http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog daily 1.0 2023-03-11 http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2023/3/11/pacific-oddyssey monthly 0.5 2024-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/2e90f436-d51e-4eec-8a5f-07472013b87d/Coastal+walk+1.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/8ebce60a-561f-4924-8097-456b8c74e11d/Loading+our+bags+%28with+crane%29.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Loading the ferry in Tokyo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/88bfa92d-cbad-40f1-84d6-8aac344981a0/IMG_1807.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/cfccbe5a-5fd5-4447-b69c-5657512f8b2d/IMG_1771.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Beer vending. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/60c897f8-cf2f-4377-a9bf-9a6a71f659ca/IMG_1752.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The barf bags. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/cd3dfe27-2b85-4a05-a669-decdfda76129/IMG_1729.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Puppy pads: deployed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/62fc3bc2-cba8-45d3-9ee2-39d00e0d4750/IMG_1655.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Kominato beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/4acb5337-b009-4319-bbc7-bf470548029e/IMG_1708.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Kominato beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/09204c66-bb12-46d8-b549-9f4230272306/IMG_1674.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The walk to the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/a4d1562d-c5f0-4cbc-9c4d-90f14fdc27fc/IMG_1677.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The walk to the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/2ef60c6b-c40d-40fb-8225-d95594862ae4/IMG_1676.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The Kominato Beach bus stop (A.K.A the southern-most bus stop in Tokyo). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/6052b479-0c38-4d5a-ac5e-2e406235378f/IMG_1661.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The rocks at the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/03b213bf-7d5a-422e-b62d-1cd52c0ef282/IMG_1664.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/d97b6f81-7d76-467e-8bea-e6983e73ed38/IMG_1665.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out And this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/fb03d04f-0f17-4dcc-9cce-b5be32237d1d/IMG_1728.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The only picture I took of the town itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/6a64bbed-cb35-4f12-968c-c319d78cba72/Former+U.S.+elementary+school+flagpole.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Flagpole of the former Admiral Radford Elementary school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/5d3cbeb3-bf24-4c76-99ba-b022e4aa1f8d/IMG_1671.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The shark burger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/fde0093b-df15-4a9b-9850-3f6f457bae6f/Dad%27s+hike+to+Takayama-san3.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/f834a78d-0875-49b9-a542-3abfee17bec3/Dad%27s+hike+to+Takayama-san1.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Kominato beach from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/f690bb3b-687b-4f04-b9cb-91194062aa5d/Dad%27s+hike+to+Takayama-san6.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/324eda63-ffa0-4a69-92fa-df8817d1062b/Dad%27s+hike+to+Takayama-san7.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/c89ae73b-6fbc-4d37-ac4c-0df3eebe5922/Dad%27s+hike+to+Takayama-san9.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/b4ceb0bc-62f0-45be-9332-5eef12de41bf/Coastal+walk+2.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Beware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/5dbd6d58-1c8b-4f36-a71d-7849b803b828/IMG_1695.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out A Chichijima snail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/54a0d1b5-20a2-4c54-b18a-9a02a132aeb1/Matcha+shave+ice.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Matcha ice dessert—the size of a human head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/6015f481-941e-499d-9731-46fe0a6c3df6/Playground+at+site+of+former+U.S.+elementary+school.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The playground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/f2753e70-eaab-494f-81a3-6f9e64c886f9/IMG_1720.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The coral beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/6f6ec1a2-c148-411f-9afe-1543fe6ebc5a/Send-off+flotilla.png Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The sendoff brigade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/0c81306d-f875-4ac3-8b29-ecfa8ea02c69/IMG_1770.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The snacks on board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/f29309dd-a7c5-4aa9-b0f0-1cc74ed9ee97/IMG_1751.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The hallway on deck 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/35b0b35a-c514-4e27-88c7-d948c89d2d73/IMG_1759.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out One way to travel. The tilt of this photo is an accurate depiction of how I felt on the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/4ba77622-1489-4b47-b9c4-455ef18ab342/IMG_1772.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out The more private mid-range bunks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/d83c1a0e-8197-4923-bc79-6056e2650e2d/IMG_1766.jpeg Blog - Pacific Odyssey - Make it stand out Rentable cold storage - sorry for angle. 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This one has pictures! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658236702912-7720OEM7PZWWY2UA2U51/IMG_9606.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch - Make it stand out This one has English, Chinese, and Korean language options. Hooray! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658237136195-Z0FOGQAXDIKMBFNJRXNB/IMG_9996.jpg Blog - Tokyo Lunch - Make it stand out When there are no pictures, things get hairy… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658236213850-Q65XCUIWCI25U5IMIR6Y/IMG_9063.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch - Make it stand out POV: waiting for a seat at a noodle place near my job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658666586364-MEPH9CNZNCIPM4MAJ4A1/IMG_9167.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch - Make it stand out Tempura meal for $14. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658666671399-AYAE0C9NCYK9M4057VTF/IMG_9928.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch - Make it stand out Historically, I loathe a runny egg, but I’ve come to love this one. It’s a whole egg that somehow gets battered (I think?) and fried. You put it in your rice bowl, top with soy sauce and salt (if you’d like), mix it with the rice, and eat it. It’s a creamy, salty, yellow experience that is very very good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658667847689-G52Y5GMAF09IGKBASNF4/IMG_9605.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch - Make it stand out An example of a puzzling Japanese meal. Is the teapot broth or is it tea? I spend a lot of time watching other diners before I start eating (it was broth that you pour into the bowl of rice and fried things). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658667730151-S7CJLPSEJMX9JDQB6JZ8/IMG_8947.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch - Make it stand out The cutest Japanese hamburger (which you eat after you put it in a bag - never touch your food, folks!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668044521-ZM5ZX45WOPE8I6CYOW9C/IMG_6224.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668066685-X8CFZVZO8QNDR6VUZ4D5/IMG_6478.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668088161-EHEHG79DRDXQUJ99CT1V/IMG_7910.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668099692-JU08HT1EYI1Y6OE4IF8O/IMG_7916.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668114594-DKNRQKAO93JULHR5PVYK/IMG_8116.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668137328-7RNR1W4XYRP77ZQWZXBM/IMG_8916.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668190695-EGW0E2HCLKM2SX4F1CWU/IMG_9253.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668206376-4PEXR10TJG3DDZF0M8IR/IMG_9400.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668232890-R8SMOTQCJ0UGO6R882SZ/IMG_9935.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668337351-QQEBXSCADOGCIEQD67W6/IMG_9117.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668355886-YSSXQDUB8V7R18NE821T/IMG_9541.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668387385-O97AA4E07G8HSG0LLIP0/IMG_8785.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668895263-13OVEDXSVBORH73WK3RX/IMG_8781.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch - Make it stand out Appetizer, sides, main dish, and dessert (top left) all on one tray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658668973814-UATSOM6B63C03L8DBCGO/IMG_8132.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch - Make it stand out Another full meal on a tray. The dessert is coffee jelly with cream (actually super tasty). The noodles are cold, and the little plate of spice/seasoning at the top of the tray goes in the broth at the bottom right. Then you dip the noodles in the broth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1658669512994-LX2UTIYUQF9QSMY2L3G7/IMG_0021.jpeg Blog - Tokyo Lunch - Make it stand out Hey look, tacos! http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2021/8/14/japanese-nursery-schools-hoikuen monthly 0.5 2021-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1628925965928-MR16QSWNMF738V50JRUN/IMG_7228.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1629119298220-IPD3XXA911VM2EZMFSEE/IMG_7232.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out The kid bathroom in our hoikuen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1628948737248-YIIX6ZT7NVDVDPT5PX8W/IMG_7994.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out My son’s artwork. He’s 1.5 years old, so the teachers are doing a lot here :) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1628938294418-USRPWF0KM1M353X8KRUO/IMG_7918.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out The pool card. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1628937391529-3HKPUMR2P6P1NG7Y3AKD/IMG_7906.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out An example page from our renrakchou. See my handwriting on the left side of the page and the teacher’s on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1628937516393-D9MTV50X6FR8QMW5CLQ0/IMG_7906+copy.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out Child’s daily timeline in the renrakuchou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1628947073835-I50WA27RD5FN0P5DTR7G/IMG_7979+2.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1628947298044-XW3M3YQCGXE8QQ9Z3X27/IMG_7944.