• Skip to content
  • Skip to footer

Leslie Hsu Oh

Travel Writer | Photographer | Editor | seen in T+L, NatGeo, CNT,Outside, Parents, Smithsonian

  • Author
    • Award-winning
    • Books
    • Fireweed: A Memoir
    • Fiction
    • Food & Culture
    • Indigenous Knowledge
    • Outdoor Adventures
    • Parenting
    • Poetry
    • Sustainability
    • Travel
    • Wildlife & Science
  • Photographer
  • Speaker
  • Editor
  • Instructor
  • Health Advocate
  • Gear
  • News
  • Contact
Tweet
Share
Share
Pin
0 Shares
NewsAwards/HonorsIn the Press
  • Forthcoming: Vogue and The Atlas of Mountaineering, edited by Katie Ives and Conrad Anker, Fall 2025 from Phaidon Press.
  • November 11, 2024: “The Essential Guide to Visiting Nevada” in National Geographic.
  • July 2024: Co-authored Lonely Planet guide on Washington, Oregon, & the Pacific Northwest.
  • December 14, 2023: “If You Want To, You Can Fly” published in Moonshine Ink.
  • December 10, 2023: “Through Lens and Line: Fly fishing in Hokkaido” in Adventure Travel.
  • October 12, 2023: “Teaching Girls to Soar” published in Moonshine Ink.
  • October 11, 2023 – December 15: Teaching “Travel Writing 1” with Write Like a Honey Badger.
  • Sept 5 – October 31: Teaching “Travel Writing Master Class 1” with Write Like a Honey Badger.
  • May 4, 2023: “The Best Workout Headphones to Keep You Training in 2023” in Runner’s World.
  • March 29, 2023: “The Best Rooftop Tents for Overlanding Adventures Near and Far” in Popular Mechanics.
  • February 28, 2023: Leslie receives a gold medal in “Outdoor and Adventure Photography” in 31st annual NATJA Awards for “Lost and Found” originally published in Alpinist Magazine.
  • October 22, 2022: “The 11 Best Ski and Snowboard Goggles of 2022” in Travel + Leisure
  • October 5, 2022: “The 8 Best Hiking Shoes and Boots for Women of 2022” in Travel + Leisure
  • September 16, 2022: “The Best Family Tents, According to Camping Experts” in Travel + Leisure
  • September 6, 2022: “The Best Travel Toothbrushes of 2022” in Travel + Leisure
  • August 26, 2022: “The Best Sleeping Pads of 2022” in Travel + Leisure
  • July 19, 2022: “The Best Camping Lanterns for Your Next Outdoor Getaway” in Travel + Leisure
  • June 29, 2022: “The Best Sleeping Bags of 2022, Tested by an Expert” in Travel + Leisure
  • June 28, 2022: “The Best Hiking Socks for Every Type of Adventure” in Travel + Leisure
  • May 18, 2022: Leslie speaks at Tourism Cares Meaningful Travel Summit on a panel called “Diversity in the Outdoors”
  • April 15, 2022: “Spot Breaching Whales and Calving Glaciers from Your Balcony” published in Virtuoso.
  • Spring 2022: “Lost and Found” published in Alpinist Magazine.
  • February 10-March 3, 2022: Santiago, Chile and 18-day Antarctica Expedition where Leslie photographed the launch of the Black Travel Advisory Board to Hurtigruten.
  • February 28, 2022: Leslie receives two gold medals and a silver in 30th annual NATJA Travel Media Awards. “All in Good Time” (an excerpt from her memoir Fireweed) originally published in Travel+Leisure won gold in Destination Travel and Family Travel. “There’s a Passport Backlog in the Bay Area and nationwide. Here are some hacks to get yours faster” originally published in SF Gate won silver in Travel Tips and Advice.
  • November 2021 – February 2022: Leslie is guest editor for Alpinist Magazine.
  • October 22- 31, 2021: In Brazil, Leslie rapels, spelunks and canyoneers in the Devil’s Cave. She white water rafts in the Atlantic Forest and explores the sustainability and adventures of the Ribeira Valley in Sao Paulo state, an exciting emerging destination for adventure travellers.
  • Aug 7-10, 2021: Atlantis Bahamas (swim with dolphins, release sea turtle, spa treatmt) and fly-fishing for bone fish in Andros Island.
  • July 2021: “There’s a passport backlog in the Bay Area and nation wide. Here are some hacks to get yours faster” published in SF Gate.
  • July 2021: “Why is this totem pole traveling across America?” published in National Geographic Travel.
  • June 3-7, 2021: Leslie explores the fine dining culinary scene of Todas Santos and La Paz, Mexico including fishing in the Sea of Cortez for dinner.
  • May 2021: Interview for The Freelance Outdoorswoman
  • Mar 2021: Leslie receives a gold medal and 2 silvers in 29th annual NATJA Travel Media Awards Competition. “Looking for a socially-distant escape? Go to a River” published in Vogue won gold in Travel Tips & Advice During a Pandemic; “Talking to Kids About Xenophobia” published in National Geographic won silver in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility; “The Living Forest” published in Backpacker Magazine won silver in Cultural Travel.
  • Feb 2021: “All in Good Time” published in Travel+Leisure Feb issue.
  • Feb 2021: Quoted in National Geographic Travel
  • Nov 14, 2020: Leslie spoke about “Saving Lives with Stories” at National Hepatitis B & C Conference sponsored by APAMSA
  • Aug 18, 2020: “Looking for a Socially Distanced Escape? Go to a River” published in Vogue Magazine.
  • May 26, 2020: “Talking to Kids About Xenophobia” published in National Geographic.
  • May/June 2020: “The Living Forests” cover story published in May/June issue of Backpacker Magazine.
  • April 27, 2020: “Ocean Nerds, Check Out These Online Experiences” published in Outside Magazine.
  • April 2020: “Meet the Parents Whose Passion for the Planet Inspired Them to Change” published in April/May issue of Parents Magazine.
  • March 2020: Judge for Delaware Press Association
  • February 2020: Leslie receives 2 gold medals in 28th NATJA Travel Media Awards Competition. “Painting the Next Chapter” published in Adventure Journal won gold in Lifestyle, Personality and Profiles – Print; “What It’s Like to Break Bread in the Desert” in Saveur Magazine won gold in Family Travel – Online.
  • December 20, 2019: “5 Things We Can Learn from Tiger Parents” published in Parents Magazine
  • December 6, 2019: “Good Gear: Buy a Flannel, Help Save the Ocean” published in REI
  • October 23, 2019: Leslie keynotes Swarthmore Asian Organization hepatitis B awareness event
  • October 22, 2019: Winner of Society of American Travel Writer Foundation Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award. “What It’s Like to Break Bread in the Desert” originally published in Saveur Magazine earns bronze in cultural tourism.
  • October 16, 2019:  Leslie reads from her memoir at The Ross Mansion in Seaford, Delaware hosted by Mary Pauer.  Other speakers include: Katherine Ward, and Tamra Wilson
