Tea with tall Paul and more Shanghai fun…

My mother's brother's wife's cousin's son lives in Shanghai.  Through a chance meeting with his Mom we connected on WeChat.  I was very excited to meet one of My relatives across the Pacific. In the recovery from jet leg though, and my brief vomiting episode from taking cold medicine that I am allergic to the…

Hao De Xie Street

Five years ago I lived on Hao De Xie street in China.  After long weeks of teaching I loved entering the gate of my building, (after buying an ice cream bar at the corner store. So cheap and so good! My favourite is a strawberry ice cream bar covered with white chocolate) running up to…

VIP Art

A cousin took us to a museum.  I didn't take any pictures of the carpet but wow it was soft! All one piece with special wool, they had to install it before building the roof because it wouldn't fit through any door.   Anyway, I will take a break from many words in this post…

Flush

For those of you who have never seen one, this is a squat toilet.  They give your quads a good work out and are actually more sanitary than our comfortable western toilets.  No skin contact.  I am grateful that I am a girl because at least my stall had a door.  Forest was a little…

Cherish Water and Treasure Your Life

I was going to do all of my China posts in an chronological, organized fashion but that's not really how I roll 😉  I felt inspired while going for a walk in the rain in Huang Shan (Yellow Mountain) so sit back and enjoy as I share some of China's beauty with you. It was…

Singing birds and silent nights in Shanghai

​​​ ​ If you google image Shanghai it will come up with brightly lit huge glass buildings and the hustle and bustle of a big city with nowhere to escape.  So that is what I was preparing for.  On the last few days before departure I walked around my New West neighbourhood drinking in the…

Conchie Creations

This post is in honour of my parents' 39th wedding anniversary on Saturday. I am a chef/baker's daughter.  The celebration of food is what put clothes on my back and a pillow under my head while growing up.  People have often asked me why I am not 300 pounds after hearing about Michael Conchie's famous…