AY YAH!! May May’s Is Closing!

Oh goodness! I heard today from a friend that May May is closing their business. It’s currently run by John who I understand to be a second generation business owner. I often see him there personally making the dimsum and items that he sells.

It breaks my heart to know that this place that I have so often bought my dimsum and zhogzis from will not survive a third generation. He is going on to retire after many years of hard work. Like many Chinese business owners, his children have gone on to becoming professionals who do not wish to continue the business.

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Remember Lonnie’s?

Although Lonnie’s was around a lil bit before my time, I’ve heard stories about the famed Chinatown hamburger joint. My dad used to go there to grab burgers with friends. Some of my friends’ parents used to go there on dates.

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Businesses In Chinatown

People make countless comments about “how easy it must be to have my job”. The one that I get quite often is “You’re the boss, so does that mean you just sit around and boss people around all day?”

9 out of 10 times I just play dumb and nod to these ridiculous comments. It would take way too much energy to refute them. There are however those times where I subtly mention a lil’ something…

It was just the other day that someone said that owning and running a business is so much easier than pursuing a career in academia. I wouldn’t necessarily say that one is harder than the other, but I thought that was a very ignorant comment coming from someone who was so educated.

I am a third generation Chinese American and my family was able to give me a lot of opportunities. I had the luxury of attending a private college and finished graduate school. I will tell you that in all my years in school, I learned only a small fraction of what I learned through my business.

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