Susan Blumberg-Kason

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Book of the week–Tea on the Great Wall

March 11, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I'm always looking for a new book set in Shanghai during the war. No matter how much I read about this fascinating time, I always find there's something new to learn.That was certainly the case in a new memoir by Patricia Luce Chapman. Tea on the Great Wall: An American Girl … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: China, Jewish Asia, Memoirs

Hong Kong 1996

January 13, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I love finding old photos that I haven't seen in years, maybe decades. And when those photos were taken in Hong Kong, even better. Before the days of the camera phone, it took a special effort to take photos--and keep them. So I'm thrilled to show these from March and December … [Read more...]

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

Hong Kong cards

December 16, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I've been up to my ears in holiday cards: sending, reordering (twice!), and of course receiving them. So what better time to shamelessly blog about my obsession with cards from Hong Kong?On my last trip there, I bought a ton of cards with no intention of sending them out. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Hong Kong, Jewish Asia, My Family's Travels

Return to Hong Kong, Day 4

October 21, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 2 Comments

For our last day in Hong Kong, Tom and I met my friends Erica and Jacqueline to tour the Western District. This is another area we didn't see on our trip to Hong Kong two years ago. We took a short tram ride from Central to Western Market.Street art.Once we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Author Readings, Events, Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Jewish Asia, Memoirs, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

Return to Hong Kong, Day 3

October 20, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 3 Comments

For decades I've been obsessed with the concept of the Kowloon Walled City, a slum of cramped apartment buildings that surrounded an old Chinese yamen, or government building, not too far from the old Kai Tak Airport. The history is absolutely fascinating, and for more about it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Jewish Asia, Memoirs, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

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