  • September 18, 2019: “5 of the Most Incredible Fly-Fishing Trips” published in Outside Magazine
  • Summer 2019: Profile on artist Sarah Uhl forthcoming in Adventure Journal Quarterly
  • June 2019: “Glacier Kayak among Icebergs and Ice Caves in Iceland” published in N by Norwegian Magazine
  • May 1, 2019: “The Ultimate Canyoneering Kit for Women” published in Outside Magazine
  • May/June 2019: “The Hiker’s Code of Conduct” published in Backpacker Magazine
  • January 2019: Leslie receives 2 gold medals, 2 silvers, and honorable mention in 27th NATJA Travel Media Awards Competition. “The Couple in Trouble” published in Outside Magazine won gold in the Destination Travel online, “A Guilt-Free Day on the Slopes: One adventurous family’s guide to the latest in ecofriendly snowboarding gear” originally published in Sierra Magazine won gold in Eco, Environmental or Volunteer Travel, “The Couple in Trouble” published in Outside Magazine won silver in Health and Wellness Travel, “Snags” originally published in Panorama Journal of Intelligent Travel won silver in Cultural Travel online,“Snags” originally published in Panorama Journal of Intelligent Travel won Honorable Mention in Long-Form Narrative category.
  • January 14, 2019: Leslie receives Individual Artist Fellowship Established Professional Award from Delaware Division of the Arts.
  • November 3, 2018: Leslie will keynote the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship national leadership conference in Tulsa, Oklahoma and sign copies of Waymaking
  • October 12, 2018: Leslie is reading her short story from Grace in Darkness at Fall for the Book Festival, Virginia at 12-1:15pm and sign copies of Waymaking
  • October 2018: “State of Nature” (Alaska) published in Morning Calm Magazine
  • September 19, 2018: “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” published in Taste by Naomi Tomky includes an interview with Leslie.
  • July 13, 2018: Leslie is speaking with Phillappa Biddle about ethics in her photography and writing at Impact Travel Immersion conference in New York.
  • July 7, 2018: Leslie is reading her short story from Grace in Darkness in Rockville, Maryland. Contact Leslie for details.
  • June 22, 2018: “The Best National Parks for Kids” published in Outside Magazine.
  • May 7, 2018: “On the Line” short story published in Grace in Darkness anthology.
  • April 13, 2018: “The 8 Genius Hacks You Need to Know Before Visiting Harry Potter World” in Real Simple Magazine
  • March 28, 2018: “Snowboarding Gear That’s Actually Designed for Women” in Outside Magazine
  • March 2018: K’e yil yal tx’i: Saying Something in Alpinist Magazine wins Bronze in Family Travel, Solas Awards The Solas Awards are an annual competition to find the best writing being done about the world today. The Travelers’ Tales editors choose winners in 20 categories ranging from adventure to humor, from destination to memoir, and everything in between.
  • January 27, 2018: “A Guilt-free Day on the Slopes” in Sierra Magazine
  • January 14, 2018: “4 More Nutrition Myths that No Hiker Should Believe” in Backpacker Magazine
  • Winter 2017: “Listen and Experience without Words” in First Alaskans Magazine
  • Winter 2017: Leslie named “a Force of Nature” and “badass” by Misadventures: the Adventure Magazine for Women.
  • November 16-19, 2017: Leslie speaking at Kendal Mountain Film Festival
  • November 16, 2017: Leslie and her family tested 20 items for Backpacker Magazine’s The Best Gifts for Hikers of 2017
  • October 20, 2017: “Iceland is one of the healthiest countries in the world — and the secret lies in its cuisine” in MIC 
  • October 15, 2017: Snags (an excerpt from Fireweed: A Memoir) published in Panorama Journal of Intelligent Travel
  • September 28, 2017: Why Adventure Travel is Good for the Family in Conde Nast Traveler.
  • September 26, 2017: The Couple in Trouble in Outside Magazine
  • August 25, 2017, 6:30pm: Join me for free tacos and beer! Hear a sneak peek of forthcoming work. I’ll raffle off Patagonia and other brands that I test along with my mother’s wildlife artwork. Keynote speaker for REI’s #ForceofNature campaign. Register for free.
  • July 2017: 5 Nutrition Myths That No Hiker Should Believe in Backpacker Magazine.
  • June 2017: Rules, Shmoolz Some parenting dogma is made for breaking and the backcountry is the place to do it in Backpacker Magazine
  • June 18, 2017: Eat, Sleep, Play: A Recipe for a Happy Outdoorsey Dad in Sierra Magazine
  • June 3, 2017: Leslie speaking about “Travel Writer as Cartographer” and “Third Culture Point of View: Writing from a Multicultural Perspective” at NonfictioNOW.
  • June-July, 2017: K’e yil yal tx’i: Saying Something in Alpinist Magazine
  • May 22, 2017: Test gear and talk to 200 Middle schoolers
  • May 14, 2017: “Gear for Adventurous Families” in Sierra Magazine
  • April 6, 2017: “19 Products That Will Make Traveling With Kids Easier” in Travel+Leisure
  • March 28, 2017: “What are the Best Snacks for Backcountry Skiing and Riding?” in Backpacker Magazine
  • March 1, 2017: “Warp Thread” wins Bronze in Family Travel category of 2017 Solas Awards sponsored by Travelers’ Tales.
  • February 2017: Leslie receives 2 silvers, 1 bronze and 2 finalists in 25th NATJA Travel Media Awards Competition. “How Canoes Are Saving Lives and Restoring Spirit” published in Smithsonian won silver in Special Focus Travel Articles – Internet : Local lifestyle and bronze in Special Focus Travel Articles – Internet: Cultural, Educational, Self-improvement Travel, “Yes, that’s my toddler snowboarding. Extreme sports don’t have to stop when you have kids” originally published in Washington Post won silver in Special Focus Travel Articles – Internet: Intergenerational and Family Travel and was a finalist in Special Focus Travel Articles – Internet: Sports, Recreation, and Adventure, “Get your head in the clouds at high elevation W. VA resort” originally published in Washington Post was a finalist in Destination Travel, Domestic Newspaper, “
  • January 8, 2017: “I tried the Chinese practice of ‘sitting the month’ after childbirth” Published in Washington Post.
  • December 18, 2016: “In Pennsylvania, a tubing and snowboarding destination for families” Published in Washington Post Travel
  • November 24, 2016: Backpacker Magazine Holiday Gift Guide
  • November 5, 2016: Leslie will speak at Albert Schweitzer Fellowship Leadership conference in Boston
