Susan Blumberg-Kason

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Signs of the times: Hong Kong in the 90s

August 12, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

While the world is falling apart, I think back to an August afternoon many years ago when I flew off to Hong Kong during another global crisis: Gulf War I. I had never been to Hong Kong before, but was about to spend my junior year of college there and my flight was delayed eight … [Read more...]

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

Photo Friday

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

Thirty years ago this summer, my dad took me to Seoul for a week. I was 16, going on 17, and had never been to Asia before. We flew business class and stayed at the Westin Chosun thanks to my mom's job at United's corporate headquarters. United at that time owned Westin.Just … [Read more...]

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

Book of the week–The Wild Woman’s Guide to Traveling the World

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

I came across The Wild Woman's Guide to Traveling the World (Center Street, 2017) by Kristin Rockaway on Amazon and when I read it partially takes place in Hong Kong, I quickly ordered it. Not only is it rare to find a mainstream novel set in Hong Kong (at least among those … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Hong Kong

The Paris Apartment

July 28, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 1 Comment

This is a long time coming, but friends and family have asked to see photos of the apartment in Paris where I stayed last month. It seems like a lifetime ago, maybe because I've been mostly on the road this summer. I just sent my agent 85,000 words of my revised manuscript for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Misc, My Family's Travels, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids

Photo Friday

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

A couple weeks ago my family and I traveled to Washington, DC, for eight days. But one of our favorite days was actually spent in Baltimore. They hadn't been there before, and I'd lived there for three years in college. The National Aquarium is probably the most well-known … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photo Friday Tagged With: My Family's Travels

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