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View from the Peak, 1962

February 26, 2011 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 2 Comments

I have recurring nightmares about this scene.I'm back in Hong Kong, my flight for Chicago leaves in less than 24 hours, and somehow in two weeks I never made it to the Peak or to the Tsim Sha Tsui harborfront. 13 years away from Hong Kong and I can't manage to see what I went … [Read more...]

A day in the clouds, 1962

February 25, 2011 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I found another box of old slides at my mom's apartment last week. When I saw a box labeled "Hong Kong, 1962", I claimed it for my own (or at least until I could scan them).This is one slide in that new batch.My mom took this photo in the summer of 1962, months before her … [Read more...]

Wuhan street food

February 21, 2011 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 3 Comments

Last week I boiled up some tang yuan for the 15th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, otherwise known as the Lantern Festival.I meant to post something about tang yuan, or gooey chewy rice flour balls filled with red bean, black sesame, or peanut paste. But I ducked out the … [Read more...]

An evening with Amy Chua

February 19, 2011 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 2 Comments

With all the hype centered around Amy Chua's new book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Penguin, 2011), I jumped at the chance to hear her live last week.The Chicago Tribune sponsored the event, featuring a live interview moderated by Trib literary critic Elizabeth Taylor … [Read more...]

Guest blog–Following in Confucius’s footsteps

February 12, 2011 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 1 Comment

I'm thrilled to feature another guest blog post by Ali Swanson. Although she and I were friends in middle and high school, we drifted apart after we went away to college. Unbeknownst to either of us, we ended up in Southeast Asia in the early 1990s and in China in the mid-90s. … [Read more...]