Susan Blumberg-Kason

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Brunch in Brooklyn

May 1, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

When I was in college in Baltimore, my parents visited a couple times and always took my friends and me out to eat. I remember mussels in Fells Point and dim sum (there was like one place in the whole city in the late 80s/early 90s). As much as I wanted to build my independence, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Misc, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids, vintage hong kong

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

Afternoon tea at the Phoenician

April 9, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

It seems like ages ago that I was in Arizona, but in fact I left just one week ago today. My family and I spent a wonderful spring break mainly in Phoenix and Sedona, but we also traveled north to the Grand Canyon and south to Tucson. So we saw a lot of the state.One of the … [Read more...]

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Daytrip to Michigan

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

Today I took my younger kids on a road trip to western Michigan. My friend Annette recently opened a another clothing and housewares shop, mainly stocked with items from Sweden. Her Chicago-area shops are my favorite and are where I buy most of my clothes (except when I travel to … [Read more...]

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Book of the week–Incensed

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

I have to admit, I started Incensed (Soho Crime, 2016) by Ed Lin back in December. But then winter vacation got in the way as did other books I'd committed to review. So when I had a week of vacation in late March, I brought Incensed on my trip and quickly read it in two … [Read more...]

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