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Vegetarian And Tea Restaurant
103 West Dianmen St. (DiAnMenXi DaJie) 西城区地安门西大街103号，齐鲁饭店后院内. XiCheng District (In the second ring road, just outside the north entrance to Beihai park) The outside is nothing special, just a light-up sign saying “vegetarian restaurant”, but the inside is a wonderful … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged as seen in Beijing, Beihai park, China, chinese, Chinglish, random, Stick, xicheng
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Pounds Sterling
Last night, I went shopping with Diana on the little streets by Qianhai. There’s a gorgeous old street, lined with craft and clothing and tea stores, and one place selling nothing but decorative matchbox covers. There’s also a stinky-tofu vendor … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged as seen in Beijing, awesome, BeijingRRR, British, China, Chinese life, coffee, Diana, expats, Houhai, Humanaught, other blogs, qianhai
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Mojito Competition
When I saw this on the first sign a few days ago, it was pretty funny, but now I think it’s a trend. I think it’s the two colors and the lovely font that really do it. Edit: Stick thinks … Continue reading
Posted in Beijing
Tagged as seen in Beijing, Chinese life, dongcheng, photoblog, qianhai, Stick
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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.
Posted in New York City
Tagged as seen in Beijing, Chinese life, Houhai, New York City, photoblog
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Thorn Birds
???, I just wanted to let you know that I do have a copy of a certain novel, whose heroine shares my name. I’ve got The Thorn Birds right here! I’ve got Scarlett on the other side to keep my … Continue reading
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Tagged as seen in Beijing, Chinese life, Meggie, New York City, reading
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Cow Cow Steak
“Stick! Look! That sign says ‘Cow Cow Steak Restaurant’!!! Check me out, I read the whole thing!” “Hooked on radicals worked for Meg,”
Posted in New York City
Tagged adventures with Stick, as seen in Beijing, Chinese life, learning Chinese, mail, New York City, Stick, Stick's China
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Not Fixed
In Yantai, I used to have an electric outlet in my shower, now we have multiple outlets in the shower. These are bigger, so I suppose that’s an upgrade. After a week without hot water, I was willing to take … Continue reading
Posted in Yantai
Tagged as seen in Beijing, bodging, China, Chinese life, e3, kludge, mac, sketchy ESL schools, Stick, Yantai
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Google China
Just something we passed the other night in Haidian… it’s bizarre to see a physical Google entity. Edit 1/17/10: After mysterious hackers attempted to break into the GMail accounts of Chinese activists, Google seems to be sick of the Great … Continue reading
Posted in New York City
Tagged as seen in Beijing, China, chinese, Chinese life, e3, General, Google, Haidian, mail, New York City
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