Kentucky Gangsters
Newport, Kentucky Just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati is a little town called Newport, Kentucky. It’s actually growing these days, but it may never be as big as it […]
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Knock Knock
Forget the Great Wall, Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven. According to my boss there is only one ‘must-do’ for anyone traveling to Beijing, and that one ‘absolute must’ […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways
I’m diverting from travel for a minute. I saw the WordPress weekly photo challenge theme and immediately knew which pictures I wanted to share. We’re prompted to share two pictures […]
Party by the Bird’s Nest!
Five years ago today, the Beijing Olympics kicked off with its opening ceremony at the Bird’s Nest. I watched, mesmerized, half a world away and was glued to my television […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreshadow
It seems like the signs should have been a clue. There was sand piled 3-feet high against most of the houses on the street. Miniature sand dunes were flagged with […]
The Elevator Pitch
Shortly after I finished writing my middle-grade novel THE WITCH WORE PINK, someone asked me what it was about. I was stumped. How in the world was I supposed to […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Masterpiece
Every time I take a trip, I find I am drawn to photographing one particular thing over and over. In Beijing, it was the roofs of Forbidden City. I won’t […]
Staying in a Hutong Courtyard Hotel
On my last trip to Beijing, I took a tour through the traditional hutong alleys of Beijing, complete with a rickshaw ride and lunch in the house of a local […]
Wangfujing Snack Street
In my last post, we weren’t sure what we’d be eating. But at Wangfujing Snack Street, we knew exactly what we were eating — scorpions and tarantulas — and yet, […]
Double Chinese Happiness
Rarely has one meal made so many people happy. Last week, our tour guide pointed out a red-lanterned street known as “Ghost Street” and said that it was a famous […]
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