Today millions of families around the world will begin the celebrations of the year of the “Yang”, meaning goat or sheep. If you are celebrating we want to wish you a year full of good fortune & love.

Aside from delicious food my favorite tradition is the giving and receiving of hong bak (the little red envelopes stuffed with money). When I was a little girl, I would keep the envelope under my pillow for many days after receiving it from my grandfather. My grandfather was an immigrant who ran a general store. His store looked just like the illustration below: