Do It. Celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Happy Year of the Rabbit/Cat! I'm Vietnamese (and for us, it's the year of the cat, while for the Chinese it's the year of the rabbit), which means my family and I celebrated the Lunar New Year this week. It's a pretty fun event full of family, food and money, with a lot of hopeful and optimistic thinking for the upcoming year.

And hey, even if you aren't Chinese or Vietnamese, you can join in on the fun. Here's the L.A. Times' round-up for festivities from the Valley to Orange County, and LAist has some more L.A.-centric fun for you here. Chuc mung nam moi!

-- Chau Tu