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Faith sent Jennifer and I an email asking if we wanted to attend a cooking class at the Kerry Center. The cooking class was titled, “Life’s Like a Box of Chocolate” – how can we say no to that title. For 300rmb ($47) per person, we attended class from 9am to 1pm, but lasted […]
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The annual Children’s Christmas Party with the expat association, SEA (Shanghai Expat Association) is full of crafts and fun for the kids. Emersyn said no to going this year. Therefore, Jennifer and I took Eleri and Sophie – they still love to make “stuff”. The event is held at the Four Seasons […]
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I had this crazy idea to spend Halloween in America. Eleri has never spent Halloween in the States and Emersyn was two the last time she trick-or treated on our street. The girls have a long weekend after Halloween to only miss three days of school. Grandma and Grandpa were in California for a […]
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I needed a new wok. Faith and I went to visit the wok man. He hand pounds the steel to form the wok. The wok costs 100rmb ($15). I almost feel guilty paying so little for all his hard work. I bought two as our Chinese meals are more often with our ayi. […]
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It was a beautiful afternoon for walk by the River. The River is one block from our complex gate. Roxi loved exploring the Huangpu River. The Huangpu River (黄浦江; literally “Yellow Bank River”) is a 82.5 km long river in China flowing through Shanghai. It is the last significant tributary of the Yangtze […]
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Karin & Stefan I had just booked our tickets for Nebraska when I got an email from Karin that she would be in San Francisco with Stefan. Karin and Stefan are friends from Hong Kong. They moved back to Europe before we left HK. We haven’t seen them in over six years. Of […]
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As part of my birthday weekend celebration, we spent an afternoon in Napa Valley. It is always beautiful in Napa at this time of the year and we need some California wines to enjoy all summer. Since we pay big bucks for average wines in Shanghai, it is a pleasure to get good wines […]
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With the birthday parties for both girls, hosting a going away party and guests at the end of school year, I didn’t have my usual time to pack. It was actually very nice to not have the time to really think about it. I threw a few things in the suitcases and we were […]
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It is party weekend at the Lyon house. We sent the six girls home from the sleepover party to begin cleaning and preparing for the next party. Tonight on our deck was the Humes going away party. Mary and John are good friends moving back to Michigan this summer. Our deck is the perfect […]
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At the end of this school year, we are losing a few good friends. Faith organized a ladies night out. Since Faith was organizing, it wasn’t just a simply night out!! She arranged a limo to surprise the three ladies leaving – Mary, Nani and Hilary. The limo picked up the ladies at Faith’s […] |