Good Asian Drivers Tour

11,213 miles after leaving Boston for the first time in April, we have come full circle. As I saw the steady glow of the red light atop the Prudential Tower approaching as I drove towards my beloved hometown, I felt an undeniable blend of contradicting emotions - excitement and sadness. Like a well-scripted, perfectly choreographed, and thoroughly satisfying series finale of a great television show, I felt the comfort of closure coupled with a deep craving for more. 

As we sat at Kaze for our first meal, Kit and I found ourselves overcome with restlessness as we grapple with the realization that we don’t have to be driving on the interstate tomorrow…or the day after. Or the day after that. 

Wistfully, we reflected upon some of our best meals in some of the greatest cities we’ve had the honor to visit. 

If you’ve heard us perform it for you live, then you’ll love the movie version. 

“On the Road with You” - written by Melissa Li, performed by Kit Yan and Melissa Li

Here’s the latest video of our adventures in Chicago and Wisconsin. Please continue reading below to get all the detailed notes and commentary on this video!

So I thought Rihanna’s “Shut Up and Drive” would be appropriate, but once I started editing I realized the song is kind of raunchy, no?

The opening scene is the Chicago skyline while driving to our hotel at the University of Chicago. Our host, Yennie Lee and Sarah Bouchat, were kind enough to adjust our accommodations after they found out that we had been placed in extraordinarily small dorm rooms with communal showers. We had more video on us being upset, but it didn’t make it to the video. 

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Week 1 - Swarthmore, Pennsylvania to Washington D.C. to Columbia, Maryland to Ann Arbor, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois. The Good Asian Drivers spend their first 6 days on the road performing for a energetic crowd at Olde Club (Swarthmore College), eating vegan desserts at Sticky Fingers, and hitting the stage at a cozy coffeehouse Savor the Flavor in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Part TWO will be coming soon…

Good Asian Drivers pull up to Boston College, where they fed us till we almost exploded, University of New Hampshire, where there are hotels in the forest, and Tufts, where we had more Chinese food than we’d ever need.

Some clips from our visit to Wesleyan University and the University of Vermont. Sorry we didn’t get any footage of the fabulous folks and the meal we had at Wesleyan! :( 

Our apologies for long overdue blogs, we’ve been on the road and getting ready for our cross-country leg. But these past few weeks have been amazing starting with the end of March and the University of Springfield IL. You can watch a clip of our time there which was full of hilarious moments of car breakdowns and missing our flight.

The audience was great that night and we had dinner afterwards with the queer org who cooked dinner and bought tofutti cuties which was awesome! I got to reconnect with an old friend Beth who is amazing and doing wonderful things at the University with student life and the queer groups. The drive up to the school was full of cornfields and soy fields along with pro-gun signs which really gave us a good laugh since for the past few months people have been telling us that we should be carrying a gun for protective purposes. Continue Reading »