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Wanderlust Wednesday: Great Wall of China
Welcome back to Wanderlust Wednesday! I thought I’d continue the Chinese theme with the Great Wall of China. I can’t imagine that I haven’t posted this picture before – because I love it – but I don’t think that I did. We visited the Great Wall during our trip to China in August 2007 with … Continue reading
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Gong Xi Fa Cai! (I learned how to say Happy New Year in Mandarin at work today.) Today is the first day of Chinese New Year, marking the start of the year of the Dragon. According to Wikipedia, the Year of the Dragon is the considered the luckiest year of the Chinese zodiac. I don’t … Continue reading
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See My rating: 3 of 5 stars It took me a while to get into this book, mainly because of the way the story was told. It annoys me when stories are told in the past seemingly for no other purpose than to allow the narrator to … Continue reading
Things fell dark over here in part because last weekend totally wore me out. Not only was it a three-day weekend, but it was Marc’s birthday weekend! We celebrated pretty much all weekend (except for, of course, the parts where we cleaned our apartment, which was less celebratory). On Friday night, we took ourselves out … Continue reading
First snow of 2012! And more on the way! Now, I know (read: saw all over facebook) that good old Chicago got hit with some serious snow. I refuse to allow that to diminish my enjoyment of this snow. I have grand plans of cuddling indoors and organizing things all day, with maybe a break … Continue reading
As I was leaving this gym this evening, there was this light fog all through Midtown. Times Square looked soft and a little blurry, like it was a dream. I should have known better than to think I could capture that with the camera on my phone. The fog descending over the city has gotten … Continue reading
I’m a lucky girl. Someone made me split pea soup (my favorite) with homemade chicken stock last night for dinner. It was a perfect end to a lazy Sunday of lounging around indoors and relaxing.
Yesterday was a beautiful day in New York. The sun was shining, and it was an unseasonably warm sixty degrees. We picked up a lunch of bubble teas and curried lamb burgers, and ate them on a bench overlooking the East River. We strolled along the water, through Battery Park (where we stumbled across a field … Continue reading
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I was growing up, we had a fish named Poirot. I knew his namesake was Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, but Death on the Nile was the first Poirot book I’ve read. It’s also the first Agatha Christie book I’ve read in … Continue reading
I got a present in the mail yesterday! What could it be? Check back in 10 days to find out! * Please pardon my sweatshirt. I was still in my gym clothes.
One of my 2012 resolutions is to cook more often. More real food, less Thai delivery. The first hurdle, of course, is purposeful grocery shopping. I may love almond butter, Greek yogurt, and brussels sprouts, but it’s hard to assemble a meal from just those ingredients. I need a plan when I enter the grocery … Continue reading