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out A copy of the hoikuen menu. Have you ever seen a tinier font size? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1628947426534-1HQBERVRXFXLI3HRRN1N/IMG_7956.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out The display rendition of hoikuen lunch and snacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1628947708513-8J8D2S5M91LESSLGFKJT/IMG_7971.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out The hat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1628948248155-ZNGJBU2AJGMWEZ47GM1F/IMG_7469.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out Hoikuen carts en route to the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1628948285611-KNGVSESFVOXMUA9FL4AK/IMG_7911.jpeg Blog - Japanese Nursery Schools (Hoikuen) - Make it stand out Close up of a baby cart at our hoikuen. http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2021/6/20/the-pastry-scene monthly 0.5 2021-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624194966114-C7206BZ15CKFTNYBSL88/IMG_7485.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624195055331-7KAX7KEJIVLGUYVEK1PM/IMG_7550.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out A super popular local bakery in our neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624195193156-6277YOKQVQRWEDPWY7HQ/IMG_7358.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out The top shelf here features croque monsieur, and the bottom has savory pastries with a Japanese flair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624279566878-CGHY4O503IOTYLZFVJLG/IMG_7405.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Cherry danish! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624275952979-A43JFX0O03RYE8JP82DU/IMG_7336.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Mini works of art at the Sheraton near Tokyo Disney. Please note the dessertified “Penton,” the Sheraton’s mascot penguin. More on mascots later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624275389125-P6V992PALEP4A8CQ0NJ2/IMG_7524.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Beautiful fluffy cakes! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624275212522-F6WRV7TWU9EAK7E4EQDA/IMG_7418.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Pain au raisins. Most bakeries feature the tray/tongs tool combo—know that picking something up with your bare hands is barbaric. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624275516096-WZLZCRQX3UD8HXI4GDNH/IMG_7480.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out The cream puff vendor! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624276077574-4LMW4A11TB1YL6HLRZP0/IMG_7466.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Cat-shaped baumkuchen. Delicious? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624276297316-KJ8DBTK7HO4Y947R6Q6M/IMG_7508.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Baumkuchen for the mature and sophisticated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624276336661-Y10B0RR1FTOIGAGMHYTZ/IMG_7409.jpg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Baumkuchen to be consumed within one month (what a shelf life!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624276495538-712LS6MZPA5VYZM92JON/IMG_7402.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Tarts for everyone! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624276571158-D8V2AJNHCDRGXKSHH79N/IMG_7403.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out The fancy cheesecake vendor in the train station. Check out the packaging! Germ transmission must be stopped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624277913846-7LIMDIM5LROVBBZP78GL/IMG_7551.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Melon bread, another famous dessert in Japan. It’s a sweet bun that’s coated in a crunchy cookie shell and topped with sugar. I think the name comes from the shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624276728180-PWE4P4V2ZB6LWJS4ZJ4V/IMG_6298.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624276814491-WLMX55EJR6PMYC8NKD79/IMG_7002.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out The tastiest tiny lemon cake! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624277096398-7FA9H719O8XGGYLIJ85U/Screen+Shot+2021-06-21+at+9.04.24+PM.png Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624277691125-MJALSNNI3FBXCPW8JQ9F/IMG_7629.jpg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out This was labeled “Apple and cheese soft,” and each one weighed about one pound, so obviously I had to try one. The verdict: extremely soft and pillowy on the outside, and stuffed with chopped apples and a cream cheese variant that I couldn’t completely identify. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624277276164-634HAS7F1YJFW2F9LU4K/IMG_7356.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Japan has a strong savory pastry game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1624278155530-PFG4Z2LAWW7538M1CG9K/IMG_7520.jpeg Blog - The Pastry Scene - Make it stand out Let’s not forget mochi! I’ll write more about Japanese sweets someday soon. http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2021/4/29/hello-from-yokohama monthly 0.5 2021-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619864129563-N8XWIVFMWRO1W0ERZVKJ/IMG_5959+2.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama Yamashita Park, Yokohama, Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619781122139-T1X9KIU807PGBHEBJMQ3/IMG_7028.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama Cherry blossoms in Negishi Forest Park near our house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619781767964-CY5B0U5OA4CB6F4ZT855/IMG_5675.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama Using public transportation when you’re this old, with no parental supervision, is normal in Tokyo. So is the school uniform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619780968651-R3V4IU35XFGMX1ASZ6UP/IMG_7160.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama An actual large bag of food, but the pic illustrates the practice of putting a towel underneath the bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619781865488-X8QU02HQ9B1B7BK30K7C/IMG_6475.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama A sunset view of Yokohama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619781410245-O51NUC1N1GGMZBR4BND7/IMG_5475.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619780811854-37SFMSKYWNXQMMNW7ISN/IMG_5945.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama An average morning on the train. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619782441916-EWT12J956FMGHPPG5K6W/IMG_7075.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama How cute is our tiny giraffe-print garbage truck? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619842772152-F2L58VSH55MOF4HC3H8S/IMG_5944.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama Would you drink this, or what? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619782543352-8GSNRAN38KMUZSE2IHY7/IMG_6004.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama A park in Yokohama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619782689709-4HRYIHQXCQ0922ZD1A0N/IMG_7069.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama A playground around the corner from our house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619782613519-6B3MI5A4K8KW4D042AHH/IMG_6005.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama Another local park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1619842258313-XR8HQ0HJLMD468AWF297/IMG_6478.jpeg Blog - Hello from Yokohama http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2018/5/20/goodbye-beijing monthly 0.5 2018-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526885263921-5P72KCGNO6E4UK8LQTD8/IMG_9586.jpg Blog - Goodbye Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526885410970-FAK78S1YBZUXU0TPRXHX/untitled-2967.jpg Blog - Goodbye Beijing Egg tart from KFC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526885739484-4YH37SUMMH3W5K0HCE8J/IMG_2502.JPG Blog - Goodbye Beijing The perfect meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526885879001-J58TIBSHIEG0FVKHQ6UZ/untitled-2905.jpg Blog - Goodbye Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526885989615-HRPQPEA2KM9RNXGNLHKN/untitled-2965.jpg Blog - Goodbye Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526886103024-S972UWPWOF8FHWNFZKGG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Goodbye Beijing The Flowers look even better on clean air days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526886252119-HE2XPNE2GAQM8QFXO1MS/untitled-2960.jpg Blog - Goodbye Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526886253564-4TSCQM1VCX3QZ6WBCAMU/untitled-2959.jpg Blog - Goodbye Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526886264755-QWG8E8XS5T7X4C5NIEWK/untitled-.jpg Blog - 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Goodbye Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526886770362-62W8CJBQ5L4C3HMLIMQH/untitled-9372.jpg Blog - Goodbye Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526886786530-OK4H612NEQ8815CDZD7D/untitled-0019.jpg Blog - Goodbye Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526887048986-PWBV9HDGY63P7H6A5NDX/untitled-2235.jpg Blog - Goodbye Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526886928135-J5QPF0S87OJ2HMAGX84N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Goodbye Beijing A store at "Glasses City," the mammoth eyeglasses market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526886980035-FY80XKN9Y3XJRKOB3I8C/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Goodbye Beijing A wooden "laughing buddha" at Panjiayuan, AKA "the dirt market," which is an enormous antiques market that's mostly full of (awesome) fake stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1526887173782-9319ED7M3AYCUAS1CXJL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 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Yes, we did walk the maze. It was aMAZEing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521091331115-BQDWYE4W1OILEN0ADESG/untitled-105925.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Semi sinister photo from Disneyland. Barely any people! So great! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521091478301-54T0DGARD7EQT32R3EZX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Closeup on kumquat wiring job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521091265381-GS14MYFGZBG5YU7EJ1KZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Terrifying animatronic hippo on the Jungle River Cruise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521091388609-T8LLPORG9ELC8AJSABC6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Stackable log-shaped stuffies from Japan that we found in every Disney gift shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521091425609-92Y5ZC2SHHB467O4IDM3/untitled-2284.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Enchanting Disney bathroom. Deserted, clean, equipped with soap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521091724277-0PIQ30E0W23RQZHPF3ZN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Drive by shot of the port. