The Games We Play
Movies always show groups of old men sitting around playing board games in the park, but I had never seen it in real life. Then...
Lamp post At The End of the Chinese Garden
Coastal Chinese cities are a far cry from Narnia, but I still half-expected Mr. Tumnus to trot by when I spotted this lamp post in...
Glimpse of the Sea
Qingdao and Seattle have a lot in common. One of my favorite things at home is turning a corner and getting a perfectly framed view...
I Fly a Kite
Memory is a funny thing. A few years ago I read a book in which one character famously never danced. Everyone in the book agreed...
Kindness of Strangers
Super cheap package tours to China are awesome. I’m an expert at making cheap travel plans. But I’ve taken a package trip to China because...