Last night while at a restaurant with friends in Beijing, I had one of those quintessential China interactions. It was beastly hot, so I ordered a can of Coke to go with my meal. The waitress responded, “hot or cold?” Lest you think she was off her rocker, hot coke is a thing here! Related…
Month: May 2017
Feeding the 3000
Last week I attended a conference at the Asia World Expo in Hong Kong, a large convention center near the airport. Given it’s rather remote location, there are no eating places nearby (except at the terminal). And surprisingly, within the complex itself I only spotted a Subway and a Starbucks. So how do you feed…
Friday Photo: Millican, Oregon
My sister and I spent the better part of this week traversing the western United States on our drive home from a family reunion in Oregon. The timing of the reunion coincided with my mom’s 90th birthday. We all gathered outside of Bend, the city where she grew up. My mom (aka Gracie) was born in…