Susan Blumberg-Kason

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Photo Friday

December 30, 2016 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

Here's another old photo I recently found. It's from my Hong Kong civil ceremony, ie, elopement, back in 1995. As I write in Good Chinese Wife, I had the worst time finding something to wear for this ceremony. So I ended up wearing a brown sundress, a white blouse, and a black … [Read more...]

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

A year in photos–2016

December 27, 2016 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I can't wait for 2016 to be over and done with. Go. Away. Already. But to stay positive until then, I was fortunate to experience quite a few highlights. In January, I wrote the introduction for the re-release of Ban Zhao's Instructions for Chinese Women and Girls (Camphor Press, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Author Readings, Eileen Chang, Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Memoirs, My Family's Travels, old hong kong, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids, vintage hong kong

My favorite (old) family travel photos

December 15, 2016 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

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The summer of 1995

December 13, 2016 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

I recently came across some photos from 1995 China I didn't know existed. My grandma gave me a large box of photos to look through and I found these.In the summer of 1995, my parents flew to China to attend my wedding in Hubei province. They flew into Shanghai, where we … [Read more...]

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The Indian dress

December 12, 2016 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

When I was in Hong Kong recently, one of my missions was to have a dress and coat tailored from a sari my mom bought me in India earlier this year. I blog about it here and, due to the cost, ended up with a skirt and a dress.My inspiration for this mission was my mom. In … [Read more...]

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