King’s Cake Happy King’s Day! Or Epiphany! Or start of Mardi Gras season! Or my parents’ anniversary! Whatever you want to call it! The three kings, Melchior, Gaspar and Baltasar arrived to Spain today to unload a bunch of gifts for all the Spanish kids. They didn’t make it to Beijing, however, not even with [...]
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Happy New Year! Feliz Año Nuevo! I can breathe a sigh of relief. 2010 – the year of confusion, waiting and constant changing of plans – is finally over. Onward to the best year yet, I say. I guess 2011 will be the year I finally stop hating on US Immigration, too, since the DH [...]
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I’m not a bit ashamed to admit that the DH and I spent the evening Skyping the Spain relatives, drinking cava and eating chorizo, tortilla chips and salsa, and, of course, pumpkin pie. (Those are all foods from very distinct cuisines, but cuisines that we love and cherish. Plus we drank a lot of cava. [...]
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It’s 5:45PM on Christmas Eve and the temperature outside is a frigid -7°C (19°F). The DH has gone out on his bicycle to round up some necessary goods for tonight, essentials like cava, milk and pie. I feel pretty guilty since I’m snug on the sofa and he’s out there hunting and gathering. We were [...]
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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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Happy Cinco de Mayo! You know that holiday, right? Yes, the one celebrated by all the Texans, strangely, and barely noticed by the Mexicans. I celebrated by dragging the DH to KFC to eat a Mexican wrap sandwich, the only thing on the KFC menu I will eat (other than their mashed potato side.) The [...]
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Our TO house – this photo sparked a little reminiscing today. I miss my comfy living room. I miss you Toronto. I miss you Kensington Market. I miss you Bathurst St. house. I miss you TO friends. Sometimes you come across a photo while randomly searching through files and you have to pause. I loved [...]
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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 [...]
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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. ;)
