Susan Blumberg-Kason

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Dim Sum Sundays

November 23, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 3 Comments

When I lived in Hong Kong a thousand years ago, my go-to for out of town friends and family was either City Hall or Luk Yu, both in Central on Hong Kong Island. I lived all five years in the New Territories and usually had dim sum on campus or sometimes in Shatin.So when a … [Read more...]

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

Cats, lights, and Hong Kong cafes

November 21, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 2 Comments

I've already posted most of my Hong Kong photos, but have several more I took mostly on the streets of Hong Kong Island, but also Kowloon City. I'll probably have one more Hong Kong post about a dim sum institution I went to for the first time. … [Read more...]

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Lunch at Fat Rice

October 24, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 2 Comments

When my oldest son asked when we could go back to Fat Rice, one of our favorite restaurants, I said why not today?So my husband and I loaded the kids into our car and drove into the city for a big and delicious lunch of Southeast and East Asian delicacies.We started with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Hong Kong, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids

Small town China back in the day

October 17, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 9 Comments

With my upcoming return to China--the first time I'll be there in almost 18 years--I've been feeling a bit sentimental about the old days even though they weren't always that easy.I recently flipped through old photos from Hidden River, the small city in Hubei province where … [Read more...]

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Lantau Island, 1990

September 30, 2015 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

It was quite a coup finding these photos from Lantau Island my mom took back in 1990. Although I hadn't seen them in 25 years, that trip is something that stayed with me and something my mom and I still talk about.I'd been in Hong Kong for four months when my mom flew over to … [Read more...]

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