Category Archives: New York City
Belated Hohhot Adventures — Bumper Bubbles!
On our first morning, Stick and I took a walk through Xinhua Square. We discovered that what we’d first thought was a strange sculpture was actually an aquatic hamster wheel for wee ones! The kids were all having a great … Continue reading
Sorry, No Pictures
On the morning of the third day of my food poisoning adventure, I awoke and… Ok, “I awoke” is clearly wrong as I hadn’t been sleeping so much as lying there wondering why the clock was moving so slowly, in … Continue reading
Not Dead, Just Resting
So, I got an awful case of food poisoning on our last night in Hohhot, and, after 48 hours of misery, we went to the hospital. I got an immediate glucose IV, and they did some tests to rule out … Continue reading
Fire Escape
Stick models the in-case-of-fire headgear thoughtfully provided by our hotel.
National Day
Made by the kindergarten classes at my school.
Cinderella
Stick and I had some last minute errands to run (camera batteries, closed-toe walking shoes, snacks, etc.) before our trip to Hohhot, so we took the bus to the local shopping mall. The market was a disaster with hordes of … Continue reading
Booking A Hotel
I understand that grammar and punctuation are optional on the internet, but isn’t forbidding the use of punctuation taking it a bit too far? eLong.net is breaking this English teacher’s heart.
Hohhot, here we come!
Stick and I decided to go to Inner Mongolia for a few days for the National Day holidays. Stick, being the wonderful boyfriend that he is, responded to “Wanna visit Mongolia?” much the way he responded to “Wanna move to … Continue reading
Mr. and Mrs. Pancake
This is where Stick and I go for lunch most days. All the delights of crispy egg pancakes, and one of the cleanest carts I’ve seen. They also have an amazing, superfast pancake-making rhythm. Mrs. Pancake rolls the dough, then … Continue reading
