Photo Friday #27 Open ABOUT 10:30 AM This photo, taken at Uncle Mutt’s Barbecue in Victoria, Texas, reminds me to always be flexible while traveling and, of course, mindful of local customs. Sometimes in life we have a now! now! now! attitude. Like a lot of places in the world, (Southeast Asia comes to mind,) [...]
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Monday Mélange The Old Courthouse, my camera, and the side of my mom’s VW Beetle, Victoria, Texas, USA Nothing to do with this post, but I’ve been considering yet another redesign here on the blog. Something less minimal? Sometimes I feel that if I have no real ability or resources to fix up my China [...]
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Wordless Wednesday #31 Folks, that is an entire supermarket aisle devoted to shredded cheese. That’s right. Shredded cheese. There is another section for regular cheese. This is the most indulgent thing I have seen in the food museum, so far. Photo taken at HEB Plus Supermarket in Victoria, Texas.
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Wordless Wednesday #30 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa… you know you’re singing it! Spotted in the Home Depot parking lot, Victoria, Texas.
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While it might not have the same ring as “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe,” the Cream of Jalapeño soup at the Blue Quail Deli in Goliad, Texas is something not to miss. What’s a jalapeño? Jalapeño is the chili pepper of Texas. While the New Mexicans have their Anaheim and the Jamaicans [...]
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The Ground Rules Do: Drink a Starbucks eggnog latte (Just to try, then I’m back to my regular grande latte.) Eat a chicken fried steak (One is all I need, but it must have gravy & mashed potatoes on the side.) And while I’m at it, a Mexican dinner of some kind (Tacos, enchiladas, tamales, [...]
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I should never have read this article about a French bakery owner and her US immigration problems. It is a heartwarming story and an affirmation of the power of community, a made for Hollywood tale of visa woe and salvation, but it is also completely heartbreaking for me. I shouldn’t read anything at all about [...]
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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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What alligator season looks like in south Louisiana Photo taken by my Dad, year unknown. Creepy, isn’t it!? See more Wordless Wednesday here. (Still on vacation, now in Victoria, Texas.)
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Have I mentioned before how I love to travel but I sometimes hate the traveling part? That’s how I feel right now. Yesterday was another fun-filled day at several airports. I was supposed to leave Vancouver for Houston at 8AM… We finally left at 1PM. Why the delay? Evidently, the mechanic “left the plane on” [...]
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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. ;)
