I’ve been watching the construction of a new restaurant in our neighborhood with great interest. We are connoisseurs of Linyi restaurants, you see, and we’re always open to new options. After the turtle debacle, I was feeling like eating Pizza Hut last night. But instead we were lured by the flashing neon sign of the recently completed [...]
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You never know what you’re gonna get when ordering in a restaurant. Many restaurants have these giant refrigerated cases where they display the dishes they can prepare. It’s like a giant menu and you can just walk around and point. (Like the dog dish in the picture I posted.) Just because you are getting a preview [...]
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Warning: Sensitive types and PETA members – look away! What was on offer in the restaurant we ate at last night It’s what you think it is. Sorry, I had to share. It’s inhumane. It’s wrong. It’s disgusting. But it is also a different culture. It is what it is.
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I was not joking about our kitchen being a meat locker last week. (Actually, I think I said “ice locker,” but of course we both know it is supposed to be meat locker.) It is better now that the temperatures are hovering right around 0 degrees and the central heating is on for part of [...]
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For a Scrooge, I sure do like to make posts about the holidays… I’m feeling better today. I’m at work and my headache is gone. I guess the day off I had yesterday, lounging around my room helped. That is, until the electricity went off and I had to remain huddled under blankets for the [...]
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Whew, I just experienced the scariest 20 minutes of my life. The electricity in our entire apartment complex just went out. It’s -12 outside right now. That’s 10 F. That’s seriously cold. As I lit every candle in our apartment, all 4 of them including my new Christmas tree candle, which I was thinking was [...]
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or Winter Solstice! Evidently, today we are supposed to eat some sort of dumpling. In Southern China they eat a small ball made from glutinous rice and in the North they eat dumplings made from wheat. I love dumplings, but I don’t feel like eating them tonight. Instead I will have stir fried rice with [...]
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A little spicy? Turkey for Thanksgiving? Not in Linyi. Hou Ji (Turkey in Mandarin – literally Fire Chicken) is not readily available. For about 70 USD you can get one in Beijing… Since I don’t actually have an oven, seemed like a ridiculous idea anyway. Besides, Thanksgiving is about sharing and what better way to [...]
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One of my favorite fruits Like a giant grapefruit What do you call these things? Cells? They can be eaten individually, just pluck a cell off! See more Wordless Wednesday here.
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Villanueva, Asturias with Horreos For years travel writers and tourists have mostly ignored the verdant northern Spanish province of Asturias, and since I would like for it to remain my own private paradise, I don’t mind. What do you think about when you think of Spain? Dry, rustic hills dotted with white villas? Sunny beaches [...]
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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. ;)
