In my little absence from blogging, I've been to Vancouver and back. What a great getaway. It wasn't my first visit there, but considering the previous time was 24 years ago, I wasn't exactly returning to familiar territory. I love comparing this postcard I sent to my maternal … [Read more...]
A summer of dim sum
Now that school is back in session, I'm sad to leave summer behind. Besides swimming, my summer was consumed with many trips to Chinatown for dim sum, which my kids love. And what's not to love?How a propos that I just received Liza Chu's awesome Dim Sum: A Survival Guide … [Read more...]
Return from Bishkek
So yesterday my niece returned from a three-week trip to Kyrgyzstan. She's 8 years old and visited her maternal grandparents for the first time. The best thing about hearing of someone's travels is actually to see her photos. And here are a few she snapped:This yurt is … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Crossing Centuries
I've always been fascinated by international car travel. And I'm not talking about driving from France to Germany or from the US to Canada. Yawn. I mean real cross continental car travel. A friend's mother once drove from Kuwait to London. The world really seems small when you … [Read more...]
The Romance of Shanghai’s French Concession
The reason I took to Shanghai so well, more so than other cities in China, was because of the former French Concession. Just look at this quaint street.This map (in Czech, tres cool, n'est-ce pas?) shows the area of the French Concession in relation to the Whampoa River … [Read more...]
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