When you don't know when your next vacation will come, you'll take what you can get. So this weekend my husband and I escaped for 40 hours to the closest city from our home: Milwaukee. I've passed through Milwaukee over the years, but haven't stayed there in 30 years.We chose … [Read more...]
On dating Chinese men and raising Chinese boys
I read an interesting post today on Speaking of China about another blogger who concluded after one date with a Chinese guy that Chinese folks in general have weird dating standards. Speaking of China asked its readers to come up with their own blogs to refute the other blogger's … [Read more...]
How to make a dragon
When my 5 year-old daughter Rachel deconstructed a cardboard box, stood under it, proclaimed she was a dragon, I decided to take matters into my own hands.We started with the flattened box, scissors, glue, and some simple construction paper scales. And a pair of … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Handover
I'm always on the lookout for a good book about Hong Kong. If it's set during the time I lived there, even better. So I was thrilled to learn about Paul Blaney's new novella, Handover (Signal 8, 2012).The three overlapping stories take place months, weeks, and days before … [Read more...]
Decorating for Chinese New Year
When my older son was younger, I would go into his class once a year to read books about Chinese New Year. I'd bring along some decorations to leave with the teacher so the kids could enjoy them longer than an hour. And before the school district outlawed food treats at school, I … [Read more...]
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