Today I took my youngest kid grocery shopping. It's usually easiest to go with one rather than two or three because I don't feel pressure to buy everything we see. But when Martin pointed to a pile of long bamboo-looking stalks and said, "sugarcane", I just had to give in.My … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Olympics Beat
I'm so excited to post this review the very week of Shannon Young's book launch for The Olympics Beat: A Spectator's Memoir of Beijing (Kindle Edition, 2012). Young's e-book is the length of a novella, but packs in all the essential elements of a full-length travel memoir.As … [Read more...]
Sunday wedding in Evanston
So I returned to my hometown of Evanston, Illinois today to attend a friend's wedding. It seems like ages ago that we last met for dinner and an adventurous evening at Hong Kong's Airport Express in Central, but it was really only one month ago.I loved the place settings at … [Read more...]
Shopping for Chinese paper cuts in Hong Kong
It's been two years since I blogged about Chinese paper cuts. That post was one of the first I wrote, and to sum it up, I lamented not buying enough Chinese handicrafts before I moved away from Hong Kong in 1998.So on my trip to Hong Kong last month, I was determined to … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Temptress: The Scandalous Life of Alice de Janze and the Mysterious Death of Lord Erroll
It's not officially summer, but I can't say enough about a book I just finished. It's the perfect summer read.In The Temptress: The Scandalous Life of Alice de Janze and the Mysterious Death of Lord Erroll (St. Martins, 2010), Paul Spicer wrote a gripping narrative of the … [Read more...]
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