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Hong Kong: Where the Money Meets the Road

Posted from: Hong Kong Hong Kong is a never-ending commercial paradise of pristine luxury goods, tiny cakes, delicate food and refined,...

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Ruminations on Chinese Noms

Posted from: Beijing The staff of Seven Treasures Pond, our local Buddhist vegetarian restaurant, greeted us with such enthusiasm us that...

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Last Rites in Columbia, First Rites and Guanxi in Beijing

Posted from: Beijing In my final days in South Carolina, faced with an empty house and no internet, I actually bought a jigsaw puzzle. The...

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The Road Back to Beijing

South Carolina I remember the first time I landed in China. Almost 10 years ago now, I stepped off the plane in Changchun airport to the...

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NC in Pictures: A Gamers D&D Weekend in Highlands, North Carolina

Highlands, North Carolina A nerdy D&D / Magic: the Gathering weekend at the Dial family cabin....

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Raleigh in Pictures: Terrifying Animal Portraits from the Museum of Natural Sciences

Raleigh, North Carolina Animals are the worst....

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Paris in Pictures: Magic, Notre Dame and Bastille Day

Paris, France Bekka, Gregg, Kyle and I seeing some friends around Bastille Day...

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London in Pictures: we miss you, Ian Sherman

London, England In England for Ian’s wake....

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Vietnam: Mui Ne Beach

Posted from: Mui Ne Beach, Vietnam The miniature tropical garden that spreads out before the porch of our honeymoon bungalow is infested...