WBSD – Holidays & Celebrations Welcome to World Blog Surf Day! Today we are blogging about our favorite new holidays and celebrations. One of the things I find interesting about Chinese celebrations, particularly weddings, is the use of noise. Kaboom! Kaboom! Kaboom! Wedding cannons on display – Photo by Simon Lim I am no longer [...]
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Welcome to World Blog Surf Day, featuring food! As an expat, or even as a traveler, you quickly learn that Americans are fairly finnicky eaters, and in the beginning of my expatriate life, I was no exception. I will never forget the look my newly-acquired (by marriage) Spanish Aunt gave me as I carefully separated [...]
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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. ;)