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521091766928-EBI1QYXF95LLXHN4G791/untitled-144754.jpg Blog - Hong Kong The view from our hotel room. That's Kowloon across the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521091850130-TKCOKWO5WVM9AE4YCSRE/untitled-2329.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Towering buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521092395076-2DP3M2A78T0F9BNPFJN0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Tropical bird on a street sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521092634043-TITY9BJH6A9FPSFSA6XE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Hidden church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521092706823-9J6T9FDDNCBI47TMSAP2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Wild root action! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521092775937-QO3GJSV2T7EFJL29J9UD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Intersection pano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521095186425-4WZWT5J3B61POO24MLM0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong A dog latrine(!!!) on the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521095222495-KOOM2L3Z4IN8MUV8WORO/untitled-2346.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Amazing tree in front of a church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521092898749-XJ9UYJVWI3S0SAMGE0LY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong On the massive escalator network. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521093374144-KJNSL5YBGHRV0EOX0KKL/untitled-0604.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Massachusetts' worst ice cream shop finds fame and fortune overseas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521093439938-JUR532DGNRA7B9NTQOXM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Looking up a street at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521093525480-6AHEJUJ66QAAY3HZL43X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Looking down a side street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521093566592-YMY4AS3NFJ1EIR01G84P/untitled-2369.jpg Blog - Hong Kong This negroni was not good, but the backdrop was awesome! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521095601281-TN9YUPBFDL4Z9XJCVI5R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521095659545-S5Y0G6YDIJMTMO2AAPP3/untitled-0691.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Looking at Hong Kong from Kowloon (I think). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521095758239-BQDNDN5HU6HRHZWI4MSN/untitled-0673.jpg Blog - Hong Kong The time ball tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521095900129-3YFW87ETMWQOOL9HD4I8/untitled-0683.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Fish lanterns and palm trees on the Kowloon shoreline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521096550036-2BJ3886MY11GE44SDR6V/untitled-0718.jpg Blog - Hong Kong The multistory shopping mall/viewing platform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521096611495-DVIKEAORZVXVJHDL9TCH/untitled-0715.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Looking down at the tram we came up on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521096712299-ERAPTGVSSNACC861RHSE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong The view from the Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521096755923-7NGCIGXO0FO499A0LVQJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Looking down the other side of the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521096822916-EUIUCIDUR17857U37RE5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Mango and sticky rice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521096858882-3JLKQSN3PSF7Y4CNJCK7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Coconut ice cream with corn and peanuts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521096889277-OCZRLNI4DYLEMTBRBZ2H/untitled-210713.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Amazing pandan dessert with toasted sesame seeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521096980135-533GNJHUSCORTIAUDT5Q/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Market in Wan Chai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521097033140-ZZDSXOW64NDCZ654D9UA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hong Kong Fish anyone? At a market in Wan Chai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521097100309-YNPHI3U0EHJPSH1KGGIN/untitled-0736.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Vegetables for sale in Wan Chai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1521097240163-1DD2IRE3JZTSP9ZJTHYW/untitled-222739.jpg Blog - Hong Kong Disturbing artwork http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2018/2/25/chinese-new-year monthly 0.5 2018-03-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519626877696-D8B18L6E0JC4GY3XPHXT/untitled-0396.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519625106249-UDN9SUU4F0SFKEYM9M32/untitled-2238.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year Spring Festival posters. The diamond-shaped posters feature the character "fu," explained below. These two are right side up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519624887547-BVFENVEZSHS45X97SPO4/untitled-1020522.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year Lanterns for days at Ditan Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519554653406-YZJXIUZ0TZ4IKII8RMCK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year Hong-bao, or red envelopes, used to give money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519625293230-892TK5VL48106LMZCQHF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year Family time at the chuanr (meat on a stick) stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519554805652-XJOKUUDUC7FDF9L0LKR9/untitled-2215.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year At the entrance to the temple fair. #selfie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519624747697-LMA34BUUXQQB64U8AXHR/untitled-0454.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year The crowd at Ditan Park. 人山人海, as they say, ren shan ren hai. Direct translation: people mountain people sea. Meaning: TONS of people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519624160014-3ZZKGT43ZD10XK1JK660/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year Fake blossoms on winter trees in Ditan Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519624285013-BGG04BQQN9VQSXG4WHN5/untitled-1020527.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year The crowd watching the lion dance. Check out that cool hat with the giant antennae. We saw many of those, and I don't know what they mean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519624422352-W4FWUYF0SNGSK3YI2D4I/untitled-0446.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year People crowded around the gent on the right making hand-blown sugar animals (the kid on the left is holding one). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519626141168-Q6AY7YL2VC5ZY57NE7AU/untitled-0444.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year The same guy making hand-blown sugar animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519625382098-Y4EU1SJ0J1JX5TVSXCSI/untitled-0452.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year Cool toys everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519624705195-XK222O0AEFUKZ4HUH923/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year Wild insect(?) figures for sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519624574244-EMYMONXARL02GNYA0CYD/untitled-1020556.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year Dumpling vendor at the temple fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519624665218-VTOLF6Q2K9K8N20QZQNJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year Hanging ornaments for sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519626252733-XORCANPI5EBL8PA2RPK3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year Cool red spinny thing, plus another cool hat with antennae. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519625507257-S81UVIQ5UY02XNKZV3DU/untitled-0457.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year Performer drawing the kids out of the crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1519626396391-V69YNBYL6NKBRK434SZ3/untitled-2223.jpg Blog - Beijing: Chinese New Year http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2018/2/15/cook-islands-getaway monthly 0.5 2018-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518691761928-KSFAEZUPWA3303CBAB09/26685319_10100993187466281_426834124898499363_o.jpg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518690542894-V5K4SAAAM1EEA8T10ORZ/Screen+Shot+2018-02-13+at+11.20.01+PM.png Blog - Cook Islands Getaway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518691841920-GK5YITS1O44XDKSXRO2O/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway A beach on Rarotonga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518927226411-R78PHDU6ESI3CSERVC3S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway Our view from The Islander Hotel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518691198404-YJW7WBBOXBGNLRZ5NDHB/26685689_10100993179971301_4931677206219609719_o+%281%29.jpg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway Tropical mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518929321207-YLP5W28XAKKJY70ZU9AR/IMG_2078.jpg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway Our mini infinity pool at the resort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518692136404-RX6LOGG2CS119QKV8M2Q/26840666_10100993179622001_1020928549855579019_o.jpg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway New Year's Eve light show from the beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518692336571-V65U0EYSK3NV3M9WW3E0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway The view from our Airbnb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518692295538-09UY2P5NFZCC2KA601HN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway FRESH TUNA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518692525388-51OZG98JY8749BGXHUF7/26850024_10100993180634971_5815968115742964375_o.jpg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway This is what "needle" means. See white birds for scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518692583456-26SFIMRRE670LC589NG1/26685465_10100993181133971_5912395202397761682_o.jpg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway A chain on the side of the needle that we held onto for dear life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518692607854-P5XRI6RMOGL9U8XXNI0J/26910884_10100993181029181_941453630879535391_o.jpg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway View of the mountain ridges next to the rock needle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518692625750-1EGU0JKY0KGO3GUQGDPA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway Peeking around the rock needle at the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518692778575-UFVVSVSIEO4DKKXKSLUI/26850424_10100993186089041_7326220957939652714_o.jpg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway View from one of our hikes. That white line that separates the dark blue water from the light blue water marks the perimeter of the lagoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518929781925-T61Q6HKFUQ05Q84CX7OC/IMG_2107.JPG Blog - Cook Islands Getaway Waveless beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518930745905-L0603CO3UUVYSNNVOMGD/26961845_10100993188399411_480561093341266798_o.jpg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway Ocean sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518929728242-H1FOH3H1DPY3R4U3XT2B/26685202_10100993178020211_6318497592131219053_o.jpg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway Breakfast at the only diner we found. