Susan Blumberg-Kason

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Return to Hong Kong, Day 1

October 18, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 3 Comments

After a whirlwind trip to Hong Kong, I'm back in Chicago and excited to share photos and highlights from just four days in my favorite city. I hope you enjoy this post and the ones to follow. Here's day one!Tom and I stayed at the intersection of Wan Chai, Happy Valley, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Asian Food and Drinks, Author Readings, Events, Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Jewish Asia, Memoirs, My Family's Travels

Photo Friday

September 25, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason Leave a Comment

In honor of Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year, I dug up this photo from 20 years ago when my parents and I traveled to Singapore. We found the Maghain Aboth Synagogue, built in 1878. Here my mom and I are standing with the woman who managed the synagogue.For anyone who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photo Friday Tagged With: Jewish Asia, My Family's Travels

East Coast Book Tour

September 20, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 2 Comments

Tom became a househusband for a couple days this past week as I took the Good Chinese Wife book tour out east. I made it to the venue, 5C Cafe, with one hour to spare. My generous cousins Trudy and Bruce own the cafe in the East Village. The reading was also an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Author Readings, China, Events, Good Chinese Wife, Hong Kong, Jewish Asia, Memoirs, My Family's Travels, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids

Photo Friday

September 5, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 3 Comments

One more photo from the stack I rediscovered last weekend. My mom took this photo of me snapping a shot of the Batu Caves in Malaysia, near Kuala Lumpur.Although I think we were both looking forward to the Indonesia part of that trip (can you say Bali?), we just loved … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Photo Friday Tagged With: My Family's Travels

The Cathay Cinema on Borneo

September 3, 2014 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 1 Comment

I remember seeing the Gerard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell movie, Green Card, when I went to Malaysia with my mother.But it wasn't until I became reacquainted with my travel photos this past weekend that I realized it was at this lovely old Cathay Cinema in … [Read more...]

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