In the winter of 2008 when moving to China was just a twinkle in our eye, we came to China as tourists for a 10-day, Shanghai/Beijing tour. Our first stop was Beijing, and I found the whole place wildly, fantastically
Korean Barbecue with Indonesians in China
As you can tell from the title, last night was another international night for me. Spent the evening with the five Indonesians students and enjoyed a little Korean Barbecue all while staying in my same Chinese city. Now I haven’t
A Chinese Wedding
Ever since coming to China I have wanted to go to a Chinese wedding. After all, weddings are such cultural markers, I was really curious to see what it was like. Fortunately, last week I finally got my chance! Wendy,
More Chinglish!
I admit, is is getting harder and harder for me to find really funny Chinglish on campus. I think this might be my last Chinglish post until after I do some traveling. But these are still good one, hope you
Baked Green Pea Tea
This blog is called “Writer.Traveler. Tea Drinker” and I’ve talked a lot about writing (and our new book), traveling (and living in China) but I have been remiss lately in writing much about tea. Today, I want to change that.
Chinglish: Bakery Edition
You can’t walk very far in China without coming across a bakery. (Outside the school there are 4 within a 1/2 block radius.) For the most part, the bakeries are delicious and for the sake of my waistline I just
In the Snack Aisle
There are plenty of weird things in the snack aisle, but this is a new product that just began showing up everywhere. Of course I had to try it. I figure I’m a fan of the cucumber chips so why