Category Archives: New York City
Two Foreigners!
Stick and I went to the Auchan market today, and we split up so I could look at clothes and he could not look at clothes. I guess I must have looked lost without him, because a random man passing … Continue reading
Tragic Appliances
Only classicists will get why the Midea rice cooker is just wrong! I think the daughters of Pelias are looking for one of these…
Chicken!
This is a chicken magnet on our fridge. The picture doesn’t really do it justice — this is a little bigger than my hand, and the colors are bright and shiny. Tonight we passed a street vendor with a blanket … Continue reading
There’s a Lightbulb Joke Here Somewhere…
Teacher Assistant A and Teacher Assistant B begin to discuss the high cost of electricity. This gets my attention because these TAs don’t speak English unless forced. (Please note, A and B are not my TAs, because my TAs rock. … Continue reading
Blindfolded Buddha
Dazhou Temple, Hohhot October 4th 2007
Not The Same
This is Stick about to eat hot pot (did I mention how awesome hotpot is? ‘Cause it is. Unless it gave me food poisoning…) We went to Da Bu Tong, apparently it’s pretty famous for varieties of hotpot broth and … Continue reading
No Idea What These Are
I’m not entirely sure what these are… the street vendor really, really wanted us to eat some, though. (We didn’t)
