Susan Blumberg-Kason

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Whatever happened to old Kai Tak?

November 8, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

When my mom first traveled to Hong Kong in 1962, this passenger terminal at Kai Tak was new and so modern. I saw airports in Southeast Asia thirty years later that didn't come close to this. My mom's family would fly in and out of Kai Tak for much of the sixties, seventies, and … [Read more...]

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

Book of the week–Start, Love, Repeat

November 7, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

Today is the publication date of my agent-sister, Dorcas Cheng-Tozun's debut book, Start, Love, Repeat: How to Stay in Love With Your Entrepreneur  in a Crazy Start-Up World (Center Street, 2018). I've known about her book deal for a while now and have loved following her … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: China, Hong Kong, Memoirs, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids

Photo Friday

November 3, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

Back in August, I was in Hong Kong and while I normally wouldn't go to the Hard Rock, I did go there with my friends for book research. We cooled off at the bar and couldn't believe we'd only been in Hong Kong for about 15 hours at that point. It seemed like 15 days, but in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photo Friday Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Hong Kong, My Family's Travels

Halloween Central in Hong Kong

October 30, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

Halloween isn't a huge holiday in Hong Kong, although a couple years ago I was there over the holiday and noticed quite a few bars in Kowloon City decked out in jack-o-lanterns and witch hats. So it's definitely gaining popularity since I lived there.But Hong Kong has a … [Read more...]

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

Revisiting Kowloon Park two decades later

October 23, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

It seems like every time I've visited Hong Kong since I left in 1998, I've wanted to go back to Kowloon Park, a place where I used to wander around and chill out back in my twenties. I've gotten close several times, but I always try to cram in more than I have time for and, … [Read more...]

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

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