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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This entry explores a few memories of one of my hometowns, Victoria, Texas. For those of you visiting the blog with no experience in Victoria, just imagine how much your own hometown has changed over the years. Change is universal, but can be so shocking to an expat! This entry is cross posted at Ni [...]
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Last month I was forced to renew my passport. This is a pretty momentous event in the life of an expat. Our passport is our most treasured and protected document. With it, we can travel and live legally in our chosen expat domain. Without it, we are naked in expat purgatory, trapped, reliant on our [...]
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Not your typical travel photo… Visiting Kuwait’s Fairgrounds, 1992 After the Gulf War ended, Kuwait was left with a huge amount of discarded Iraqi weaponry. Much of it was left in the desert for later recovery. Some was moved to the Kuwaiti Fairgrounds where it was on display to the public. My guess is that [...]
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Not that I remember… I believe I was six weeks old. Grand Canyon Circa 1976 My brother and sister might remember, however, as they were about seven and five years old. And they rocked the Grand Canyon! Check out my brother’s collar! The Wright Kids Rock the Grand Canyon Circa 1976 I obviously have no [...]
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The wee Global Gal visits four states at Four Corners, USA, Late 1970s This Photo Friday I decided to visit the archives for a travel photo. Here I am as a youngster visiting the Four Corners – the place where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet. The Four Corners states have played an important [...]
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The day I heard about the invasion of Kuwait, August 2nd 1990, I was 14 years old and I didn’t want to be a nerdy kid who cared about world politics. In my school that got you nowhere. I wanted to care about the latest band, the latest song, shopping and hairstyles. (Like how to [...]
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So you can cross Linfen off of your China “must see” list, but what does that leave you with? Even Shanghai can sometimes be covered in pollution: Instead, choose Guilin, a beautiful, lush, green city located in China’s Southern Guangxi Province. Guilin is on the list as one of China’s least polluted and most eco-friendly [...]
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Today I have a special treat for you all – I hope this works! I’ve finally figured out how to post some video here on the blog, which is something I have been wanting to do for a long time. Ever since I first ventured into a Chinese taxi, I have wanted to share the [...]
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What do I miss the most about China? Possibly, Hot Pot nights!! We had for a while a ritual known as “Family Night” where we would go out to eat Hot Pot in a large group. (Usually the group consisted of the rowdy flight instructors who didn’t have an early flight in the morning.) The [...]
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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.
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