Trimming the Thanksgiving Turtle
November 24, 2011
My blog does not have any pictures until after the halfway point, so I wanted to include this odd one with the kids staring at a candle at a Daoist t...
Camp Champions Blog
Cooking Class and the 5 C's
November 23, 2011
Today, we enjoyed Day 2 of our epicurean adventure (thanks to the Silver Fox, my mom). Today we would do more than just eating great Chinese food, w...
Morning Assembly, Afternoon Noodles
November 22, 2011
We awoke this morning to the sounds of an assembly. Our hostel overlooks a Chinese school. At 8AM sharp, music blared and megaphones began. Childr...
Feng Shui, Shanghai and Shirtless Statues
November 21, 2011
Success! Yes, today I succeeded. I embarrassed at least one of my teenagers. I believe that one of the great joys in life it to embarrass one’s chil...
Pu Pu Post (with Poetry)
November 20, 2011
This blog is a bit of a melange - a pu pu platter post. I put it together over three different sessions, so it has a bit of everything. It starts wi...
Spanning the Centuries in Xi'an
November 19, 2011
Let me be honest. We are a bit pooped. We arrived in Xi’an with overly-ambitious plans to do 2-3 things a day. Once here, we discovered a great hos...