Holidays

Don’t Forget – One More Holiday!

January 6, 2011

in Holidays

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 [...]

{ 9 comments }

2011 – Thank God You’re Here!

January 3, 2011

in Holidays

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 [...]

{ 4 comments }

Christmas 2010

December 25, 2010

in Holidays

{ 0 comments }

Why Not Feast On Pie?

December 24, 2010

in Holidays

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 [...]

{ 5 comments }

Christmas Has Arrived

December 18, 2010

in Daily Life, Holidays

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 [...]

{ 10 comments }

Giving Thanks For Tacos

November 26, 2010

in Daily Life, Holidays

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 [...]

{ 2 comments }

Have a Mexican

May 5, 2010

in Daily Life, Holidays, Linyi

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 [...]

{ 8 comments }

A Little Spring Reminiscing

April 3, 2010

in Canada, Holidays, Reminiscence, Toronto

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 [...]

{ 3 comments }

Hot Pot For Women’s Day

March 8, 2010

in China, Holidays

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 [...]

{ 2 comments }

You Know Today Is Chinese New Year

February 14, 2010

in China, Holidays

Happy Chinese New Year! May your new year be prosperous! Every where we went today in Harbin, everyone told us “you know today is Chinese New Year…” How could we not know with all the fireworks? haha… I think most people wanted to share their tradition, but also excuse all the closed shops and restaurants. [...]

{ 0 comments }

← Previous Entries