Susan Blumberg-Kason

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Photo Friday

April 21, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

This is one of my favorite photos ever, taken almost 26 years ago when I was passing through Hong Kong with my father and met up with my college roommates for dinner one night. I'd always thought we'd gone to a Shanghainese restaurant and figured it was somewhere on Hong Kong … [Read more...]

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

Book of the week–Collected Hong Kong Stories

March 19, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I'm a big fan of books published by Blacksmith Books in Hong Kong. What's not to love? The press publishes mostly non-fiction narratives, memoirs, food, photography, and other art and culture titles pertaining to Hong Kong. But every once in a while it releases a novel or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, China, Hong Kong, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

Article in Chicago Tribune

March 11, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

A friend recently sent me this lovely Chicago notecard and a copy of an interview I did last month! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: China, Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Memoirs, Misc, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

My blog is 7 years old!

February 28, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I started my blog seven years ago, not really knowing what I would write about. But my web designer, Christine, from Sorella Design, suggested I write a blog. So I tried it and voila--seven years later--here we are.When I started the blog, I was still writing my memoir, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Memoirs, Misc, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

Photo Friday

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

Today in Chinatown, I taught the seniors the English words for seafood, including abalone and scallops. They really enjoyed discussing which seafood they like best and which they don't like much at all. Abalone was one of their favorites. I found some cans of squid, oysters, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photo Friday Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Hong Kong

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