Category Archives: New York City
Empty Paper Tray
For everyone (both of you, ha!) waiting impatiently for the conclusion, I did manage to get paid on Tuesday. My school’s director really came through for me, and I got my salary at 4:30pm, which is 6 hours after I … Continue reading
Terminal 3
Hugo and Diana are here! We picked them up in the new Terminal 3. It’s been said before, but that place is gigantic! It’s brand new and well organized, except for a few sets of escalators where down is on the left. And by … Continue reading
Pre-China Travel Note
Dear Hugo and Diana, Don’t forget that all traffic signs and road markings are purely decorative and should never be used as a guide when assessing traffic patterns. Love, Meg
Directions Home
To get to our new house, walk past the bakery with long lines on the sidewalk and a sweet sticky smell, like sugar and sesame. If you get to the Muslim butchershop, with cow halves hanging from ceiling hooks, you’ve … Continue reading
There Goes The Neighborhood
As we carried our bags and boxes down the winding carless alleys to our new hutong home, we passed our new neighbors, grandparents and toddlers having dinner in the doorways and staring curiously at the heavily-laden foreign couple. Stick turned … Continue reading
In Which I Prove I’m A Complete Dork
If we were Sims, we’d be married now.
DJ Stick
I didn’t notice when I snapped the picture, but the old lady in the background seems a bit confused by DJ Stick’s turntables. Maybe he needs a microphone. This little one got a kick out of taking a picture of … Continue reading
I think I’ll try the mojito…
Edit: No, I didn’t add that in photoshop! This is real sign at a bar by Houhai. It was midafternoon when we passed, though, so we didn’t stop to see if it was true.
Paternal Guidance
I told my dad about our new hutong home. He said I could live even closer to the Forbidden City but I’d probably have to become a concubine.
Orient-ation
Nate James’ Orient-ation is a new China expat blog. He’s heavy on descriptions of daily Chinese life (as he gets, uh, oriented), like this one: The waitress comes out with the plate, steaming hot, mouth-watering. Your nose picks up the … Continue reading
