Wangfeng Hanging Restaurant Our Balcony Stateroom Cruising on the Yangtze River! When I planned out our month in China I HAD to find a way to include a cruise on the Yangtze River! For the 40+ years I’d dreamed of Read more…
Pandas! THE Steam Train railfan photo! The Leshan Buddah Steam Train excursion in Sichuan! In planning our month-long trip through China, I worked for several weeks via email with Seven from Absolute Panda Tours, and she helped me craft two Read more…
Chef Dan flambes! Baiju in Chengdu! The Greatest Noodle Chef… As the six faithful readers of my blog know (yes, that’s an LOL), my chef husband and I recently spent a pretty amazing month in China, eating our way across Read more…
Tea with the last Cave-Dwellers of Xi’An A Terracotta Warrior and his trusty steed… Our month in China started in Shanghai, and then took us to Beijing. From Beijing we took a Deluxe Sleeper on the night trip up north Read more…
At the Tang Dynasty Show Tang Dynasty Show A Dumpling Banquet! Jing Jing teaching us to Properly eat soup dumplings! Tang Dynasty Show As our month in China was largely a “foodie-centric” trip, this post is about two, fun “foodie” Read more…
Mark Twain and dinner guests at the Elkhorn Inn! Mark Twain and Elkhorn Inn Guests Mark Twain at the Elkhorn Inn Doug Riley as Stonewall Jackson MAY 18-20, 2018: MARK TWAIN – STONEWALL JACKSON DINNER THEATER WEEKEND AT THE ELKHORN Read more…
Harbin Ice Festival At the Tiger Park! Jewish Synagogue Museum, Harbin When I was planning our trip to China and realized that Dan and I would be there at the end of the world-famous Harbin Ice Festival I knew we Read more…
The Cricket Fighting Master of Beijing! Me and Singing Grasshoppers! Rickshaw fun! Mr. Liu and the singing grasshoppers! Dan and our Rickshaw Driver… Trading Places! In perusing all the many tours available in Beijing, I short-listed many, but one in Read more…
Chef Bond Chef Bond instructing Chef Dan… Chef Bond & Elisse We just learned, very sadly, that Chef Richard Bond of the Mardi Gras School of Cooking and Catering passed away… Chef Dan and I spent a wonderful day with Read more…
ME in that hat! THE hat of my dreams! This post is about a very special day in Beijing made possible by an email friendship! Back in the fall, when I was OCD Trip Planning, reading as much online as Read more…