wrap that is a beloved breakfast food in Tianjin, where my mom is from, originally. I’ve been to Tianjin a few…

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