Oh, I am tired. This is what happens when you turn 35. (As I did a few days ago.) And you have a cold. Today I attended four! events at the Bookworm Festival. There were originally only two on my schedule, but what can I say, everything piqued my interest. But I am tired this [...]
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Well, that was weird. What happened to me last night. For the first time in as long as I can remember I broke out in hives and had a full on allergic reaction to something I ate. The culprit may or may not have been a slice of cheese melted on bread. Cheese? Bread? All [...]
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Our first Christmas tree Yea, that’s right. The DH and I have been married for nine years. Together we’ve celebrated Christmases in Costa Rica, Spain, Canada and China. But we’ve never had our own tree. Sure, we’ve had Christmas candles, decorated dead houseplants and random Christmas stuff here and there (I’m especially fond of my [...]
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Happy slightly belated Thanksgiving to all the USA people out there! And very, very belated Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian friends! I hope you all had lovely big dinners. The DH and I made tacos. Before you roll your eyes at my obvious lack of festival spirit, remember that I live in Beijing, China. Turkeys [...]
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The Bird’s Nest Stadium It’s only been two years, but I finally made it to see Beijing’s Olympic buildings. We weren’t the only ones there, either. The “bird’s nest,” (or the eagle’s nest, as the DH calls it), is a major tourist attraction among the many provincial Chinese visiting the capital city. I imagine it [...]
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The last few days have seen the worst pollution in years to hit Beijing. A friend thinks it is from all the coal-burning heaters and furnaces that got switched on the 15th. I have to admit there was a “coalish” scent to the air, if there is such a thing. The air quality monitors at [...]
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While I’m delighted we now have a fully heated apartment, I’m not so happy with the traditional first-heat cold I have acquired. Beijing’s winter air is extremmmmely dry. Add a heater to the mix and it’s dehydration city. (As in if I don’t get some heavy-duty facial moisturizer soon, I’ll be a dead ringer for [...]
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This I know: 25 kilometers on my bicycle is enough to produce seriously sore legs and buttocks. I first acquired this knowledge last month after riding said bicycle 25 kilometers from downtown Beijing to a botanical garden on the western edge of the city. (It didn’t really look that far on the map, but it [...]
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Believe it or not, I have really missed blogging. Every day lots of little interesting things happen and I immediately think, “Oh, I could blog about that.” Then I almost always think, “Add that to the never-ending list of things I should be blogging about.” In fact I’ve kinda been obsessing over my need to [...]
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I'm an American expat living on the fringe of Chinese society. Thanks to a lifetime spent moving around, I often feel like an outsider. This blog explores life in Beijing, China, the occasional aviation topic, expat issues, random travel experiences and interesting things I see, read and hear. If you want to know more about my latest hobby, visit Sewing on the Fringe, where I blog about learning to sew in Beijing. And for daily documentation of Beijing's ever changing air quality, visit My Beijing Window. And, yes, I do wear my santa hat year-round. ;)