  • October 30, 2016: “Cool Enough” published in Panorama: Journal of Intelligent Travel
  • October 29, 2016: Leslie will speak at BinderCon NYC on Close to Home: The Beginner’s practical guide to Travel Writing
  • September 1, 2016: “The Right Mask” wins award in Magazine Feature Writing category of 85th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition
  • July/Aug 2016: “The Best New Outdoor Gear for Kids” Published in Sierra Magazine
  • June 27, 2016: Leslie interviewed in “National Park Centennial Coverage Would Lead You to Believe That Only White Men Use Love and Write about Our Parks“
  • May 24, 2016: “AAPI Heritage Month Recap: Champions for Art and Storytelling” on White House Blog.
  • May 19, 2016: The Hepatitis B Initiative receives Viral Hepatitis Testing Award at White House
  • May 13, 2016: “These Chinese-American Women Are the Champions of Change Heroes” on Vision.
  • May 5, 2016: Leslie featured in World Journal
  • May 4, 2016: Leslie featured in World Journal
  • May 4, 2016: Leslie spoke at the White House as “White House Champions of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.” Watch recording here.
  • May 2, 2016: “10 Asian American, Pacific Islanders to be honored by the White House for being ‘Champions of Change’” on The American Bazaar. \
  • May 2, 2016: “AAPI Heritage Month: White House Honors Artists & Story Tellers” on AsAmNews.
  • May 2, 2016: “White House to honor Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders” on Dallas Morning News.
  • May 2016: Leslie named as “White House Champions of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.” She was nominated for her leadership and tireless work to raise the visibility of diverse AAPI experiences and create dialogue around issues the community faces.
  • May 2016: “How to Love the Rain” Published in Backpacker Magazine
  • April 30, 2016: “Our founder, Leslie Hsu Oh, named as White House Champions of Change” on Hepatitis B Initiative.
  • April 29, 2016: “Meet The White House Champions of Change For Asian American And Pacific Islander Art And Storytelling” on Asian Angry Man Blog.
  • April 1, 2016: NPR’s Pulse interviews Leslie in “Scientists involved with hepatitis C cure turn focus to hepatitis B“
  • March 25, 2016: Leslie Hsu Oh’s daughters featured in Today Show
  • March 23, 2016: Leslie Hsu Oh joins Panorama: The Journal of Intelligent Travel as a Contributing Writer. They selected 40 out of 6000 applicants!
  • March 20, 2016: “W.Va.’s ‘island in the sky’ hosts pristine trails for skiing and snowboarding” Published in Washington Post Travel
  • March 9, 2016: Leslie Hsu Oh discusses Phenomenal by Leigh Ann Henion. Published at The Military Spouse Blog Review.
  • February 23, 2016: “How to Enjoy a Family Ski Resort Without Skiing.” Published in Parenting Magazine.
  • January 22, 2016: “Yes, that’s my toddler snowboarding. Extreme sports don’t have to stop when you have kids.” Published in Washington Post.
  • November 24, 2015: Leslie Hsu Oh spoke at George Washington University on “The Untold Story of Hepatitis B.” Sponsored by APAMSA.
  • November 13, 2015: “Important Lessons about Giving from Alaska: The More You Give, the More You Get Back” published in TODAY Show Parenting Team.
  • October 2015: “The Right Mask” published in Alaska Magazine.
  • October 24, 2015: Leslie Hsu Oh and HBI featured in World Journal.
  • July 26-28, 2015: Leslie Hsu Oh invited to Hep B United Summit and World Hepatitis Day events.
  • July 24, 2015: Leslie Hsu Oh featured in Sampan Newspaper.
  • July 16, 2015: SinoVision interviews Leslie Hsu Oh.
  • July 16, 2015: Leslie Hsu Oh speaks at journalist workshop in Boston.
  • June 2015: “Masters and Apprentices” appears with a new ending in Arctic Studies Center’s newsletter.
  • May 31, 2015: Leslie Hsu Oh speaks at HBI-DC 5th Annual Benefit Gala and Awards Dinner.
  • May 12, 2015: Leslie Hsu Oh speaks at Congressional Viral Hepatiits Reception.
  • April 25, 2015: Sit’ Tlein: The Story of Hubbard Glacier’s Spirit and Indigenous Knowledge of Tlingit Seal-Hunting Practices wins 1st place in Alaska Press Club Award for Best Environmental Reporting. Judge says, “This piece is beautifully and sensitively written, and offers an inspiring story of science, understanding, cooperation and healing. It carefully navigates a deep cultural divide, taking readers to a spectacular natural setting that serves as a touchstone for exploring how people, place and natural resources are intimately connected.”
  • April 20, 2015: Leslie Hsu Oh interviews Leigh Newman at 49 Writers.
  • March/April 2015: “Master. Apprentice: Artists and their students at the Alaska Native Heritage Center discuss their work and why mentoring matters” published in Native Peoples Magazine
  • March 2015:Oh family featured in Greenbriar Flyer, Girl Scout and Boy Scouts.
  • January 2015: Sit’ Tlein: The Story of Hubbard Glacier’s Spirit and Indigenous Knowledge of Tlingit Seal-Hunting Practices and Woosh teen ayxa’a! Daa naaytee! We paddle together, imitating our ancestors nominated for Alaska Press Club Award
  • December 23, 2014: The Great Blue Heron posted at Love+eMotion
  • November 2014: “Tail End Clearing of the Pathway to the Light: Alaska’s first certified Tribal doctor (cover story)” and “Engaging Our Youth: Smithsonian Pilots New Program at Inuit Studies Conference” and “Losing Everything We Stand For” featured in National Library of Medicine’s Native Voices Exhibit.
  • September 3, 2014: Brace Yourself posted at Spawn and Survive
  • Summer 2014: Sit’ Tlein: The Story of Hubbard Glacier’s Spirit and Indigenous Knowledge of Tlingit Seal-Hunting Practices published in First Alaskans Magazines
  • August 13-23, 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh invited to attend Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Reading @ Blue Parlor.
  • August 3, 2014: Is Batman Real? posted at Love+eMotion
  • August 2014: “Woosh teen ayxa’a! Daa naaytee! We paddle together, imitating our ancestors” originally featured in First Alaskans Magazine wins 83rd Annual Writer’s Digest Competition
  • July 30, 2014: HBI-DC receives award at White House Commemoration of World Hepatitis Day
  • July 7-14, 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh receives O’Dwyer Scholarship to attend Squaw Valley Writers Conference
  • June 11, 2014: CoreeILBO features Leslie Hsu Oh and HBI-DC ‘s Benefit Gala and Awards Dinner
  • June 2014: Cover story “Did I Kill My Son?” published in Asian Fortune Magazine
