Posted in Culture, Food, Health and Fitness, Home Life, Music&Movies on Jun 21st, 2009
I love Sundays. Especially after a long week. One day out of the week where I don’t have to think about studying Chinese character flashcards, or rush off to an appointment. Just me and Jay and the whole day. I think there may be a game of Scrabble in the future for today…
It’s warming up [...]
Posted in Culture, Food, Home Life, Music&Movies on Jun 13th, 2009
For our first couple of years here, the only type of bread you could find in the grocery stores and bakeries (Chinese-style bakeries) was white, enriched flour bread. We were whole grain-ers in the states and we really missed the taste and all the health benefits that came with it. I asked a few friends [...]
Mmmm…almost every city we’ve visited in China has their own special version of food on a stick. In Beijing it was silk worms, centipedes and scorpions…on a stick. In Xian it was deep fried bean pastes and mashed up vegetables…on a stick. Here in our hometown the specialty is lamb…on a stick. Kabobs to be [...]
We spent Valentine’s Day soaking in a lot of sun and, literally, stopping to smell the roses…or, rather, tropical flowers. We got up and had a fabulous French breakfast at the MeiMei Cafe and then made our way over to the city’s tropical flower park. We spent the entire day there, complete with a picnic [...]