Success in Beijing - Found a great apartment and will be signing contract tonight. Posts and photos as soon as settled with Internet. (8)
Today is our last day in Linyi. I’ve still got two boxes to pack up and a bit of cleaning to do. Tomorrow morning we fly to Beijing to start our search for a new home. I feel strangely numb about the whole process, probably because I haven’t had enough coffee. I should be excited, [...]
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So my house looks like this: Which means my life is turned upside down and I’m likely to stress out at any moment. Oh yeah, and did I mention WE’RE MOVING TO BEIJING!? I got tired of waiting for the DH to tell me it was okay to talk about this on a public forum. [...]
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Woken from my slumber entirely too early this morning, (I pretty much slept all weekend and am now accustomed to noon wakeup), the DH and I braved the cool and rainy Linyi morning for a quick flight to Beijing. Now we’re holed up in our hostel room, watching CCTV9 and feeling quite urbane. Parked airplanes [...]
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七九八 The 798 Art District in Beijing Just a few decades ago, this industrial district on the northeast corner of Beijing was home to a high security factory producing “secret” components for the Chinese military. The bauhaus-style complex was designed and built by the East Germans in the 1950s-1960s, in cooperation with the Soviet Union. [...]
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Photo Friday #26 Peasant Lady Sculpture 798 Art District, Beijing, China Looking much like the hundreds of peasant ladies I have seen during my years in China, this peasant lady sits and watches the world passing by. Some might say she watches as the New China passes her by. Found in the 798 Art District [...]
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SIL, Moi, Sis & Mom at Ming Tombs, Beijing 2006 Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s out there, and especially these three!
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If I had kids and if I lived in Beijing, I would attend this seminar sponsored by the Beijing International SOS clinic: Understanding Third Culture Children – 13th May 2009 (But I don’t and I don’t so I won’t, but I love to promote TCK events! If you’re an expat mom, you’re raising TCKs!) I couldn’t [...]
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While the internet was being difficult, I managed to make a few posts at my mirror blog. This is one of them. (Originally posted on Going Native in China 17 January 2007) The controversial Starbucks outlet located in the heart of Beijing’s Forbidden City, otherwise known as the Palace Museum. Since the Internet has been [...]
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Breaking News! Tourist Blown Off Great Wall? No! (It was really windy that day!) China has no idea how long the Great Wall is. Pretty long, I’d say!! Look at how it stretches away towards the horizon! Speculation says between 5,000 and 7,000 kilometers, but the Chinese government wants a definitive answer before the Beijing [...]
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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. ;)
