Susan Blumberg-Kason

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    • When Friends Come From Afar
    • Bernardine’s Shanghai Salon
    • Good Chinese Wife
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Evolution of the China visa

March 12, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 2 Comments

I’m super late to the party when it comes to obtaining a 10-year China visa. Americans have been getting them for some years now, and it became standard practice pretty much after I applied for a visa the last time I went to China, which was in 2015. I don’t travel to China much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: China, Hong Kong, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids, vintage hong kong

Farewell, Lin Heung

February 25, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

UPDATE: Lin Heung has been saved by an employee buyout! But the sentiment below still stands! One of the things I like(d) most about Hong Kong is that you can walk back in time, sometimes city block by city block. Many restaurants and hotels not only from my decade … [Read more...]

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

Happy Year of the Pig

February 5, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

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Hong Kong Noir book launch

February 3, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

Last Thursday we celebrated the US launch of Hong Kong Noir. And it almost didn’t happen as planned.Chicago hit record-breaking cold temperatures the day of our planned Chicago event, so that was cancelled. Our New York event—where it was warmer, but still freezing—would … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Author Readings, Hong Kong, old hong kong, vintage hong kong

Chicago event 1/30/19 postponed due to insane weather

January 28, 2019 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

My event with Tiffany Hawk this Wednesday has been postponed due to crazy temperatures forecasted for Wednesday. No one should be going out in -25F temperatures, especially when it will seem like -40 with the wind. We pay attention to the windchill here and this is some seriously … [Read more...]

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