Katherine McGowan

Social Media Associate

Katherine is a New Jersey native who is passionate about understanding culture through its history and food. You can most likely find her enjoying an Aperol Spritz with a local or getting lost on a windy cobblestone road. Some of her other favorite cities are NYC, Amsterdam, London and Rome.

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Lunar New Year: Ringing In The Year Of The Ox

Chinese new year comes on the first day of the Lunar calendar, which changes every year between Jan. 21 and Feb. 20. This year, it was celebrated on Friday, Feb. 12 when more than 1 billion people around the world rang in the year of the ox.