Cultural Notes Archive

Enjoy our weekly columns on American and international culture

• Mango's in SF (January 30,2010)

• Earthquake (January 8,2010)

• Korean Traditional Food (December 31,2009)

• Holiday Season in Asia (December 18,2009)

• Holiday Season and Visa denials (December 11,2009)

• Holiday Parties (December 4,2009)

• Hot and Cool and Government Imperfection (November 20,2009)

• The Colors of Holidays & SEVIS (November 6,2009)

• Interesting Christmas (October 30,2009)

• Autumn Feeling (October 23,2009)

• Loma Prieta (October 16,2009)

• Cheese Country (October 9,2009)

• Seasonal changes (September 25,2009)

• Banana Beer (September 18,2009)

• Lunch (September 11,2009)

• National Parks (September 4,2009)

• Trains (August 28,2009)

• Accents, Dialects and Languages (August 21,2009)

• Summer Holidays (August 15,2009)

• Weddings (August 7,2009)

• Payment for adults and kids (July 31,2009)

• Swearing and Pain (July 17,2009)

• Common Experiences (July 11,2009)

• Preeny(June 27,2009)

• American Food and Swine Flu (June 12,2009)

• Natural Wonders (May 29,2009)

• Cultural Food (May 22,2009)

• Hair (May 15,2009)

• May Holidays (May 11,2009)

• Swine Flu (May 1,2009)

• Arm and Leg (April 24,2009)

• Doggie Bags International (April 17,2009)

• US Universities (April 13,2009)

• Western Humility and the Economy (February 27,2009)

• The Wind of Haruka (February 22,2009)

• Different Worlds, Same Understanding(February 13,2009)

• Chinese Lunear New Year (January 30,2009)

• Change in US Software (January 23,2009)

• Seeing Differences and Beyond (January 16,2009)

• Returning Life and Stranded Internationals' (January 9,2009)

• Wet Bowls (December 31,2008)

• Feeling Christmas (December 28,2008)

• Holiday Shopping (December 21,2008)

• Police Donuts (December 14,2008)

• Thanksgiving International (December 5,2008)

• We are all together (November 30,2008)

• The Election's Afterglow (November 23,2008)

• A new President (November 16,2008)

• Calling Times (November 12,2008)

• Modern Bookstores (November 2,2008)

• Puzzles (October 26,2008)

• World and Local Finance (October 19,2008)

• American Problems (Oktober 12,2008)

• "Common" Language (September 21,2008)

• Hockey Moms (September 14,2008)

• Olympic Feelings (August 20,2008)

• Coffee Culture (August 3,2008)

• Telephone Hellos (July 27,2008)

• International Kisses (July 20,2008)

• National Traditions (July 12,2008)

• Cultural Icebergs (June 8,2008)

• Tortillas, tortas (June 1,2008)

• Cultural differences of the sexes (May 25,2008)

• Cultural Misinterpretations (May 11,2008)

• Misrable Life, or Death (May 6,2008)

• Big Football and Little Football (March 2,2008)

• Thanksgiving(December 2,2007)

• Los Angeles (March 10,2007)

• The New Year (January 13,2007)

• Activities for all ages (June 23,2006)

• World Cup (June 16,2006)

• American Papa (June 2,2006)

• Musical City (May 26, 2006)

• Bay to Breakers (May 19, 2006)

• Monolingual America (May 12, 2006)

• California University Enrollment (April 28, 2006)

• Root Beer Float (April 21, 2006)

• "Do You Feel Me?" (April 14, 2006)

• Longer Days (April 7, 2006)

• Berkeley High School (March 31, 2006)

• World Baseball Classic (March 24, 2006)

• Homer Simpson, The Constitution (March 17, 2006)

• Montana International (March 10, 2006)

• Sports Illustrated (March 3, 2006)

• Young American Attitude (February 24, 2006)

• Beer (February 17, 2006)

• 2006 Super Bowl (February 10, 2006)

• First Job (February 3, 2006)

• Fulfilling Work (January 27, 2006)

• Working Hours in America (January 20, 2006)

• New Year's Birthdays (January 13, 2006)

• New Year's Resolutions (January 6, 2006)

• New Year's Roses (December 29, 2005)

• Christmas Lists (December 22, 2005)

• Christmas Tree (December 16, 2005)

• Memories and Meaning (December 9, 2005)

• Outward Culture (December 2, 2005)

• This Time of Year (November 23, 2005)

• The Big Game (November 18, 2005)

• Names (November 11, 2005)

• The Colors of Holidays (November 4, 2005)

• Autumn Feeling (October 28, 2005)

• Sweetheart (October 21, 2005)

• Eye Contact (October 14, 2005)

• Looking at Strangers (October 7, 2005)

• Fall Vegetables (September 30, 2005)

• Riding MUNI (September 23, 2005)

• Stewardesses (September 16, 2005)

• Football Season (September 9, 2005)

• Big Easy (September 2, 2005)

• Environment and Fog (August 26, 2005)

• Summer Camp (August 19, 2005)

• Big Cars (August 12, 2005)

• Driving and Kissing (August 5, 2005)

• Summer Beaches (July 29, 2005)

• Relaxation (July 22, 2005)

• Party Clothes (July 15, 2005)

• London Disaster (July 8, 2005)

• Independence Day Fireworks (July 1, 2005)

• Little League Championship (June 24, 2005)

• Chinese Swiss Watches (June 17, 2005)

• Wrinkled Tuxedo's (June 10, 2005)

• Senior Ball (June 3, 2005)

• Graduation (May 27, 2005)

• Branding Iron (May 20, 2005)

• Montana Wildlife (May 13, 2005)

• Corny Music (May 6, 2005)

• "Hick" Music (April 29, 2005)

• Breakfast in the South (April 22, 2005)

• International Student in U.S. (April 15, 2005)

• Just Like Pro (April 8, 2005)

• Greetings (April 1, 2005)

• March Maddness (March 25, 2005)

• St. Patrick's Day (March 18, 2005)

• First Names (March 11, 2005)
  
  
• The 77th Academy Awards (March 4, 2005)
  
  
• Girls' Festival in Japan (February 25, 2005)
  
  
• Young Tiger Woods (February 18, 2005)
  
  
• Red Underwear for Good Luck (February 11, 2005)
  
  
• Super Bowl & Talking Frogs (February 5, 2005)
  
  
• Little League (January 28, 2005)
  
  
• Friends in Need (January 14, 2005)
  
  
• Culture Shock: SF vs. The South (January 7, 2005)
  
  
• New Year's Celebration (December 30, 2004)
  
  
• Christmas Presents (December 23, 2004)
  
  
• Holiday Celebration (December 17, 2004)