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518930925122-XMW8Q6A2TR6PGJI19CIF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway Goat buddy who lived on our road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518930953817-IDJUGYMSJLV83FRDAS3J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway One of many amazing trees on the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518930987127-VK7GA6OO1UNW6F3ULKCQ/26685995_10100993188154901_1701665334590152138_o.jpg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway We saw these butterflies whenever we went hiking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518931035809-SM5TZA7BLUJPJ7HMOPK3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway Cool flowers by the road. We saw so many different kinds of beautiful/weird plants, trees, and flowers on the island. Photo credit for almost every pic in this post goes to my husband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1518932708666-FR14OV6L3X5J3Y4RF3MT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cook Islands Getaway http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2017/12/18/yangtze monthly 0.5 2017-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514102938566-5RH1R056S02X5FGZI7TQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514105473579-84YO3HIMXADY1MMV6NAY/untitled-0161.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Bridge in Chongqing. The black building across the river on the righthand side is Chongqing's Opera House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514102720307-BNNIK3B6GYD0PE2IEH3M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Pics with peacocks in Gooseneck Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514102870982-K0TRAEMRZY0QVSM48OCD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Looking down on the river from Gooseneck Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514103486515-WOXBVRXB4FR7NUHQ4674/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze The view from Gooseneck Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514103226328-ZRAKZLEPA6MWO6VHVXCO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze The view from the other side of that same tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514103569562-7UE14HB6OEWN7HVCNZ0K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Chiang Kai Shek's old house, in the middle of Gooseneck Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514105049862-GY3HLQIFSUADEYFNV2LE/untitled-0123.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Our hotpot table mid ingredient collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514103433162-EXXV6DF3IPQWFCXVH3SM/untitled-0124.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Hongya Cave, from the side. Note the Starbucks and Subway signs near the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514103708212-GMPB4ZLK0LEZZWCYGOBL/untitled-0128.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Outside Hongya Cave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514106009026-V10032PHY4PUWDEMPZE8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Authentic peeing child fountain outside Hongya Cave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514104752763-LZMKD4X7SFT7UKD1AS1S/untitled-0155.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Spices on the fourth floor of Hongya Cave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514104786126-9UNK9ASXR7IBAWI6HTOY/untitled-0142.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Dude making noodles in Hongya Cave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514105123171-5FQBE4MMF2DQLGLKQP2X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Statue of an ancient king in Huguang Guild Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514105158189-PM7C5XRW2V3IAFG3L15Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Looking into the courtyard of Huguang Guild Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514105187680-GMHSRTHHUW6OF3A51PZV/untitled-0180.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Closeup of wood carvings at Huguang Guild Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514105698044-CMVVEU80JHO5T8JGY8XE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze The welcome committee on board our ship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514105745968-X17YTA9CC4IA39AT99DL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Another cruise ship on the Yangtze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514102550098-60JUNVB7Y107GO7SALAX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze River banks in Chongqing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514106125091-9I12XN7A496RHIP5Q3EX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze A piece of scenery along the Yangtze (I have no idea where or why that huge face exists). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514106220345-2Y0CUES28SWUPU1M4XNH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Whoa that ship is heavy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514106358272-6Y3XJF2CH97A43JFKZ45/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Shibaozhai Pagoda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514106435771-8I9AZLAMPFGT5LWNKLAE/untitled-0259.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze A swaying bridge leading to Shibaozhai Pagoda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514106534577-XN7X0VE2V692CMILCIPG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze The crowd trying to get in to Shibaozhai Pagoda. Don't speak loudly, hokay? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514106633371-OT4SNW4FXSNAFSKXSFCC/untitled-0274.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Roof detail on Shibaozhai Pagoda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514107032777-M16IL7AQDWDKKQOKVRVI/untitled-0286.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Riverside scene that I can't identify for you, but that is no doubt important and definitely pretty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514107376925-LJ7J05UUWAW27Z2LJT6L/untitled-0298.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze The Quting Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514107426682-TSPCWDWGHG0ARDJXA996/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Quting Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514107447926-F72UUY9NWAHSRRVL7S9I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze The crowd on deck vying for prime photo spots during our trip through Quting Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514182460826-BEFP9EG7DOSBL1QRCF4V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Quting Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514182503464-F8W5MJJTMWRY8PK6SFQ0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze The mouth of Goddess Stream (those are the little boats we got to ride in). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514182534887-LV5RL0FESNDG5TJX4KCW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze View from the boat on Goddess Stream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514182565074-Y6LMTH9QEPQB5H0F8C6R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze This photo doesn't do justice to the height of the mountain/depth of the Goddess Stream gorge, but still. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514182631943-V5T3T5M3ZMBHXYZWFFLU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Goddess Stream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514182868910-CKMGVWZLT9PLW2R7NMCK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Wu Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514182916741-ZIU4TF35V9LLWALL1M1N/untitled-0359.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Wu Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183000891-QQ95KYG7Z9SNIVUJ21O4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze On our boat as the water level sank in the locks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183055266-PEDMQPX8BVJPM1UPPMGC/untitled-0424.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze In the locks before the water level began to go down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183123570-3J2AC3BQC55AYO45YO9G/untitled-0429.jpg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Looking backward as we moved from one lock to the next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183198827-A9EKYS5WPRI25W5HHNXY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Looking at the dam from downstream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183239486-T1GY1FGJPRADCSTS9X66/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze On the escalators taking us to the top of the dam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183279038-SKU5V4BC9AOCECT1WR9E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Looking down on the locks from the top of the dam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183318657-SX8BIKA12JC4M4E5LZBV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Looking down at the dam (and a fancy fountain) from the tourist viewing point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183432826-I8GRN7KIU2B7OSPQEAHD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Standing level with the dam, upstream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183489832-0NQLQ0TI0B02W6OC5J92/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze AND the crowd trying to get back on the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183601081-21HOVBYUKVJ4IL5IHMGZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Xiling Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183623892-JPJO1MKG67W7L7NXLLMP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze Xiling Gorge (I think? Gorge photos are all blending together!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1514183734186-1QQRER4N4QLK2G1HU9RN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cruising on the Yangtze http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2017/11/21/hutong-toilets monthly 0.5 2017-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511575657307-J1WG2QVW2Q66VI4TSFO1/untitled-0222.