Monthly Archives: December 2013

Portland Saturday Farmers’ Market at PSU

Portland Saturday Farmers’ Market at PSU

As much as I love the markets in Asia, to be honest, sometimes (particularly in China) you just don’t know what you’re getting at some of these places. As you may well have heard, food in China is notorious for its questionable quality — from exploding watermelon to glow-in-the-dark meat, and much (much) more. I’m afraid I’ve grown rather paranoid since being here. One time, I was washing greens and discovered in horror that the water I was …

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Still Surviving in Beijing

Still Surviving in Beijing

My family and I just returned from our first visit back to the US since we moved to China almost a year and a half ago. This was a somewhat unplanned trip, and our intention was simply to give our lungs a much-needed break and to restore some sanity after a bit of a tough year here. Now that we’re back in Beijing and almost halfway through our term in China, I’ve been trying to …

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