To break out of the winter doldrums, I present South Horizons.This is a housing complex on a tiny island called Ap Lei Chau, which is on the southern side of Hong Kong Island. (That's the ocean in the background.)I lived here for a summer 20 years ago. And this was the … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
Happy Year of the Horse!This photo was taken at the end of the Year of the Horse two decades ago. Time flies!I spent that Chinese New Year in Jiangsu province, China with friends from Nanjing.Here we are in the countryside with Mr. Chen's parents and his family. Chen … [Read more...]
The cover!
The other night I was perusing Amazon and decided to check in on Good Chinese Wife to see how it was doing. Lo and behold, there was my cover!I've known about the cover for some time, but it was fun to see it on Amazon. We're still working on a catchy subtitle, so this isn't … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
With another week to go before the Chinese New Year and because it's deathly cold in Chicago (a high of -18C on Monday), I thought I'd dig out this old photo from my first Chinese New Year in China.Of course I arrived in Nanjing completely unprepared for the cold winter … [Read more...]
Inside Hong Kong’s Golden Crown
Three and a half years ago, I posted a photo of a restaurant/night club in Hong Kong that was popular back in the 1960s and 70s when my mom, her parents, and one brother traveled there.The Golden Crown!By the time I got to Hong Kong in 1990, the Golden Crown was no … [Read more...]
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