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511575720940-GNO2T2CM49FK3GXU2FMB/untitled-7939.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Hutong in Beijing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511575809586-NB27NDFS6NF9Q5CK0E3A/untitled-5454.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Quiet hutong with apocalypse lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511575924573-QUCJT7T77M74LWQ1SZ6K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets The end of the workday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511576220379-E0FP61TOVFQLKZI61JNK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Naptime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511575866946-HD0KBVX9AEPV6D960OZB/untitled-5441.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Classic hutong view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511576631515-C3SGGUUP7J0G1GUDQCJL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Outside a hutong restaurant. At night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511576371535-FI83HVE02U3IB64L99C2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Refurbished area in a hutong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511576264044-4TQ9M0FO27CTUK32G81S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Hutong doggie (his second appearance on this blog). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511576314542-41Q8W4D7LCIUH4KD9INV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Looking down a hutong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511576072915-51USZ4AQUX9NE2V10YLA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Looking into shops along the hutong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511576113875-UF91TW7MEREB37CRNC85/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Selling fun light-garlands in the hutong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511576451529-FXESR7LLIR9Z6XL3PE5S/untitled-0135.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Pet shop in the hutong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511576596180-N375VPE6LGBPF7YVKJFH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Looking down on a hutong neighborhood (the buildings in bottom front with tiled roofs). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511576541028-7BV8KCXT7C2C808ZBF1K/untitled-0155.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Nighttime in the hutong. That black smudge in the middle is a biker on a low shutter speed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511576155454-JIX6O0MRL39H0XHXLLJ9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Outside a restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511577047993-KF64J10M6HWPX6IDZE06/untitled-1215.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Classic squat toilet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511577088531-4LYXGXSP08GY9FT4237Q/untitled-6602.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Interesting stall situation here... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511577149712-2WRBVFTET9XZB60WF78B/untitled-0832.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Odd, trough toilet I've only seen once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511577187600-8J1APQF3MAM9SOKFYVVE/untitled-0756.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Disney Shanghai - pretty dang clean! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511577361953-UHRF7G78569VLKPVDFJK/IMG_0997.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets Possibly the scariest bathroom I've been in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1511577511155-3N1EZY7SXFT94O7PSNSQ/IMG_1214.jpg Blog - Beijing: Hutong and Toilets http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2017/9/10/taiyuan monthly 0.5 2017-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505031294043-052W15NQEQGCAXPVUOQX/untitled-1010.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Snapped from the train window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505026839177-XQH5HADY438V4EUHLS69/untitled-0050.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Yellow Valley cheeses, ready to be eaten. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505027182018-W4NSB0PM6ASON47HPL0I/untitled-0968.jpg Blog - Taiyuan My room at the Jinjiang Inn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505029557366-IGU857FGNF7HQ3T843E9/untitled-0975.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Jianbing in a bag, ready for eating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505031384682-P28UKQAA670H4WNYODK8/untitled-0993.jpg Blog - Taiyuan My favorite bing lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505027707299-JKXMZ4H4BSWGVT3ZPFF5/untitled-1023.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Colorful side street off the pedestrian shopping street in Taiyuan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505027759596-WR0IHZ5ACPLVESX8Y75A/untitled-0976.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Pedestrian shopping street in Taiyuan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505031459654-86V5MVTGGZCDG5HZS73E/untitled-0985.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Used skewer sticks on the pedestrian shopping street in Taiyuan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505028983832-LS5SAIPSKVDDUHKGIJL3/untitled-0035.jpg Blog - Taiyuan I think this is their "herbs de provence" flavor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505029082874-LP0KYO9YL8OX1FZUA8E9/untitled-0029.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Spying on the aging room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505029158671-YGQIQQPPEP9QR2Z8J68B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Taiyuan The original gouda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505028901545-Z15Z56SZV1K8ZTBUK9L1/untitled-0016.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Side eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505031784571-DR2UUSK2NCD9O4EYN2MR/untitled-0004.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Hey, lady. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505029201336-GASRVQOHLYGZSNFKTWZU/untitled-0051.jpg Blog - Taiyuan These two dudes (possibly the farmers?) were fascinated by us. Seen here spying on us while we looked at the cheese. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505029676714-2C5H2PPHM13DUJFI5UKL/untitled-0056.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Fancy new Catholic church, complete with creepy inflatable angels out front. #china https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505029869346-9LSY88F9X8Z16JWIFVPG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Taiyuan Whoa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505029816506-SSW6EJON3RN0IB1GB2E5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Taiyuan Inside the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505029905603-HSJMF2U98XC9YDD11JHH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Taiyuan Across the street from the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505030076405-LB51M90MVVHQ2OM3J6WF/untitled-0071.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Looking up the mountain at the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505030138018-69KBNNXIHQ9DQV58FI74/untitled-0069.jpg Blog - Taiyuan The final monument before reaching the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505030210473-FK882NYQUDOURTFUTLUF/untitled-1001.jpg Blog - Taiyuan The church on the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505030287893-6NW3ONJN70YOLVR62EGL/untitled-0083.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Standing on the steps of the church looking down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505031681315-HSVNCGB6K4Q0C4YU5BFW/untitled-0088.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Jesus on the mountaintop, with a wind turbine in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505031618823-ZHA06WW22O4OCYEN7FY1/untitled-0077.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Looking down the mountain from the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505030906536-6KKZ3IDYK4B4L43NL6QF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Taiyuan The only photo I took at the museum. The museum is actually behind me in this photo...apparently this fountain was more fascinating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505031092778-RU85DFZKMGOW615BP8J6/untitled-0054.jpg Blog - Taiyuan Our trusty van. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1505031138576-48QYV8T07HAN2JUKI89W/untitled-0978.jpg Blog - Taiyuan http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2017/8/28/shanghai monthly 0.5 2017-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1503996394525-DYR8W2BCE6NL9IQX2O06/untitled-0988.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai The Bund at night. Photo cred: my husband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1503996644503-ITZJJ1GQ18MQTHG22OO7/untitled-0590.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai The Huangpu River in smog, featuring the Shanghai Tower on the far left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504108094912-SDU5Z2O0OWNBVTWBCSEG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Looking down an alley in downtown Shanghai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1503996806991-LNXUYWOIOIDZE01JUXJX/untitled-0582.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Charming street near People's Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1503997265119-0J96BZND22EFF8FEEUJF/untitled-0684.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Train snacking: peanuts with Sichuan peppercorns. Yeah, they make your mouth numb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1503996908087-S2F3GRPFBD71Q2TN3FDM/untitled-0709.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai The line(s) for ticket kiosks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1503997195283-7OZWYTMPOUABPJ8SWT83/untitled-0556.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Quiet street in Shanghai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504108232468-Y3GKRZHZHZBO00H1GQ7P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai The clean, shining, beautiful bathrooms at Disney Shanghai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1503998247271-319GYX0JDHCPG7Y2ZNVT/IMG_0785.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai The palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1503998395522-6UQZYLSN5ZHMG7DOPF4R/untitled-0565.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Walkway in the People's Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1503998635858-35Z89A9D07K5UV0I8GAJ/untitled-0576.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Outside the Shanghai Museum. Parasols are huge here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022013383-IATNWQXJQ8HZUU3FVKQA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai People's Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022072634-1NUTPITZI7N7XIKWHANK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Landscaping in the People's Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022165338-TA85M365Y6ME7TASD13J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Shady street in the French Concession. