I’m collaborating with a longtime IBMer/Loti on Strange Tango’s metamorphosis, which we undertake every few years to incorporate state-of-the-art tech into my website.

We’ll relaunch sometime this year with the fresh voices and stunning visuals for which Strange Tango is known…and we hope you’ll help us [...]]]> http://strangetango.com/blog/2012/05/27/metamorphosis/feed/ 0 http://strangetango.com/blog/2012/05/26/glorious-food/ http://strangetango.com/blog/2012/05/26/glorious-food/#comments Sat, 26 May 2012 22:10:49 +0000 A. D. Tejada http://strangetango.com/blog/?p=5859 My version of a beloved Thai dish using mint from my garden.

This is a special time for reflecting on the past and anticipating the future. And so it is with Strange Tango: Life as Art. Since August 2009 when we launched this labor of love, the website/blog [...]]]> http://strangetango.com/blog/2012/01/03/community/feed/ 0 http://strangetango.com/blog/2012/01/01/global-nomad-style-new-years-meal/ http://strangetango.com/blog/2012/01/01/global-nomad-style-new-years-meal/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:30:29 +0000 A. D. Tejada http://strangetango.com/blog/?p=5799

Global Nomad style is reminiscent of our travels around the world.

Our first meal of 2012 consists of… Lobster Cantonese made by my husband, born in Hong Kong; Pancit noodles from the cuisine of my Filipino heritage; Black-eyed peas simmered for hours with smoked pork and sauerkraut, both are traditional dishes from our [...]]]> http://strangetango.com/blog/2012/01/01/global-nomad-style-new-years-meal/feed/ 0 http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/31/2012/ http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/31/2012/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 04:00:53 +0000 A. D. Tejada http://strangetango.com/blog/?p=5786 All wrapped up...

Wishing everyone a magical new year in 2012…

An early ambition was that I might enter politics or academia, or become a diplomat/lawyer/corporate executive with an international career. But my perspective has always been one of multiplicity: it felt more natural to me to see the interrelatedness of humanity than to become an expert specializing in a fragment of the universe. [...]]]> http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/29/artist-as-seer/feed/ 0 http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/25/louise-gansky-bendel-a-christmas-letter/ http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/25/louise-gansky-bendel-a-christmas-letter/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 01:33:04 +0000 A. D. Tejada http://strangetango.com/blog/?p=5690 Louise Gansky Bendel is one of my oldest friends, ever since we were student activists at Cornell. The role we were thrust into was quite surprising, considering we both are straight arrow, Catholic girls who have generally exerted leadership through subtle example. Now a mother with a family of her own, [...]]]> http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/25/louise-gansky-bendel-a-christmas-letter/feed/ 0 http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/21/5625/ http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/21/5625/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:30:06 +0000 A. D. Tejada http://strangetango.com/blog/?p=5625

I’m unveiling my new Facebook Timeline on the first day of the Winter Solstice!

The cover photo includes symbols associated with my literary novella, Strange Tango, the namesake of the first literary conceptual art installation in cyberspace — Strange Tango: Life as Art. I’ve been experimenting with ambitious and multilayered new forms of [...]]]> http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/21/5625/feed/ 0 http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/12/owen-shieh-untamed-skies/ http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/12/owen-shieh-untamed-skies/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:21:46 +0000 A. D. Tejada http://strangetango.com/blog/?p=5362 In 2011, weather was an international news story. From the devastating tsunami in Japan to the flooding across the United States, meteorologists played an important role in mitigating the loss of life and property and in helping the public to understand the causes of these cataclysmic events.

So when my friend Owen Shieh, a [...]]]> http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/12/owen-shieh-untamed-skies/feed/ 0 http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/03/mai-xuan-bui-a-melting-pot-of-thoughts/ http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/03/mai-xuan-bui-a-melting-pot-of-thoughts/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 02:00:30 +0000 A. D. Tejada http://strangetango.com/blog/?p=5325 Pho for Life: A Melting Pot of Thoughts book launch is today – December 3, 2011!

I vowed I would never cut my waist-length hair until I was a published book author. Now, I am half-way to checking this long-standing wish off my bucket list. My essay, Heartland, is included in [...]]]> http://strangetango.com/blog/2011/12/03/mai-xuan-bui-a-melting-pot-of-thoughts/feed/ 0