Tag Archives: New York City
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
Priorities
Some of Stick’s students will be receiving their red scarves in a Children’s Day ceremony next week. I believe they’re called honglinjin (or is it honglinjian? Not entirely sure). You see them on Chinese schoolchildren all the time. These red … Continue reading
PayPal: Part 2
PayPal isn’t letting me withdraw any money since they’ve cleverly detected that I’m using the account in China. I still know my mother’s maiden name and my secret numbers, but the customer service guy says that’s not quite enough, and … Continue reading
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
Vade Mecum?
David beat me to the punch on this one, but I wanted to make sure you didn’t forget your vade mecum. Whatever that is.
