A typical night in .. wine and conversations ..
It’s Jan or Feb 1984, perhaps Chinese New Year was near .. .. so a good wish for a great new year? A night in would start with dinner and with beer or wine .. more wine .. then snaps. I wasn
Alice, I and Makiko, Feb 20, 1984 at the Old Opera House, Frankfurt
A future-Doctor, Alice, Smit, I and Jakor, May 1984 at the Alte Oper
Alice came from Vietnam, living with her husband and two young sons. We met at school and became close since we lived nearby. Smit and Jakor were both Yugoslavian and teachers at the Bach. Alice loved Jakor. Jakor fancied Makiko. Smit liked Alice. Makiko was bit air head: I don
a little girl
a girl
听涛声 at Mt. Laoshan 劳山.. July 30, 1985. More pix on FB
Yishi and I came from Beijing .. We boarded this hour long boat ride that cost only CNY1.5 per person, July 31, 1985.
Right: on the roof top of our ‘hotel’.
Sept 12, 2010
After a long day at Zhu Jiajiao trying to avoid rain, basking in the sun, bargaining with the vendors .. .. we finally enjoyed a moment of tranquility: sipping tea on a balcony on the canal. There is minimum surcharge of 100 yuan per person. The house offers various teas, each costs about the surcharge. This tea house uses old bonds as decor which is very nice.
As we were enjoying, another group arrived. An older man immediately light up a cigarette. I was in no mood to tolerate this.
“Excuse me sir,” I asked polite “I’m pregnant could you please not to smoke?”
Yishi caught up quickly. She said to no one in particular that Unfortunately the wimpy wind blew our way.
Yizang just laughed out loud.
The smoker’s young companion looked at me, than said to no one in particular sarcastically
“Ha, there is something new every day.”
Yes baby you bet. I tried this trick in Paris .. too ..
private part of the tea house
The canal can get busy. The helmsmen are in uniforms but by the, they began to soliciting business from us, customers on the balcony for the boat ride at reduced fee.
伟大的舵手 .. a lady helmsman or helmswoman .. and helmsman
on March 6, 2009
CitiField was still under some sort of construction on the north side of the train track, and the Arthur Ashe Stadium, a part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is to the south of the #7 subway track
It is located in the northwestern part of Beijing. Since 1980s, it is knows as “China’s Silicon Valley”, bands between the northwestern Third Ring Road and the northwestern Fourth Ring Road. In 1960s (at least) to present, Bus #332 runs from Zoo to the Summer Palace, through Baishiqiao Lu, and turns west where ZGC Road went east.
Since 1950, ZGC was synonymous for Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), actually they were interchangeable.
The names of those two roads have changed a few times. According to this c. 1900 map, from Cixi Evil Empress Of China, it shows as Zhongguancun Lu and Baishiqiao Lu.
c. 1900
4th Ring Road, Zhongguancun Lu intersection; 2013-Jan-11
my love on Alcatraz
How could I not to?!
I’ve been to SF countless times. On my very first visit from Hong Kong, one of my cousins who owned a trinket store at Fisherman’s Wharf said to me .. pick anything you want.
I took this mug that I still use nowadays.
I remembered being scared to death by the wide open highways: driving from point A to point B needed nearly an hour, without traffic. Aunt Chang Ying (Da Gugu 大姑姑) lived in Redwood City, wasn’t that far from the civilization, yet it might as well be the Amazon juggle. I couldn’t wait to get out of there. Then few years later, Dad settled there. So going to SF was even less attractive but a place I have to go, from time to time.
This time, I went for my kids or with kids, because Pumpkin wanted to see the 6-lane highway. [Didn’t you see that in Beijing? Of course that didn’t count .. I’m sure they all deleted that trip already.] Told you my kids have the great sense of humor and knew how to get to me. To my horror, I really enjoyed this trip. I felt in love with the city. I even checked out the livability: local swimming and tennis club, etc. SF used to be too slow for my taste.
“Because you’re getting old.” My BFF explained it to me in plain language.
Good point. Well taken.
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