Susan Blumberg-Kason

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    • When Friends Come From Afar
    • Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon
    • Good Chinese Wife
    • Hong Kong Noir
    • Instructions for Chinese Women and Girls
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Hong Kong Noir book launch

February 3, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

Last Thursday we celebrated the US launch of Hong Kong Noir. And it almost didn’t happen as planned.Chicago hit record-breaking cold temperatures the day of our planned Chicago event, so that was cancelled. Our New York event—where it was warmer, but still freezing—would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Author Readings, Hong Kong, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

Chicago event 1/30/19 postponed due to insane weather

January 28, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

My event with Tiffany Hawk this Wednesday has been postponed due to crazy temperatures forecasted for Wednesday. No one should be going out in -25F temperatures, especially when it will seem like -40 with the wind. We pay attention to the windchill here and this is some seriously … [Read more...]

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Street Art in Hong Kong

January 16, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

As much as Hong Kong has aesthetically regressed over the last half decade, one positive change is the abundance of street murals. These are some new ones (to me) in Sai Ying Pun from my last visit in November. These are just some of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Hong Kong, My Family's Travels

A Year in Photos–2018

January 15, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

It's two weeks into 2019, but not too late to look back at 2018. I wasn't upset to see it go, but it was a great year professionally and for traveling!JanuaryWho knew Stockholm would feel 40 degrees warmer (Fahrenheit) than Chicago in the dead of winter? I didn't when I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Author Readings, Hong Kong, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids, vintage hong kong

Round corners in Hong Kong

January 14, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I’ve blogged before about the round-cornered buildings in Hong Kong. Late last year when I visited, I found some new ones (new to me) and an old favorite. The old Wanchai wet market (below) has been renovated into a retail shop, but the striking roundness has been nicely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Hong Kong, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

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