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This is an old, quaint, beautiful little town that I went to when I was about 12 or so. I was actually attending a nerd camp nearby, and going into town was one of my elected activities for the day, so I didn’t get to see much of it. It was nice though, and I’ve wanted to go back and see if it is still as lovely as I remember.

My mom’s Chinese friend took me on my first trip to Chinatown, which was great, because she knew all the best and most authentic places to go, and how to haggle with all the Asian vendors who were insulting us white people in their native language. She took us to a FANTASTIC place to get dim sum—it’s called the Grand Harmony Palace, and it’s on Mott St. No one will really speak English there, so enjoy all the carts of amazing food whirling by and just do a lot of pointing and a lot of eating!