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Another Snack Post

December 20, 2018by kathi 1 Comment

May I just say, Asia has very different tastes than Westerners. I know you know this but do you know how different? For one they don’t really have much of […]

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Cultural, Food

Flowers and Eggs, Literally.

May 8, 2018by kathi 3 Comments

There’s a tree here that drives my husband crazy; with allergies! The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia, also called the false Acacia) is a somewhat ugly tree, 50 weeks out of […]

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Food

It’s a Love Story

January 17, 2017by kathi 2 Comments

Many of you remember my post about two young people who worked for the coffee shop I frequent here in China. The young man got down on one knee and […]

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Cultural, Food

Moon Cakes

September 15, 2016by kathi 8 Comments

It’s that time of year again. Mid-Autumn Festival. It’s held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunar calendar. This year it falls on the 15th […]

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Cultural, Food

Happy Dragon Boat Day

June 9, 2016by kathi 1 Comment

Today is Dragon Boat Festival or Duānwŭ Jié, Double Fifth Festival, which traditionally falls on the fifth day of May of the Lunar calendar. Today is June 9th. I don’t […]

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Cultural, Food

Hong Kong Style Milk Tea

May 29, 2016by kathi 3 Comments

When one moves to China it is expected that they will begin drinking all the different types of tea grown here. Uh, nah. Since giving up drinking cola like an […]

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Food

It’s Mudbug Season!

May 5, 2015by kathi Leave a comment

“Crayfish, also known as crawfish, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, or mudbugs, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are related; taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and […]

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Cultural, Food, Sights

Eating Slop

April 18, 2014by kathi Leave a comment

I went to the Night Market with Susie again.  We like to hang out and look at fun things. She’s more than half my age but is fascinated with the […]

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Food

Thailand…Ahhh

March 1, 2014by kathi 4 Comments

Over the Spring Festival break we took a trip to Thailand!  Here are some of the highlights before my camera glitched and all my pictures and video clips were lost! […]

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Cultural, Food

The Candyman

December 18, 2013by kathi 4 Comments

Hey there friends!  Sorry for my long absence but I’ve been having an ongoing argument with my lungs and this atmosphere. If you want to know what I mean, go […]

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Cultural, Food

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