  • June 9, 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh featured in Albert Schweitzer Fellowships’s “A Leader in Service“
  • June 8, 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh speaks at HBI-DC’s Benefit Gala and Awards Dinner
  • May 25, 2014: HBI and Leslie Hsu Oh featured in World Journal
  • May 25, 2014: HBI and Leslie Hsu Oh featured in Doi Nay
  • May 25, 2014: HBI and Leslie Hsu Oh featured in Korea Daily
  • May 13, 2014: What Military Spouses are Reading posted at Military Spouse Book Review
  • May 11, 2014: Book Review: The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey posted at Military Spouse Book Review
  • May 11: 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh and Thomas Oh featured in Washington Chinese Daily News
  • May 10, 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh and Thomas Oh featured in Asian Gazette
  • May 10, 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh and Thomas Oh featured in World Journal
  • May 8, 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh speaks and moderates National Hepatitis Awareness Month Journalist Workshop
  • April 9, 2014: HBI published in Journal of Immigrant and Migratory Health
  • March 2014: Selected to attend Folio Management’s “Publishing the Right First Book: How to Position Yourself for a Long and Successful Writing Career.”
  • Spring 2014: “Woosh teen ayxa’a! Daa naaytee! We paddle together, imitating our ancestors” published in First Alaskans Magazine
  • Spring 2014: “Tilting Point: The Resilience of Arctic Youth” published in First Alaskans Magazine
  • Dec/Jan 2014:“Yugtun Defenders” published in First Alaskans Magazine
  • June/July 2013: “Epsalnguipagtat: How They Weren’t Stifled by Sewing” published in First Alaskans Magazine
  • July 26, 2013: Leslie Hsu Oh speaks at World Hepatitis Day at White House, sponsored by White House Offices of National AIDS Policy and National Drug Control Policy
  • July 11, 2013: Vacation Pictures: Patricia, Edith, Leslie
    posted at Novel Adventures
  • July 8, 2013: Shrink and Swell posted at Novel Adventures
  • June 5, 2013: Western vs Traditional Medicine posted at Novel Adventures
  • Summer 2013: Leslie Hsu Oh teaches Introduction to Creative Writing, University of Alaska Anchorage
  • May 15, 2013: Love Food posted at Novel Adventures
  • April/May 2013: “Tail End Clearing of the Pathway to the Light: Alaska’s first certified Tribal doctor” published in First Alaskans Magazine
  • April 22, 2013: Leslie Hsu Oh interviews Christine Byl on 49 Writers
  • March 13, 2013: Life Off the Grid posted at Novel Adventures
  • Spring 2013: “Warp Thread” published in Fourth Genre.
  • 2013: “Love Food” accepted in anthology titled Tao of Parenthood.
  • February 2013: Leslie Hsu Oh teaches Nonfiction Apprenticeship for 49Writers
  • February/March 2013: “Breaking Conventions: How the Smithsonian’s Arctic Studies Center Makes a Difference” published in First Alaskans Magazine.
  • February/March 2013: “Engaging Our Youth: Smithsonian Pilots New Program at Inuit Studies Conference” published in First Alaskans Magazine.
  • December 2012/January 2012: “Giving Outside the Box: Traditions of Giving and Living a Good Life” published in First Alaskans Magazine.
  • December 2012/January 2013: “This Thing That Happens: How to Remove Grief” published in First Alaskans Magazine.
  • November 23, 2012: Off the Beaten Track: Native Traditions of Giving
    posted at Novel Adventures.
  • August/September 2012: “Quiet in my Arms: Scholars find ways to respectfully preserve oral traditions” published in First Alaskans Magazine.
  • April 2012: “Mooncake” (poetry) forthcoming in Stoneboat.
  • May 2012: One of my students from the 49 Writing Center class I taught in October just published an essay we worked on together in Alaska Magazine.
  • January 2012: “Mother for her People” and “A Dogmusher’s Secret” published in First Alaskans Magazine.
  • October 23, 2011: Introduced Dr. Howard Koh, the Assistant Secretary for Health at the US Department of Health and Human Services, at HBI-DC‘s Benefit Gala and Award Dinner.
  • August 8, 2011: Leslie Hsu Oh teaches at Anchorage School District Advanced Academy: Writing Institute.
  • May 5, 2011: Love + eMotion Blog wins Alaska Professional Communicator’s Award
  • April 26, 2011: Leslie Hsu Oh interviews Howard Blum
  • March 2011: Kids These Days! wins AK Professional Communicators “Best Talk Radio Show” and “Best Website” for a non-profit and AK Press Club “Best Public Affairs Program”
  • 2011: New edition of The Whale of A Boy by Auxilia Hsu, which was translated from English to Chinese and published originally in 1995, includes a new foreword written by Leslie Hsu Oh.
  • January 10, 2011: Leslie Hsu Oh interviews Don Rearden
  • 2010: “Between the Lines” was listed as a 2009 Notable Essay in Best American Essays 2010
  • December 6, 2010 : Leslie interviewed on NPR Tell Me More
  • November 14, 2010: Leslie and Thomas Oh keynote address for HBI-DC Hep B Free DC Gala Night
  • November 1, 2010: Leslie founds Love + eMotion Blog launched at Kids These Days!
  • October 26, 2010: “Raising Techno Addicts” published and aired on Kids These Days! KSKA-FM 91.1
  • September 2010: Leslie receives Alaska Writers Guild Scholarship
  • June 2010: “Red Balloon” published in Cirque
  • Summer 2009: “Between the Lines” published in Under the Sun
  • Spring 2009: “Love Food” published in Rosebud Magazine along with new poems from Alice Walker, unpublished lyrics from Jim Morrison, and a new story by W.P Kinsella (the author who wrote Field of Dreams).
  • April 2009: “Good Neighbors” by Mary Harris workshopped and revised in my creative writing course won the UAA Student Showcase
  • December 2008: “Raising Awareness About a Silent Killer” by Ryan Blitstein in Miller-McCune
  • 2008: Leslie receives Rasmuson Individual Artist Award
  • April 2006: Testimonies to Mark L. Wolf, Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
  • 2003: Inova Joins Church Leaders to Provide Free Health Screenings, Press Release
  • August 2003: Hsu LD et al. “Student Leadership in Public Health Advocacy: Lessons Learned from the Hepatitis B Initiative,” The American Journal of Public Health
  • August 3, 2001: “Hepatitis B, A Disease for the Generation Next” in The Rafu Magazine (p.1) (p.2) (p.3) (p.4) (p.5), Volume III, Number 19
  • 1999-2001: The Office of the Surgeon General highlighted a number of community and state programs that supported important priorities as models for action. HBI-Boston was one of five listed as a model program on Surgeon General’s Web site.
