At dinner last night, the subject of Cantonese and Mandarin came up again, namely the differences between the two and where each is spoken. So that led me to recount once again the story of how when I studied Mandarin in Hong Kong many years ago, I actually had to leave the … [Read more...]
The Liebster Award!
Last night I received word that another client of my fabulous agent, Carrie Pestritto, nominated me for the Liebster Award, an accolade given to bloggers with 200 followers or less.Meghan Masterson, whose fascinating novel about Blackbeard is out on submission now, explains … [Read more...]
Random Vietnam
Last week when I blogged about surreal experiences in Hong Kong, it got me thinking about other out-of-the-ordinary travel tales. Vietnam was the first place to come to mind. Maybe surreal wasn't the word, but rather random. Very random.It started at the Kim Do Hotel, where I … [Read more...]
Book group nostalgia
It's that time of month again. My book group meets today and I've yet to finish the book. But I'll still attend and look forward to it. I've been in a total of five book groups over the last 13 years. My first was my mother's neighborhood book group and this last one is one I … [Read more...]
Selective amnesia about Beijing
Beijing was my first taste of China and ironically the city I know the least (of all the ones I've visited there). It might be because I went to Beijing in 1988 and 1991, but traveled to other Chinese cities in later years. Or perhaps it's because my photos from that first trip … [Read more...]
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