Today was a good day. I’ve been having lots of bad China days recently, probably because it’s hot and I’m ready for a vacation. Anyway, China can seem so wonderful on the good days, so I’ll take as many as I can get. This one started off well. The weather was rainy and the visibility [...]
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The other day as I was browsing around my neighborhood supermarket, I found a summer skirt I liked in the clothing section. I visit this supermarket nearly every other day, but I had never bought clothes here before. I waved over a supermarket worker and asked her where I was supposed to pay for the [...]
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Yes, my own little Linyi! On Reuters International for…. giving electro-shock therapy to Internet-addicted teens. Oh, Linyi, this is just the sort of thing I expect from you. So quirky, so fun. From Reuters: China Bans Electro-Shock Therapy 14 July 2009 BEIJING (Reuters) – China has banned electro-shock therapy as a treatment for Internet addiction, [...]
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And no, I’m not talking about George Clinton. It’s getting hotter and hotter in Linyi, and that can only mean one two things: the return of the ankle hose and the funk. Ankle Hose Ankle hose as worn in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square Ankle hose are a mystery to me, an aspect of Chinese fashion I [...]
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Yea, this guy backed into Ronald McDonald. Then he pulled out of the parking spot and tried again, very nearly repeating his initial crash. Ronald was a little scratched, but I’m sure it’s nothing he hasn’t seen before. See more Wordless Wednesday.
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This past Sunday found me in my usual spot in McDonald’s, drinking coffee and watching people. I arrived there fairly early, for me, at 0830. In the front of the restaurant, where the really big windows are located, an older man sat reading a newspaper. It was just he and I until a little family joined [...]
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Now that I’ve been positively identified as a female China blogger, I thought I should post something über-feminine and I think shopping qualifies, right? My shopping tale begins last November. I had been invited to attend a wedding in Vienna, Austria and as any woman would, I immediately began to panic over my lack of [...]
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What we have in Linyi instead of bamboo: Linyi Airport, May 2009 I could be anywhere in the world, but these flowers and the arbor reminds me of the antebellum American south. Maybe after a paint job and general sprucing up, couldn’t you see Scarlett relaxing here?
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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. ;)