  • April 1999 : “HepB Initiative reaches out to Asian community” in Boston University Medical Center MedCenterNews
  • April 16, 1999 : “Preventing Hepatitis B in the Asian Community” in Sampan Article
  • June 3, 1998: “Awards, Prizes, and Honors” in Harvard School of Public Health’s Around the School
  • Spring/Summer 1998 : “Fighting Hepatitis in Boston’s Chinatown” in Harvard Public Health Review
  • May 20, 1998: Leslie Hsu and Gina Cobin writes “The Partnership of Traditional Navajo Medicine and Biomedical Health Care Practices at the Chinle Comprehensive Core Facility” for the Role of Traditional Navajo Medicine Committee at the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility, funded by the Harvard University Native American Program Nation Building Project.
  • April 1998: “HSPH Student Hsu Receives Award ” in Harvard School of Public Health’s Around the School
  • February 20, 1998 : “Free Hepatitis B Screenings” in News in Brief Sampan
  • February 15, 1998 : “Q&A with Leslie Hsu, South Cove Health Center in Chinatown” in The Boston Globe.
  • January 23, 1998 : “Graduate Students fight Hepatitis B in Boston” in Harvard School of Public Health’s Around the School
  • September 19, 1997 : “Students to Launch Boston Program Against Hepatitis B” in Harvard Medical School’s Focus
  • “Looking for a socially-distant escape? Go to a River” published in Vogue won gold in 29th NATJA Travel Media Awards Travel Tips & Advice During a Pandemic category (2021).
  • “Talking to Kids About Xenophobia” published in National Geographic won silver in 29th NATJA Travel Media Awards Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility category (2021).
  • “The Living Forest” published in Backpacker Magazine won silver in 29th NATJA Travel Media Awards Cultural Travel category (2021).
  • Leslie receives 2 gold medals in 28th NATJA Travel Media Awards Competition. “Painting the Next Chapter” published in Adventure Journal won gold in Lifestyle, Personality and Profiles – Print; “What It’s Like to Break Bread in the Desert” in Saveur Magazine won gold in Family Travel – Online (2020).
  • Winner of Society of American Travel Writer Foundation Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Award. “What It’s Like to Break Bread in the Desert” originally published in Saveur Magazine earns bronze in cultural tourism (2019).
  • “The Couple in Trouble” published in Outside Magazine won gold in the 27th NATJA Travel Media Awards Destination Travel online category (2019).
  • “A Guilt-Free Day on the Slopes: One adventurous family’s guide to the latest in ecofriendly snowboarding gear” originally published in Sierra Magazine won gold in the 27th NATJA Travel Media Awards Eco, Environmental or Volunteer Travel category (2019).
  • “The Couple in Trouble” published in Outside Magazine won silver in the 27th NATJA Travel Media Awards Health and Wellness Travel category (2019).
  • “Snags” originally published in Panorama Journal of Intelligent Travel won silver in the 27th NATJA Travel Media Awards Cultural Travel online category (2019).
  • “Snags” originally published in Panorama Journal of Intelligent Travel won Honorable Mention in the 27th NATJA Travel Media Awards Long-Form Narrative category (2019).
  • “K’e yil yal tx’i: Saying Something” published in Alpinist Magazine wins Bronze in Family Travel category of Best Travel Writing Solas Awards The Solas Awards are an annual competition to find the best writing being done about the world today. The Travelers’ Tales editors choose winners in 20 categories ranging from adventure to humor, from destination to memoir, and everything in between (2018).
  • “Warp Threads” in Fourth Genre, Spring 2013 wins Bronze in Family Travel category of Best Travel Writing Solas Awards sponsored by Travelers’ Tales (2017).
  • “W.Va.’s ‘island in the sky’ hosts pristine trails for skiing and snowboarding” in Washington Post Travel, Finalist in Destination Travel, Domestic Newspaper, 2016 North American Travel Journalist Association Award (2017).
  • “Yes, that’s my toddler snowboarding. Extreme sports don’t have to stop when you have kids.” in Washington Post, Silver in Intergenerational and Family Travel and Finalist in Sports, Recreation, and Adventure 2016 NATJA Award (2017).
  • “How Canoes Are Saving Lives and Restoring Spirit” in Smithsonian Magazine, Silver in Local Lifestyle & Bronze in Cultural, Educational, Self-Improvement Travel, 2016 NATJA Award (2017).
  • “The Right Mask” originally featured in Alaska Magazine wins Honorable Mention in Magazine Feature Writing, 85rd Annual Writer’s Digest Competition (2016).
  • Leslie Hsu Oh named White House Champions of Change for AAPI Storytelling and Art (2016).
  • Sit’ Tlein: The Story of Hubbard Glacier’s Spirit and Indigenous Knowledge of Tlingit Seal-Hunting Practices wins 1st place in Alaska Press Club Award for Best Environmental Reporting (2015)
  • Woosh teen ayxa’a! Daa naaytee! We paddle together, imitating our ancestors wins 83rd Annual Writer’s Digest Competition (2014)
  • HBI-DC receives award at White House Commemoration of World Hepatitis Day (2014)
  • Leslie receives O’Dwyer Scholarship to attend Squaw Valley Writers Conference (2014)
  • Leslie selected to attend Folio Management’s “Publishing the Right First Book: How to Position Yourself for a Long and Successful Writing Career.” (2014)
  • The Hepatitis B Initiative wins National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable Community Advocate Award (2013)
  • Love+eMotion Blog wins Alaska Professional Communicators Award (2011)
  • Alaska Writers Guild Scholarship (2010)
  • Rasmuson Foundation Individual Artist Award (2008-2009)
  • “Good Neighbors” by Mary Harris workshopped and revised in my creative writing course won the UAA Student Showcase (2009)
  • HBI-DC receives the Organization of Chinese Americans Community Service Award (2009)
  • USUAA Travel Grant and UAA’s Graduate Student Association Scholarship (2006-2007)
  • Honorable Mention, 25th Annual Anchorage Daily News/UAA Creative Writing Contest (2006)
  • Assistant Secretary for Health’s Award for innovative community engagement in improving healthfinder.gov for specific populations (2002)
  • OPHS Special Recognition Award for creative contributions to surgeongeneral.gov and healthfinder.gov , resulting in improved service to the public (2001)
  • Service Award for initiative in reaching out to Hispanic audiences (2001)
