Love, L.A. style: A Korean-Armenian couple dishes on romance, food, in-laws and ‘the dowry’Southern California Public Radio

Today’s couple: Aris and InSun Janigian, married 15 years, the parents of two children. Aris, a novelist whose recently published This Angelic Land relates the story of the 1992 L.A. riots through an Armenian American protagonist, was born in the U.S. of Armenian parents; InSun, a homemaker and former jack of all trades, is Korean American and arrived in the U.S. at age four.

Love, L.A. style: A Korean-Armenian couple dishes on romance, food, in-laws and ‘the dowry’
Southern California Public Radio

Today’s couple: Aris and InSun Janigian, married 15 years, the parents of two children. Aris, a novelist whose recently published This Angelic Land relates the story of the 1992 L.A. riots through an Armenian American protagonist, was born in the U.S. of Armenian parents; InSun, a homemaker and former jack of all trades, is Korean American and arrived in the U.S. at age four.

Monthly craft kits bring parents, kids together
Bergen County Record (N.J.)

The pile of craft supplies was there for more than a month. Jessica Kim came home from work one night and stared at it. She had intended to create a project about flowers to do with her 4-year-old daughter. But at that moment, she couldn’t remember what she planned to use the individual items for or even the names of the parts of a flower.

Where to begin?

From that moment last June came inspiration. It took only two months for Kim to go from being at a loss to launching The BabbaBox, a monthly service that delivers a package of arts and crafts supplies, as well as a book and a product to help the child explore her world, all connected to a particular topic.

Mya finds out she’s going to be a big sister!
Little Mya’s parents were able to announce they were expecting a baby while also helping their daughter practice her reading skills. The couple gave Mya, who is currently learning to read, a t-shirt which she sounded out loud until she read “I’m the Big Sister.”