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022198599-O4ZXZJ5VAJGKEG4MXIS5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai An outdoor bar in Tianzifang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022246113-2ZWLB0XICQYF1LVTYXM2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Vendors at Tianzifang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022306149-80702F0ZZZARFOSE6U6L/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Crab soup dumplings at Tianzifang (you poke a straw into the top and drink). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022390156-6LYL4YOBHXJSC7I1MD75/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Stop lying to yourself, you've always needed a piece of meat made of stone on a string. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022443484-2W9S43OWS1K3N61GFHTM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Looking down an alley in Tianzifang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022483875-DUOE3PLXO8Q1WG8CHMJL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai In case there's not enough cuteness in your life... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022525888-J72VBFJ5AEKGA4K4FOIY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Dumpling art at Tianzifang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022633028-3CXX50O53MXPBMDGFE5X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai More dumplings at Tianzifang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022678709-W92SGQIAK74MB82PSBP1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Fried buns, bottom front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1503998821716-8UKAU36HO6B3VF4Z2WOU/untitled-0632.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Juice, anyone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022744400-BOALZHH7KTH2YUNDPK8X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai You don't look Chinese, building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504022790789-MVC4KK9ZZ7H1UZ6ZGZBS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Sun Yat Sen (Sun Zhongshan). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504105601013-UO7NWJEFFX2VOEOXBL9Q/untitled-0584.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Sugar to tea ratio: mastered. #bubbletea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504087130336-WT84NZQZKOICGCPHMMR6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Inside Yuyuan Gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504087346069-S86YCIEE2BFJHL9A0KNX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Snacks at the Yuyuan bazaar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504087465302-JTE9CFPXSMNUAJQ8OC0G/untitled-0823.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Giant soup dumplings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504087548080-N5KSDKSHCO0HKG99SCUO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai More snacking activity at the Yuyuan bazaar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504087647770-DKB6EALNYMK30VOZ3F9I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Pavilion in Yuyuan Gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504087702843-8MJX19NGVPVV27Z32EK5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Fun doorway in Yuyuan Gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504087747329-SY29NRW3ALA5P5GHAU76/untitled-0793.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Fat fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504087935931-CMNI6DS5M4YU41E8QV1K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Yuyuan Gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504087984771-U90VI85O0HC33MVS1XVO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Old school street near Yuyuan Gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504088042488-BYQ56QOG57B81BX3D6XH/untitled-0738.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Old Street, a shopping area outside Yuyuan bazaar. Check out the Shanghai Tower in the distance. #juxtaposition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504088217244-A8JBYO5BBS4ZVADZK1PB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Cricket cages hanging from the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504088289233-AAKZ7DC75YYCLEMWDSDO/untitled-0833.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Cricket action, front and center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504088322974-1QLE76E7QNJ2QVIXZ5PI/untitled-0836.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Little turts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504088184147-NUH9FG1NALF0CU7OMH5J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai A fish vendor at the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504088392979-36R86DJT2LLN4CRZ5AYE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai :( https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504088806661-41PDUM4Z7J7700E441LH/untitled-0593.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Some of the buildings along the Bund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504104110636-H1K470Z05Q5E0HHOGXJY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Famous view of the Pudong district from the Bund. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504105425793-I5HARZNCT3PP871YEFBR/untitled-.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai The same view at night. Photo cred: my husband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504104478626-LG7GCAJ49M8BQUI2YY38/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Looking down on the Huangpu River from the top of the Shanghai Tower. Photo cred: my husband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504104528468-KH992ZLZQ50O24TD0MYX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Looking down on the Shanghai World Financial Center. Photo cred: my husband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504104692531-EIGV2IA5P3JP66LG5OK3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Inside the nightmare tunnel beneath the Huangpu River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504106569843-NI97DFH8L2BG7YGFYSE1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai The center of Qibao. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504106677837-6NPXNV7ZUIW7Y1WO9T5W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Quail eggs for sale in Qibao. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504106730926-J0DGJBUEV6WP4LILY8UR/untitled-0912.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Too hot to eattttt in Qibao. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504106643226-HSJYAEILP0EW6E9DB44I/IMG_0889.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Topical bookshelf at the trinket shop in Qibao. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504149121338-12Y8VY49QTZDHV3OCLPY/untitled-0882.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Cool wall outside the Jade Buddha Temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504107140198-4Y9A1OUQ430SZVWQWO7R/untitled-0844.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai The courtyard at the Jade Buddha Temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504107217082-YA05XUKQPJUPKAFKQ7EZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai A peek at the reclining buddha at the Jade Buddha Temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504107267368-JSY0BAWGFJMDRCPTLT7C/image-asset.jpeg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Ceiling lanterns at the Jade Buddha Temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504107310123-5LZLMSBUAYSJD6YRNLWU/untitled-0865.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Shining deity at the Jade Buddha Temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504107481609-ZEUQX5PF7OKV6YF2P5WX/untitled-0855.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai Wall shot at the Jade Buddha Temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1504108022867-TSPWCUVJR9KP47174Z60/untitled-0252.jpg Blog - One Week in Shanghai http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2017/7/12/beijing-one-year-later monthly 0.5 2017-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1499867820714-OLBHN5Z35TMNT8KUL2B8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: One Year Later Houhai, one of Beijing's lakes, in winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1499867887568-L2D90AE8O0KYTLF4ECMT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: One Year Later Sweeping the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1499867974533-SNXVLMH1Z7WF6P5FHWB6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: One Year Later Bing cart, for all your snacking needs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1499868171649-5Q4XJGYC4HD5NW95FGSC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: One Year Later The street is the best salon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1499868031412-UJRGAZSS81K107BY2U2J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: One Year Later Vista interjection: standing on the Great Wall at Mutianyu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1499868238810-18IT8VM0NK21PYTUG8GZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: One Year Later Street broom on break. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1499868059598-LY3UXDNVRIBIDBU60OWZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: One Year Later Meats destined for hot pot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1499868097976-G37WODO4KU71PYDOKV36/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: One Year Later Mint leaves wrapped in beef, topped with delicious pepper mixture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1499868122991-O0XYCFQC0Z8CNR3F6JU5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing: One Year Later http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2017/5/10/spring-in-beijing monthly 0.5 2017-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494422796941-59G8VZHS6NA4FUEWOWFC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing Chaoyang Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494422323997-GVKTFHJCSUBSXRZHHQNP/untitled-0178.jpg Blog - Spring in Beijing Streetside pink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494422699638-1RX4DALRXNBSEN6MCWW9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing Even the airport expressway gets flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494424042570-XRQMGU509JP2EX874MWO/untitled-0058.jpg Blog - Spring in Beijing One more flower pic for good luck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494422165016-1S9MSKLBYX2USPH15BJM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing Temporary living quarters for construction workers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494424123686-WH1EC3WIATIU4QG9A5RC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing Beware the stacked