Aug 02 2007
Nicker’s hubby was a professional modeler for Boeing. When I visited his toyland - it’s a dream workshop - with a retired fire engine sitting in the center to be restored and his carving studio in the loft, he confessed that ”I haven’t seen a carving knife I don’t like.” I’m very discriminating, but I haven’t seen a [...]
Aug 02 2007
Life without a maid is tough with all that endless house chores. Before settling in NY, my time, more or less spent with either a full time or part time maid since birth. Those time without was brief when I lived in Tianjin and by myself in Beijing attending middle and high schools. I ate out of canteen [...]
Aug 02 2007
After procrastination, I got the estimate for the car and after couple of more weeks of delay, I finally called the guy yesterday. “It’s $300.” .. .. I didn’t go to dealer; Joe the mechanic would take care of it. “No problem. I’ll drop the check tomorrow.” And the check is promptly in my mailbox today.
Years ago, [...]
Aug 02 2007
Had lunch with Doreen and kids who live in Shanghai now. And of course we talked about food. Her highest number of 阳澄湖 Yangchang Lake’s crabs consumed in one meal (female only) was 5. The best used to be sold only in Hong Kong every autumn. But obviously Shanghai has enough buying power now that it can [...]
Aug 02 2007
I’ve been doing a lot of amazing things to amuse my kids this summer. Truck driver it is today. Somersault or sky dive next? It’s pretty cool driving this monster, .. okaaaay, confess: just a loaner car. As soon as we got on the LIE, My flaming red truck immediately gobbled up by [...]