I thought I'd be a proud mama tonight and show a photo of the quilt my 13 year-old just completed for a class in school.It seems like ages ago when I trekked out in the cold and snow to buy his fabric and sewing accoutrements.The final product is quite nice, eh? … [Read more...]
Restored photos of Hong Kong, 1962
A dear reader of my blog recently restored some of the photos I've posted of 1962 Hong Kong. My mom originally took these photos as slides, which sat around in shoeboxes for 50 years before I scanned them last year. These restored images look very nice, so I thought I'd post some … [Read more...]
Adventures with sugarcane
Today I took my youngest kid grocery shopping. It's usually easiest to go with one rather than two or three because I don't feel pressure to buy everything we see. But when Martin pointed to a pile of long bamboo-looking stalks and said, "sugarcane", I just had to give in.My … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The Olympics Beat
I'm so excited to post this review the very week of Shannon Young's book launch for The Olympics Beat: A Spectator's Memoir of Beijing (Kindle Edition, 2012). Young's e-book is the length of a novella, but packs in all the essential elements of a full-length travel memoir.As … [Read more...]
Sunday wedding in Evanston
So I returned to my hometown of Evanston, Illinois today to attend a friend's wedding. It seems like ages ago that we last met for dinner and an adventurous evening at Hong Kong's Airport Express in Central, but it was really only one month ago.I loved the place settings at … [Read more...]
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