bricks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494424268815-LJAKG14XLHA3X54HH76O/untitled-0043.jpg Blog - Spring in Beijing This wall of windows used to be a wall of windows AND doors, with front stoops, signage, and even some merchandise displayed out front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494424423818-L43KDA813AY1XX868X8T/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing Another wall that appears 100% normal, The door used to be between the two windows in the middle of the photo. You can see that the resident tailor has put signs up in the windows to tell customers how to get in touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494424349310-JV29SBB7WKHC1ZH8HDSM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing Bricking underway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494424664291-M8RBARKH35V8SHG8JC5A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing New curb (businesses are to the right, FYI). Yes, that is a "red carpet" indicating that customers should still feel welcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494424706283-1HPLT0QOV6BPQT8BZ2TX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing Another bricked up business, with the curb cut filled in for good measure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494424876081-PEFQ9KOPTC33XPWSO8BK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing This restaurant without a door is always packed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494424939765-PXPZ29EXI8MGZP2KFUFR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing Bao still avalable—don't mind the window bars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494424970945-K4SPHOA9LXVED6MQZ1X4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing Another freshly painted wall with no doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494425207503-W5OL1SW37TPYVAYC2EO3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing Need a bike? Here are one thousand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494425251880-9N8WF0Y2QALCP0PT4TFC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing ...and a different brand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494425339288-GAAZCZU0WG5M0A5SS3UE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing These vans drive around collecting bicycles and redistributing them around the city (as far as I can tell). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494425388045-VSMH17LXB0HDP96V659A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing Whoa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494425434222-16IHO4HV0RCZD5TQ0J61/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing More bikes...at dusk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1494421924235-O0120N3I0MK5GPW909HV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Spring in Beijing http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2017/4/20/taipei monthly 0.5 2017-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492701981610-1AO6JK8NJANYFJIGJPLE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492761094526-7BEYM5GNCO05U803FLCA/untitled-0534.jpg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492761193768-PTGCD6VCK3IS84UHFQ1O/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492761762174-7KF6B2L8OGKNQD9VMGA3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492761954454-CKLR6DRP7FUGJKFQ04ZY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Xiao-long-bao at Din Tai Fung. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492762149708-YVZQ7YQ7ET0T6EJNQJJR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei The man himself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492762240633-G650QO2D9EJHPNEGDFHB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Standing at the foot of the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492762198799-1Z62QI1AKEGG7G52NFHB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei The bird is the word. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492763314660-1Y12VPTMG3TR97DZL3LY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492762356994-U3Z5725TSJ7RM4BL6EV4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Changing of the guard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492762409635-44VYG21BKFTRMWWPPY2S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Standing on the steps of the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial looking out at the lawns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492857408242-6LPP7PCDXL6IFN5Q5JDZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei This is douhua, which is really soft tofu combined with crushed ice, peanuts, some kind of bean, and tapioca pearls. It was refreshing, lightly sweet, and a real texture medley. Overall, very pleasant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492763361127-S9UNS1SHCKFE5S0N7FGQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei This is a baked good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492763478288-X0QG2629EOCH5W4UXD07/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Corn for sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492763689504-I5EZ4G2RR4FG31WR9QDI/untitled-0515.jpg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Ready for business. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492763616812-EWMV87SLPACEO2LXPNGE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Roof detail on a temple we walked by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492923204764-TVGZOOKOZQTYPA2TI5KD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492929912293-I9SGQRYIN4JJCXEHS7LZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei A night market we walked through just as the vendors were setting up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492764014983-A8DJ39EIA1HSS7KD5T4G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Standing on the steps of the National Palace Museum, looking out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492764776704-QNODU6BF9W91IRGQBBLQ/image-asset.png Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Ceramic pillows through the ages. I love these things so much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492765029565-MT9Q2P1MY3YECE7S52O3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Ancient ceramic owls: the cutest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492764908036-MHPS0QTRPV4XUUFKPH86/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei The Jadeite Cabbage in all its glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492764961457-CNDQLAU0WE6F76P7ZQ30/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei The Keelung River at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492765324543-50RBBU8HCIAWDLYBSC9T/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Following the crowd at Raohe night market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492765394074-7CMQ2AYLPCDC2DS6SHVX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei People chowing down at the night market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492766375470-QXGS4UJ9FFKII358UHPW/Untitled-2.png Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Little seafood pancake pockets (finished product in the center). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492826769608-LFNCM0EJXAZKFLE93H22/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Giant snails! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492827064427-BTCAAHFYDIR5P8DIFXL9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492858380061-GYJB7UEHRO7DT7D8F34G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei YUM. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492858527063-PXM6YSYYJH2JDQVT3OR6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492766838346-6Q4ZON7LTQCS661UXA5D/image-asset.png Blog - 3 Days in Taipei So dang good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492766870398-86VD0LPX4IWRM2BR1ZBU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Tofu on sticks with pickled cabbage and carrots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492826595432-0LTODFLOCJUVP4ZH1EUS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Fried sweet potato balls that looked joyless, but were actually very tasty. Note the backdrop, for juxtaposition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492858851833-PLAIE9P4S6KI7AKPD507/untitled-0598.jpg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Vendorlyfe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492859640433-08R3U0P9C7Q5QFS7W45L/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei A master and his headband. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492859794235-A9ZRVCILI87AD1HW06SZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492924252321-II01N9IHEC6Q6SJ58EMH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Egg tarts, filled with mildly sweet custard. So good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492859976199-51ZBF5ZK5DZQPBH3DJ44/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Food lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492860184787-39W9UIQV4IK26KWZZVA0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Xiao-long-bao vendor (see the dumplings in the bamboo basket). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492924070670-WOOX3XM7S5FT73862BIF/untitled-9820.jpg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Halfway up the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492923906719-X9QOD7VNYWDI7GABFEDP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei Taipei 101, front and center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492924002271-BLWHWZZ694YW9LPFNJMV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei We ran into this dude on the hiking trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1492925204670-IJE0C5OS0E6T3LP7MP6U/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 3 Days in Taipei http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2017/3/28/temple-of-heaven-sunrise monthly 0.5 2017-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490709354337-0JTEBNCJOCQD25R6OK0A/untitled-0365.jpg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490707861785-0TXWE92VN04JZ4SJ3NXC/untitled-0293.jpg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Sunrise glow on a hazy morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490708367256-HKBI80DWWCJAEEAXP33D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Part of the crowd outside the east gate of Tiantan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490708411995-1Q0LPBJK9TEXQKCEGE1A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Stretching it out before the park opens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490709961510-Z1IL0ZOXWH9JYL3WT393/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise The morning walking crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490708903115-T7ME4L5OEQD64ZAU5WZ1/untitled-0387.jpg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Standing on the second tier of the Round Altar. Significant: the stones are laid out in patterns of nine. Nine, as the biggest, odd, single digit number was considered the most heavenly number. