The great thing about living in a sub-tropical climate is that ice cream is popular year round.Mister Softee is a Hong Kong institution and while it only serves four items (see menu), I preferred the traditional "Soft Ice Cream Crispy Sugar Cone", which comes in one flavor: … [Read more...]
Chinese paper cuts
Several posts ago I heralded Pierce Brosnan and Connaught Centre for sparking my interest in Hong Kong during my teenage years. In subsequent discussions on Facebook, I was reminded that a branch of the Welfare Handicrafts shop was housed in the basement of Connaught … [Read more...]
Postcard from Macau, 1990
I sent this postcard to my paternal grandma one month after I moved to Hong Kong for my junior year abroad.This was my first of two trips to Macau, both just for the day and both on my own (the second trip was in 1994, after I had moved back to Hong Kong).Macau is now the … [Read more...]
Postcard from Nanjing, 1988
Years ago my paternal grandmother told me I should be a writer. Maybe it was her way of encouraging me to continue writing postcards from my travels and letters from college and grad school.My only grandparent born outside the US, Grandma Blumberg came to the US from … [Read more...]
China tee
Now that spring weather has arrived in Chicago, it's time to put away my winter sweaters. Well, maybe not quite yet. It can still snow here in May. But as the temperatures reach into the 80s, I've had to dig into my summer wardrobe.Several weeks ago I found these fun Hong … [Read more...]
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