Susan Blumberg-Kason

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7 hours in New York

March 6, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

Months ago when I saw that my kids had no school on my daughter's 10th birthday, my mind started spinning and my fingers quickly went to Southwest's website. I talked it over with my husband and a plan was born. I'd take my younger kids to New York for a day to celebrate Rachel's … [Read more...]

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

My blog is 7 years old!

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

I started my blog seven years ago, not really knowing what I would write about. But my web designer, Christine, from Sorella Design, suggested I write a blog. So I tried it and voila--seven years later--here we are.When I started the blog, I was still writing my memoir, … [Read more...]

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

Survey help!

February 18, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

If you're in the US or have lived there, I'd love help with this survey for a new project about experiencing prejudice when there was a witness. Or if you were the witness.https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HNYTKCPIt only takes a minute. Ten thousand thank-yous! … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Misc, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids

My grandparents in 1970s India

February 17, 2017 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

My grandma was one of my heroes and would have been 101 in a couple days if she had lived this long. And she almost did! Shortly before she passed away in late 2016, she gave me a box of old photos to see if I wanted to scan any.The box was a treasure trove of pictures from … [Read more...]

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Saturdays in Taikoo Shing

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

When I was an exchange student in Hong Kong, a friend of my roommates had a teaching gig on Saturday mornings and was looking for a replacement. Dora had graduated and couldn't keep up this English tutor job. It sounded like a fun job. I would teach English to Mrs. Yoshizawa and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Hong Kong

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