  • Hammer Award for www.healthfinder.gov , National Partnership for Reinventing Government (2000)
  • Superior Accomplishment Award for outstanding service in leading the evaluation of www.healthfinder.gov (2000)
  • Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service for Healthy People 2010 (2000)
  • Office of Public Health and Science outstanding Surgeon General’s website (www.surgeongeneral.gov) team (2000)
  • Albert Schweitzer Award for reverence for life (1998)
  • The first New England Regional Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Young Leader in Public Health Award for outstanding dedication to the health and well being of the community and demonstration of initiative and advocacy in public health (1998)
  • Sun Memorial Award for exemplifying a commitment to improving the health and well-being of people in underserved populations (1998)
  • The first National Award for Excellence in Public Health Leadership, Public Health Foundation Enterprises (1997)
  • Prior to 1997: Member of UCLA Student Honors Program, Mortar Board, Golden Key, Alpha Lambda Delta. Distinguished Scholar Award, McDonnell Douglas Scholarship for leadership and academic achievement (4yrs), UCLA Alumni Association Achievement Award (3yrs), Rose and Sam Gilbert Honors and Bette Don Prell Honors Scholarship.
  • Feb 2021: Quoted in National Geographic Travel
  • September 19, 2018: “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” published in Taste by Naomi Tomky includes an interview with Leslie.
  • 2018: Leslie selected as media delegate by Adventure Travel Trade Association for their AdventureNEXT NearEast conference.
  • Winter 2017: Leslie named “a Force of Nature” and “badass” by Misadventures: the Adventure Magazine for Women.
  • June 27, 2016: Leslie interviewed in “National Park Centennial Coverage Would Lead You to Believe That Only White Men Use Love and Write about Our Parks“
  • May 24, 2016: “AAPI Heritage Month Recap: Champions for Art and Storytelling” on White House Blog.
  • May 19, 2016: The Hepatitis B Initiative receives Viral Hepatitis Testing Award at White House
  • May 13, 2016: “These Chinese-American Women Are the Champions of Change Heroes” on Vision.
  • May 5, 2016: Leslie featured in World Journal
  • May 4, 2016: Leslie featured in World Journal
  • May 4, 2016: Leslie spoke at the White House as “White House Champions of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.” Watch recording here.
  • May 2, 2016: “10 Asian American, Pacific Islanders to be honored by the White House for being ‘Champions of Change’” on The American Bazaar.
  • May 2, 2016: “AAPI Heritage Month: White House Honors Artists & Story Tellers” on AsAmNews.
  • May 2, 2016: “White House to honor Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders” on Dallas Morning News.
  • May 2016: Leslie named as “White House Champions of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.” She was nominated for her leadership and tireless work to raise the visibility of diverse AAPI experiences and create dialogue around issues the community faces.
  • April 30, 2016: “Our founder, Leslie Hsu Oh, named as White House Champions of Change” on Hepatitis B Initiative.
  • April 29, 2016: “Meet The White House Champions of Change For Asian American And Pacific Islander Art And Storytelling” on Asian Angry Man Blog.
  • April 1, 2016: NPR’s Pulse interviews Leslie in “Scientists involved with hepatitis C cure turn focus to hepatitis B“
  • March 25, 2016: Leslie Hsu Oh’s daughters featured in Today Show
  • October 24, 2015: Leslie Hsu Oh and HBI featured in World Journal.
  • July 24, 2015: Leslie Hsu Oh featured in Sampan Newspaper.
  • July 16, 2015: SinoVision interviews Leslie Hsu Oh.
  • March 2015: Ethan Oh wins first place in Pinewood Derby. Leslie Hsu Oh and Thomas Oh featured in Greenbriar Flyer.
  • June 2014: Cover story “Did I Kill My Son?” published in Asian Fortune Magazine
  • June 11, 2014: CoreeILBO features Leslie Hsu Oh and HBI-DC ‘s Benefit Gala and Awards Dinner
  • June 9, 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh featured in Albert Schweitzer Fellowships’s “A Leader in Service“
  • May 25, 2014: HBI and Leslie Hsu Oh featured in World Journal
  • May 25, 2014: HBI and Leslie Hsu Oh featured in Doi Nay
  • May 25, 2014: HBI and Leslie Hsu Oh featured in Korea Daily
  • May 11: 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh and Thomas Oh featured in Washington Chinese Daily News
  • May 10, 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh and Thomas Oh featured in Asian Gazette
  • May 10, 2014: Leslie Hsu Oh and Thomas Oh featured in World Journal
  • April 26, 2011: Leslie Hsu Oh interviews Howard Blum
  • April 9, 2014: HBI published in Journal of Immigrant and Migratory Health
  • January 10, 2011: Leslie Hsu Oh interviews Don Rearden
  • December 6 , 2010: “Asian-Americans Disproportionally at Risk for Hepatitis B.” NPR Tell Me More
  • December 2008: “Raising Awareness About a Silent Killer” by Ryan Blitstein in Miller-McCune
  • 2006: DVD [30 MB, 7:30 minutes in length] for Pastors and Leaders of Faith-based Organizations, HBI-DC
  • 2006: DVD [18 MB, 4:30 minutes in length] for Congregations, HBI-DC
  • April 2006: Testimonies to Mark L. Wolf, Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
  • August 3, 2001: “Hepatitis B, A Disease for the Generation Next” in The Rafu Magazine, Volume III, Number 19.
  • April 1999 : “HepB Initiative reaches out to Asian community” in Boston University Medical Center MedCenterNews
  • April 16, 1999 : “Preventing Hepatitis B in the Asian Community” in Sampan Article
  • Spring 1998: Public Health Hero in Harvard Public Health Review
  • June 3, 1998: “Awards, Prizes, and Honors” in Harvard School of Public Health’s Around the School
  • Spring/Summer 1998 : “Fighting Hepatitis in Boston’s Chinatown” in Harvard Public Health Review
  • April 1998: “HSPH Student Hsu Receives Award ” in Harvard School of Public Health’s Around the School
  • February 20, 1998 : “Free Hepatitis B Screenings” in News in Brief Sampan
  • February 15, 1998 : “Q &A with Leslie Hsu, South Cove Health Center in Chinatown” in The Boston Globe.
  • January 23, 1998 : “Graduate Students Fight Hepatitis B in Boston” in Harvard School of Public Health’s Around the School
  • September 19, 1997 : “Students to Launch Boston Program Against Hepatitis B” in Harvard Medical School’s Focus
Tweet
Share
Share
Pin
0 Shares

