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The Tipping Etiquette in East Asia? You’ll get nothing and like it!

The Tipping Etiquette in East Asia? You’ll get nothing and like it!

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Next stage of social buying will target ethnic niches like JDeal!

Next stage of social buying will target ethnic niches like JDeal!

Just caught this post from fellow Privy member Patrick Kitano of Social Commerce Today who believes:

“The next stage of social buying will be the development of niche categories”

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Hollywood Half Marathon Daily Mile Stats

Hollywood Half Marathon Daily Mile Stats

Just completed my first half marathon. I’m happy to have just finished the race.  I’ve played soccer my entire life, but never was a long distance runner. I’ve been using this site called www.dailymile.com where you can import your workouts from your Garmin watch or iphone Nike+ app.

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Perks of Privy – Promise Wine [Phillips Screwdriver Required]

Perks of Privy – Promise Wine [Phillips Screwdriver Required]

Privy has it perks, like getting sent a bottle of the 2007 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that was recently released last fall. The wine scored 96 points from wine critic Robert Parker.

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Transpacific Asian immigrants change love equation for Asian Americans

Interesting NY Times article about how the increase of transpacific Asian immigrants in the United States are changing the equation for love among Asian Americans.

While the percentage of Asian Americans who married someone outside of their race dipped between 2008 and 2010, the matches between American-born and foreign-born jumped by more than 21 percent. This last statistic is something I personally contributed to when I married my wife (whom I lovingly call a “FOB”) in 2010.

With this growing surge of Asian immigrants coming to the US and also the reverse trend of Asian Americans moving to Asia — do you think the dynamics of Asian American dating has changed?

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