Susan Blumberg-Kason

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Lunch at Fat Rice

October 24, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 2 Comments

When my oldest son asked when we could go back to Fat Rice, one of our favorite restaurants, I said why not today?So my husband and I loaded the kids into our car and drove into the city for a big and delicious lunch of Southeast and East Asian delicacies.We started with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Hong Kong, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids

Small town China back in the day

October 17, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 9 Comments

With my upcoming return to China--the first time I'll be there in almost 18 years--I've been feeling a bit sentimental about the old days even though they weren't always that easy.I recently flipped through old photos from Hidden River, the small city in Hubei province where … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, China, Good Chinese Wife, Memoirs, My Family's Travels

Meeting Dr. Sun

October 8, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

Last night I attended my second film in Chicago's Asian Pop-up Cinema series this fall. The films come from all over Asia, and last night's was from Taiwan. Meeting Dr. Sun was billed as a comedy about a couple groups of high school students who plan to steal and sell an old … [Read more...]

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Lantau Island, 1990

September 30, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

It was quite a coup finding these photos from Lantau Island my mom took back in 1990. Although I hadn't seen them in 25 years, that trip is something that stayed with me and something my mom and I still talk about.I'd been in Hong Kong for four months when my mom flew over to … [Read more...]

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

More Hong Kong 1990

September 29, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I was going through old photos at my mom's today and came across these from Hong Kong 25 years ago. I'm not sure how I missed these before, but today was the first time I'd seen them in a quarter of a century.I've posted photos from my orientation at the Chinese University of … [Read more...]

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

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