Footer

Twitter

Tweets by @lesliehsuoh

Instagram

@eo_thesnowboarder is competing at @usasasnow @cop @eo_thesnowboarder is competing at @usasasnow @coppermtn in @visitcolorado by himself. Poor guy had to share a team house with coaches only. Hope next yr some @teampalisadestahoe #sbx teammates can stay at our team house. I wish his dad or I could’ve taken him but @ko.snowboarder was home from @uofwa just long enough to remind me how nice it is to have a #daugter who anticipates my needs and offers an extra hand without my asking. 
-
I feel like one piece of my heart is in Washington state and the other is in Colorado and then theres another 2 pieces that are at school today on a dreadful snowstorm day. It’s so hard to be a parent. Nobody tells you that your entire job is to prepare your kids to survive without you.
-

#resilience #sbxlife #boardercross #boardercross🏂 
M #snowboardlife #snowboarding #snowboarding🏂 #snowboardingisfun #snowboardingisfun🏂
Year 3 of @nthsflyfishing club partnership with @m Year 3 of @nthsflyfishing club partnership with @marvin.racine.7 and @mattheronflyfishing @casthope ! 

My kids and I are holding a 2 million yr old #fish that only lives in @pyramid_lake ! This is the first #lahontancuttthroattrout we have ever held since we started in 2022 to brainstorm @ko.snowboarder @girlscouts #goldaward !! (And no, we have never caught one). Gratitude to Kendrick and Samantha Miller (Numu) and their kids (8 and 5) — who both received #flyrods from us on March 15, 2025 — for letting us hold this magnificent fish. Who do you think caught it??
 
As you can see, we are so excited and overwhelmed with emotions that we completely forgot what Matt taught us about how to present a fish to the camera. Instead Im embarassed to say that I turned into mother hen ! My kids overheard me saying “my baby” and they claimed I held the trout like one. Lol. I got fish slime all over my hair. 

Why is this fish so special? After decades of #overfishing #dams and #waterdiversion the #lahontancutthroat nearly became extinct. Anglers from all over the world try to catch the record-sized ones. They used to be around 80 lbs but nowadays its around 40 lbs. The one we are holding is 10 lbs. 

All of Kyra and @eo_thesnowboarder efforts for the past several years (raising awareness among their peers that the Truckee River watershed begins with Lake Tahoe and ends at Pyramid Lake) have been about protecting this #trout. And it is only due to genius solutions by #summitlakepaiutetribe and #pyramidlakepaiutetribe who manage a #fishhatchery where the trout are spawned and raised until they are juvenile #lahontancutthroats and reintroduced to #pyramidlake.
After wrestling with a schedule I had in mind for After wrestling with a schedule I had in mind for this @writingdowntown #residency, I finally surrendered. Only then did I begin to manifest an #idea that I first tried in 2018. 

@elizabeth_gilbert_writer described ideas in #bigmagic  as “disembodied, energetic life-form. They are completely separate from us, but capable of interacting with us—albeit strangely. Ideas have no material body, but they do have consciousness, and they most certainly have will. Ideas are driven by a single impulse: to be made manifest. And the only way an idea can be made manifest in our world is through collaboration with a human partner. It is only through a human’s efforts that an idea can be escorted out of the ether and into the realm of the actual.”

Ideas usually grow impatient and desert me while Im driving a kid to school or cooking. Even when I am writing, ideas dont like sticking around because I cant execute before somebody derails me. In this special space, I could finally catch and tame an idea.

As much as I love my family, I realize (in convincing them that I needed this residency) how important it is to fund programs like this. 

#lasvegas also offers plenty of experiences to catch #ideas :
-  @regalmovies #cinebarrepalacestation … had no idea that these #movietheaters existed. At first, we were quite confused. A theater without a concessions stand?  Who knew that you could only order food & drinks at your seat? Check out the #drunkenoreo (ole smoky cookies and cookies and cream liqueur, Stoli #vodka , #oreo cookies and vanilla ice cream)…and the sweet n chill pizza.
- @cirquedusoleil KÀ innovative #storytelling about two twins on a quest with fire that can unite or separate, destroy or illuminate.
- @chefroychoi #bestfriendsrestaurant …tell me if you like his kimchi carbonara or fried chicken
- @jabbawockeez dance crew never ceases to amaze me … pushing the limits of what humans can physically do
- @excaliburvegas #tournamentofkingslasvegas  wowed me w/pyrotechnics , sword fights and jousting.
Whats the first thing you would do? For a long ti Whats the first thing you would do?

For a long time, I have been stuck on the opening of my #memoir . I hung my #writersblock on grief, the loss of several of my mother’s siblings who took care of me after my mother died.  Thanks to @writingdowntown @plymptoninc @thewritersblocklv I was gifted 2-wks to face my demons.. Send me your muses and prayers !!

Heres what I am working on…

At twenty, I had white water rafted, spelunked, hiked, and ridden on horseback through nearly all the national parks in the United States when I lost both my mother and eighteen-year-old brother to the same disease. Known as the “silent killer,” #hepatitisb is an easily preventable disease commonly passed in #asians from mother to child during birth. Before she died, my mother asked my father to take me to the parks in Alaska and finish what we started. However, alienated by my father’s #chinese cultural beliefs to save face, move on, pretend nothing bad happened, I turned to the natural world and the indigenous people most intimate to these places for answers. Fireweed: A Memoir is a story about making sense of this world when you lose everything that made sense. It’s about finding a place or home to anchor yourself and your descendants to even if it doesn’t belong to you. It’s about resilience, finding some way, however messy, to deal with catastrophic events that advance and retreat or ebb and flow unpredictably through our lives. What matters is how we adapt.

Next door is the delightful @thewritersblocklv #bookstore . Owners Scott and Drew created an artificial #birdsanctuary and space for free creative writing classes for kids age 5-18.

Whats the first thing you did here? @fancifulnance ? @ok_bah_bye ? @joseph.v.lee ? @musicalmakiko @rche_types @liz.iversen
Stay tuned for scenes from a 2-week long @writingd Stay tuned for scenes from a 2-week long @writingdowntown #writingresidency hosted by @plymptoninc and @thewritersblocklv . This invitation could not have come at a better time. The kids just happened to have ski/skate wk and Thomas was able to request telework for the following week. At the same time 2025 began with an unexpected loss of a steady paycheck while my freelance work picked up and there was an urgency to wrapping up a memoir which had been sidelined by my commitments as wife and mother of four!! While my family is the source of my creativity and joy and happiness they too are very distracting to my #writingcareer .
-
This was a great opportunity to also test the cleverly designed @peakdesign #travelbackpack in Coyote X-Pac® Ocean Edition VX-21 Fabric made of 100% fishing nets which comes in 2 sizes both of which are carryon-approved.

