Happy Women’s Day!
How come we don’t celebrate this in the US?
The DH & I decided to eat hot pot and then go to our friend Julia’s cafe. She was holding a promotion to get a free cocktail just by wearing a qipao. Yes, I did spend the evening in a cafe/bar wearing a Chinese dress. None of the Chinese girls were even wearing one.
We took a gypsy cab to the restaurant and the driver had the strangest tick. Every three seconds or so he’d grip the steering wheel tightly and pull himself forward. He did this repeatedly throughout the drive. The worst the traffic, the more frequently he rocked himself forward. Hilarious. But not as funny as this guy:
Photograph hanging on the wall at our fave hot pot place.
I know, it is revolting. You should see this kind of thing in real life! 
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Women’s Day was a big deal in Armenia where we lived for a number of years. It started out as a Socialist event and used to be mostly celebrated in the communist world. See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day
The photo of the (half) naked guy is definitely not appetizing. It looks like he’s eating a tape worm (sorry!)
I figured that was the reason – the same reason that the US labor day is not May 1st! And the guy in the photo is eating a kind of noodle that is really delicious. Unfortunately, he does make it seem like a horrible tapeworm! Gross!