A Whole World in One City
A Whole World in One City A Whole World in One City Lily Sung stared out the window of her new home in Chicago. "We're so lucky to be here," said Lily's mom. But Lily didn't feel lucky. She had loved living in Korea with her grandmother and her parents. She had loved moving to Boston, where her mother went to college. She had loved moving to Los Angeles, where her mother went to medical school. When Lily's mother graduated, Lily was excited about moving to Chicago. That is, until Lily's paren
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A Whole World in One City
A Whole World in One City
Lily Sung stared out the window of her new home in Chicago."We're so lucky to be here," said Lily's mom.But Lily didn't feel lucky.
She had loved living in Korea with her grandmother and her parents.She had loved moving to Boston, where her mother went to college.She had loved moving to Los Angeles, where her mother went to medical school.When Lily's mother graduated, Lily was excited about moving to Chicago.That is, until Lily's parents told her they were here to stay.
"Chicago has many different neighborhoods," Lily's mom told her."You'll feel like you're living in many different places all at once."
Lily wasn't so sure.Staying in one place and one city seemed like the most boring thing in the world to her.Lily's mother had encouraged her to write everything down so she would remember it.So Lily took out the diary her grandmother had given her.It was called an il gi, and many Korean girls had one.
"Dear Diary," Lily wrote. "Please let us move soon."
Lily's dad had lived in Chicago years ago when he was in college.That made him feel like a native."I want to show you around!" he said.
Lily followed him outside.It was summer and very hot outside."Remember how we always had to drive in Los Angeles?" he asked her."Here, we can walk or take the local bus or train.That's much more fun, isn't it?"
"I guess," Lily said. She still wasn't sure how she felt about this new city.
They took the "L," or elevated train, to a neighborhood called Pilsen.Pilsen didn't look anything like Lily's neighborhood.
Everywhere Lily looked were colorful murals.Some of them had dancers painted on them."This is the largest Mexican neighborhood in any city in the country,"Lily's father told her."Let's get an enchilada from this street vendor."
After they ate, they went to The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum."Did you know the first Mexicans came here in the early 1900s?"Lily's father asked her."They worked in the steel mills."
Lily couldn't take her eyes off the paintings.There were large colorful paintings by Diego Rivera and Carmen Lomas Garza.There was also an exhibit of paintings of tiny little skeletons dressed up in all sorts of costumes."Mexicans have a celebration called the Day of the Dead," said Lily's father."They remember those who have died.They also celebrate the living."
They wandered back onto the street.All the walking made Lily hungry."I want an ice cream," Lily said.
"We're not going to get just any ice cream," Lily's father told her."We're in a Mexican neighborhood.So we're getting Mexican ice cream!"Lily's father bought two Mexican helados...mango for himself and papaya for Lily."Gracias," said Lily's father.That meant "thank you" in Spanish.
Lily and her dad passed kids playing in Harrison Park.They stopped at a grocery store.It was filled with all sorts of foods Lily had never seen before.Lily's dad picked up chayote cactus."Maybe your mom can use this in some wonderful Mexican dish," he said.
