I have recurring nightmares about this scene.I'm back in Hong Kong, my flight for Chicago leaves in less than 24 hours, and somehow in two weeks I never made it to the Peak or to the Tsim Sha Tsui harborfront. 13 years away from Hong Kong and I can't manage to see what I went … [Read more...]
A day in the clouds, 1962
I found another box of old slides at my mom's apartment last week. When I saw a box labeled "Hong Kong, 1962", I claimed it for my own (or at least until I could scan them).This is one slide in that new batch.My mom took this photo in the summer of 1962, months before her … [Read more...]
Hong Kong flower market now and then
I just love fresh flowers.So it's hardly surprising that one of my favorite venues in Hong Kong is the Chinese New Year flower market in Victoria Park.I first negotiated my way through the crowds at this popular market some 16 years ago. Pussy willows, "five generation … [Read more...]
Cards for the New Year
The Chinese New Year festivities continue until next week, on the 15th day of the lunar new year. Which is convenient because now I'm not technically late in posting this fabulous Chinese New Year card.I sent this card to my paternal grandmother 15 years ago from Wuhan in … [Read more...]
Metropole Hotel, Hong Kong
As a companion piece to Ali Swanson's fabulous guest blog yesterday, I just had to include this photo of an old beauty--Hong Kong's own Metropole Hotel.Hong Kong has actually been home to several Metropole hotels over the centuries. (The most recent Metropole was re-named the … [Read more...]
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