http://www.michaeljeong.com/blog Life through the viewfinder Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:07:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Miss Chinatown USA Pageant sponsored by the San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce crowned Steffi Hu from Sugar Land, TX as this year's Miss Chinatown USA 2012 on February 4th. The Miss Chinatown USA Pageant put on it's 55th pageant at the Palace of Fine Arts and this lunar ... http://www.michaeljeong.com/blog/archives/731 The Miss National Asia Pageant is an national Asian pageant that is held locally in San Francisco. The pageant is in it's fifth year and was held at the San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. The show consisted of four segments: Ethnic Costume, Swimsuit, Evening Gown (Question and Answer ... http://www.michaeljeong.com/blog/archives/727 The Fillmore Jazz Festival took to the streets once again in an awesome display of color, sound, and flavor. This year the festival brought in record numbers of people to the streets to take part in some of San Francisco's best entertainment festivals of all time. The Fillmore Jazz Festival ... http://www.michaeljeong.com/blog/archives/724 One of the hottest funk bands to ever perform at the Fillmore Jazz Festival has taken the stage at the legendary Boom Boom Room located on Geary Blvd. and Fillmore St. This awesome funk band originates from North Carolina and brings to California some of the most upbeat music of ... http://www.michaeljeong.com/blog/archives/721 This year Radio Alice did not fail to put on a good show. It was anything, but dull. Summerthing has to be one of summer's best free concert open to the public. Again the show was held at Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park and the featured performers were Thriving ... http://www.michaeljeong.com/blog/archives/718 The North Beach Festival never fails to be one of my favorite festivals to attend in the summer in San Francisco. The pleasant aromas of Italian pasta sauces and freshly oven baked pizzas fill the air. This year's festival received some amazing weather and the attendance was beyond great. People ... http://www.michaeljeong.com/blog/archives/713 The Summer Fashion Show presented by the US American Legion Cathay Post #384 took place at New Asia Restaurant in San Francisco's Chinatown. The event was to help raise funds for the Asian American veterans of Cathay Post. The evening started out with dinner, then throughout dinner there was a ... http://www.michaeljeong.com/blog/archives/709 The Giants brought the fair to the park once again for another summer of fun. San Francisco is not known for having carnival rides and carnival games that you would see at a normal state or county fair. However, two weeks in June have become home to a number of ... http://www.michaeljeong.com/blog/archives/706 The Haight Ashbury Street Fair is a San Francisco fair that promotes love, not war. It is one that brings back nostalgic memories for those that grew up during the 60s and 70s when Flower Power and spiritual freedom reigned supreme. Although, the fair promotes this much differently than how ... http://www.michaeljeong.com/blog/archives/703 The Union Street Festival is one of San Francisco's Arts & Crafts Festival. Although, not acclaimed for being an official arts & crafts festival, it seems to cater to those qualities more than that of a cultural festival, unless you would call selling arts & crafts part of American culture. ... http://www.michaeljeong.com/blog/archives/698