Items to pack for a #writersresidency :
-#postitnotes 
-#highlighters
-#pajamas 
-favorite books
-@lululemon underwear 
-#toothbrush
-meds
-#kindle (i did but forgot the micro-usb cable)
-keyboard and mouse and all the usb 3.0 and 3.1 C and usb 2,3,and 3.1 A and laptop chargers!

Gratitude to my family and supporters @writingdowntown @jenny8lee @plymptoninc @thewritersblocklv @electricliterature @apublicspace @grubstreet @wwborders @catapult catalyst@nevada_humanities @nypl @submittable @penamerica @goodsi.de @therubysf
10 years ago when I first postholed up the side of 10 years ago when I first postholed up the side of #snowboardcross race courses to film @ko.snowboarder and @eo_thesnowboarder navigating #rollers #wutangs and turns at speeds up to 65 mph, I thought … this has gotta be the worst sport for parents ?

Just as my toes and fingers froze standing for hours in blizzard conditions (on 2/7 it was 23 degrees, windy, 32 mph southwest with gusts as high as 55 mph) worried that every plume of powder was my kid crashing…I comforted myself with the thought that my kids will leave home one day with these mad skills. Thanks to their brilliant coaches @mortttyyy @nateholland @ridepage @axlsnows 

Here’s what Coach Mike called the #trickledown effect.” Each kid learns quicker and becomes more #resilient !

- Anything is possible so just go for it
- #dreambig
- #bekindtoyourself and your fellow competitors.
- Learn how to be a role model from your older siblings and be a role model for the younger siblings 
- Ride in blizzard or rain or white out conditions…no problrm

#resilience #sbxlife #boardercross #boardercross🏂 
#snowboardgirl #snowboardlife #snowboarding #snowboarding🏂 #snowboardingisfun #snowboardingisfun🏂 #outdoorwomen #sbxgirl #sbxgirls #bekindtoyourself💜 #bekindtoyourselfandothers
Day 3: #huntingtonbeach where you can #surfandski Day 3: #huntingtonbeach where you can #surfandski on the same day

Only @ko.snowboarder and her youngest sister (8 yo) dared to sign up for #surflessons in the winter. They were rewarded with private lessons with @rockymckinnon, a #professionalsurfer and #shaper and owner of @mckinnonsurfandsuplessons !  Rocky is not only known for the innovations he has made to adaptive surf but he embodies #livingyourpurpose and #doingwhatyoulove and #sharingwhatyoulove .
-
We learned about how low tide causes faster and more powerful breaking waves and west southwest swells means we will drift towards the pier. I loved understanding how to read a wave’s shape, speed, and when it will break. Do waves transfer water or energy?
-
#poolcabanas @waterfrontbeachresort can be reserved from 10am -7pm. It comes with a bonfire and butler service from @cabowabobeachclub . Highly recommend the #flanksteakfajitas but be sure to ask for extra tortillas. We also loved the butter poached #lobstertacos🌮 with onions and cilantro and the #tempurabatteredshrimp #tacos . 
-
We squeezed in a #hottubsoak and #waterslideruns with a late checkout of 2pm. None of us wanted to leave.
Day 2: #huntingtonbeach Less than 100 feet from Day 2: #huntingtonbeach 

Less than 100 feet from #HuntingtonBeachPier, (site of the U.S. Open of Surfing), tucked inside this @hsssurf look for @javapointhb where you can grab acai bowls, donuts, bagels, avocado toasts, and a cup of coffee and wander around the nation’s first imprint collection of legendary surfers. See if you can find the first dog that was inducted in 2024. #sugarthesurfingdog was originally found as a stray, then turned into a rescue dog before becoming a 5 time World Champion, 5x HB Surf City Dog Champion. #surfershalloffame celebrated its first induction in 1997. 
-
We started our day here and then met @yogawithchanda on the beach. The sound of her voice in harmony with the  break of waves upon the shore lulled my family into a rare hour of peace and quiet. I could hear my own thoughts for once. And dwell upon the idea Chanda  planted…that we should push ourselves towards discomfort until it feels comfortable. Avoiding things that make you uncomfortable prevents you from growing and exploring new opportunities. 

Interesting fact: Chanda started @yogaonthebeachhuntingtonbeach several years ago to meet people who love yoga. Now its grown into a donation based #yogaclasss offered several times a day! 
-
For lunch, right next door to #javapointe we built our own #quesadillas and #tacos @primecutaqueria . Yum!

Then we rented three tandem #kayaks from @huntingtonharborboatrentals_ just when the sun came out. For Thomas and I it was a leisurely paddle but for @ko.snowboarder and @eo_thesnowboarder who paddled their younger sisters they not only got blisters but everyone got drenched!!
-
The day ended with @beachbrossharing setting up the best #bonfire we have ever experienced on the #beach . Im not sure what I appreciated more? Not having to set up or take down any of the lounge chairs, giant connect 4, giant jenga, cornholes. The kids loved the giant marshmallows, specialty chocolates for #smores & lightup frisbee, and fire changing color packs.  Mostly we are grateful to Craig for going out of his way to find an allergy free chocolate bar for Riley. She said, it was the first time she ever had a smore w/chocolate! And that shes missed out.
@joliehuntingtonbeach #newrestaurant on the 2nd fl @joliehuntingtonbeach #newrestaurant on the 2nd floor with 180-degree  views of surfers catching a wave #huntingtonbeach 

1️⃣ Picanha: we fought over this dish…flat iron steak dressed in chimichurri, arugula salad and fries sauteed with chunks of garlic.

2️⃣ Braised Short Rib: garlic thyme mashed potatoes, asparagus and carrots.

3️⃣Maple Glazed Double Pork Chop: garlic thyme mashed potatoes, grilled onions and fried brussels sprouts (incredible taste and texture)!
-
#happynewyear #surfcityusa #behere #VisitHB

Facebook

Facebook
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
About | News | Contact

Copyright © 2025 Leslie Hsu Oh · Web Design by Viva la Violet

Most sites use cookies. Cookies improve your experience. They analyse and measure audience and traffic to the site. By closing this banner, scrolling this page, clicking on a link or continuing to browse, you agree to the use of cookies on this site Accept
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT