I sent this postcard to my paternal grandma one month after I moved to Hong Kong for my junior year abroad.This was my first of two trips to Macau, both just for the day and both on my own (the second trip was in 1994, after I had moved back to Hong Kong).Macau is now the … [Read more...]
Postcard from Nanjing, 1988
Years ago my paternal grandmother told me I should be a writer. Maybe it was her way of encouraging me to continue writing postcards from my travels and letters from college and grad school.My only grandparent born outside the US, Grandma Blumberg came to the US from … [Read more...]
China tee
Now that spring weather has arrived in Chicago, it's time to put away my winter sweaters. Well, maybe not quite yet. It can still snow here in May. But as the temperatures reach into the 80s, I've had to dig into my summer wardrobe.Several weeks ago I found these fun Hong … [Read more...]
The House of a Thousand Arseholes
First impressions. Everyone has them.In my teens, when I thought of Hong Kong, I didn't picture burnt-red sampans or jungles of neon signs jutting from restaurants, bars, and massage parlors. No, when I thought of Hong Kong back then, I thought of Connaught Centre, also known … [Read more...]
Jewish Shanghai
When I first went to China 22 years ago, I stayed at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music for several days. Many foreign travelers stayed in their international student hostel back then.A few weeks ago I found a link about Jewish Shanghai on an Asian Jewish Life tweet and … [Read more...]
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