Simpson's Paradox

Hey, anyone want to see Stick proposing to me on Spanish TV?

I was on Sabado Gigante this weekend! Stick thinks I should probably say that “we” were on Sabado Gigante, but you can probably guess that the guy on his knee, in the Beijing duck restaurant, proposing to me is Stick. (If you don’t want to reread the story, we ran into Don Fransisco at Da [...]

We set out for Da Dong Roast Duck Restaurant last night, our second trip in Hugo and Diana’s visit. (Hugo may not be so fond of living ducks, but he loves them on a plate!) When we went inside, we said hello to some other foreigners. They were a camera crew, setting up to film [...]

The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati is part cookbook and part travel memoir. Between recipes, Maria shares travel adventures, like meeting her now-husband, and misadventures, like the Italian-language student who asked for a shower, instead of a cookie.
High romance, good food and foreign-language misadventures… Naturally I was pretty excited to be [...]

I knew that there would be an adjustment period as Stick and I reaclimated to each other, but I didn’t know there would be a honeymoon period, too. I’m always delighted when Stick gets me a drink or picks up my clothes (which I always seem to leave on the floor, and not in the [...]

“What were you doing in Moscow?” the immigration guy at Newark airport asked.
“Transfering planes from China, I was only there for a few hours.”
“What were you doing in China?”
“I was teaching English in Yantai and I had the greatest students ever and they actually paid me money to make up English games and play with [...]

Sorry for the recent lack of content. I don’t have anything to say that’s not ridiculously sappy, and any time I spend blogging is time I’m not spending making googly-eyes with Stick, which he says sweet things like “Great job spotting the ablative absolute, baby!”

Stick took me to a little coffeeshop near the Centro for breakfast.
°Itàs been a long year.° I said, over cappucinos at a small table. °I missed this,°
°I missed you too, baby,° he said.
°I meant my sandwich.°

High romance while defending China from the Mongol hordes.
I have some more Beijing photos and I have a lot more to say but I want to see my sister and my boy as much as I can.

My air conditioner died. I know, I know, you were expecting this post to be all about Stick and how great he is anbd stick-figure romance and our trip to Beijing to pick up my sister and our visit the Great Wall and our Peking duck night and other assorted adventures.
But my A/C died. I [...]