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490711671931-O4VEEC96LA8OUNC7FVVE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Standing on the top of the Round Altar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490711714194-XSYNS36LYGRJ8MRAPTPU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Looking at the Round Altar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490708858222-ICNMCXGFC37S4KCRTONX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise The Imperial Vault of Heaven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490709673537-15NFKAQLXD75NIYJ9SNL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise The Imperial Vault of Heaven from behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490709009488-RS8NFGHR7GBXPKQ5SDJZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise The Red Stairway Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490709236202-UOHDEHSYIJKIT86WUQR8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490709155849-PYUDYVQ4AHSSI2N4BD0L/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Paint job on the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490709273112-I4TRDZ2P8O09IFMF7ZX9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Looking up at the foot of the Hall. The intricate woodwork is called dougong, and fits together without the help of nails or adhesives...more in line with Lincoln Logs than your average structure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490770750773-ASI3RP2YBQ1L3DKFYYZV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise The Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests from behind...with a giant TV screen in the middle of the shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490709645574-ERL0EZGD3LFT9MVS2QDK/untitled-0385.jpg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise I think the Echo Wall is the courtyard through this arch, but I'm not sure... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490769519382-TWLN3F673HVCAIRODTTT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Close up of roof guardian creatures surround the Round Altar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490769563968-GGHVNBCBM2GZPX3R9U62/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Dragon drains pouts on the Round Altar. You may remember seeing these in my photos from the Forbidden City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490769942445-OR0B6QCBINSYSKYNCQJN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Outside the Fasting Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490770013256-FNY702XJTLFS1HTMWEUQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise The (closed) entrance to the Fasting Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490770491071-8PXCNWFAJXRC5AAQUVPT/untitled-0334.jpg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490710147724-LGH3KU1C1H95VH6Z30XU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Dancing with fans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490710236498-F6450JVEE762W1TEIJT2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Dancing in the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490710289544-3U9RARDPS8TK3J4LFHQM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise And more dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490711116177-1CZFIW1LDPT6LJ8B59LP/untitled-0355.jpg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Exercise equipment in use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490711214239-1N1DRTPHF8JDTXX83EKE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Calf massages up front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490711255847-RN2CKFVD0L1B9874CA2A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1490711293239-P7VHTBQ323D88H16UH2W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Temple of Heaven: Sunrise Socializing AND exercising. 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T-shirt English, Part 2 - BLOODTHIRSTY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1489500942913-6GW034I84A039QF1UEP5/untitled-8544.jpg Blog - T-shirt English, Part 2 - What it is https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1489500942726-N7YGCT6K9344W1CY9PY9/untitled-7775.jpg Blog - T-shirt English, Part 2 - Special unique wild https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1489500946723-JZUBP7TH9TSTH51KANBK/untitled-7697.jpg Blog - T-shirt English, Part 2 - zjaz pnuk bleus rokc kaggee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1489500907570-E98KP4IZM1UVLTKH067N/untitled-9360.jpg Blog - T-shirt English, Part 2 - Empty Today, level 2 Series '1 to 10' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1489500944725-56XPG6XJGYJWT795KGIX/untitled-7679.jpg Blog - T-shirt English, Part 2 - Every inch of color Manifest the charm of personality.Ishe - kilo & meters There is love, there is life, there is also a dream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1489500960457-Y4VAPFY1JVRBPQGKPCW6/untitled-01284.jpg Blog - T-shirt English, Part 2 - Yankee loves sugar http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2017/3/7/beijing-to-honolulu-and-back monthly 0.5 2017-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1488896098631-1B7FECGEWPFN2169D99U/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing to Honolulu and Back The Big Island of Hawaii, Parker Ranch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1488896281730-AHMGM749EK0C9SN2LX78/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing to Honolulu and Back Makalawena Beach, Big Island, Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1488896323669-ILA8HXB6MI28RM4PL9O8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing to Honolulu and Back Toilet operation at Tokyo Narita International. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1488896408483-GPVRS0FARNMS5H7F0KWF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing to Honolulu and Back Colorful lava and clouds on Chain of Craters Road in Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1488896463731-BIHC13FHF8LS4U17SKF6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing to Honolulu and Back Lame photo of the most awesome thing I've ever seen, Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1488896531904-XENASYTK95A56VAR5WAT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing to Honolulu and Back Up close and personal with the Halema'uma'u Crater in Volcanoes National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1488896707196-ZZQ63B7CNB43UXOIHNB3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing to Honolulu and Back Looking down at Waikiki Beach from Diamond Head, on Oahu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1488896597435-Z6BCRKAREJO38TC2WMPE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing to Honolulu and Back Monstrosity we found in the Target frozen section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1488896658196-LUNFD5ATYONQTJC2IGMR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing to Honolulu and Back The Pacific looking dangerous and gorgeous at the same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1488896777444-FQIZELH2VS0T49BE49JO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Beijing to Honolulu and Back Scattering instructions. http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2017/1/17/winter-beijing monthly 0.5 2017-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1484661932143-9NKP8EH8T4O2R09JW4BJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Winter: Beijing The HAZE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1484662048368-JU70LIB340BWRXZBQDX9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Winter: Beijing Broad daylight on a bad air day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1484662074003-Z6KW15M5NKTB4YMOR3U9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Winter: Beijing Same view on a clear day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1484662574534-PQURI45I1070F7SV55Q5/untitled-01127.jpg Blog - Winter: Beijing Pretty view from a clear day on the Great Wall...just to break up this smog talk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1484662213490-MREYNFBAQKESR1L4OUN4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Winter: Beijing Giant lamb and carrot dumplings with spicy pickled vegetables and beer. The bomb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1484662250655-P7IDTCW7KU7F1ONX6SL5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Winter: Beijing The tail end of a lamb and carrot dumpling. The brown sauce is vinegar mixed with hot pepper oil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1484662280318-DN7J612JF83T33P54VSY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Winter: Beijing Lunch at the Xinjiang restaurant. Top left: roast lamb with naan-like bread. Top right: sauteed spinach with peanuts. Bottom right: dry fried green beans. Bottom left: tea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1484662305291-FQHEDGIZ18S98G3ZPTZW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Winter: Beijing Homemade yogurt at the Xinjiang restaurant. The cumin dent on the top left is from dipping pieces of lamb into the yogurt. Really good, guys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1484662765751-FXIA8EXW6I042VPSEQ9A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Winter: Beijing http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2017/1/1/the-forbidden-city-and-tiananmen-square-finally monthly 0.5 2017-01-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483264606084-F3MAL4205TIQ2I7BNYCX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483264906135-PTWMAQIVLTU140P2TOT0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Looking at the Gate of Heavenly Peace (Tian'anmen) from Tian'anmen Square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483264999115-JPJM1VLSNWJXGNLXA1TN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Tian'anmen Square--see the Monument to the People's Heroes (tall skinny monument straight ahead) and Mao's mausoleum (behind and left of the monument). Off to the right is the Great Hall of the People. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483328682647-V83YY21GVFJHPFAVOCOG/IMG_7418.jpg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally A closer look at the Monument to the People's Heroes, with the Great Hall of the People behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483265317382-JQ5R61ON6EFVKM2FU58H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally A closer look at Mao as we headed through the Gate of Heavenly Peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483265375079-WV7FNIG0RBKHAZ18R4UA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Looking back at Meridian Gate after entering the Forbidden City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483265513835-WPFSX1RCL4K3P400XVP9/untitled-01159.jpg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Just inside Meridian Gate, looking toward the Gate of Supreme Harmony. The Golden Stream flows through this courtyard (between the marble "fences" running horizontally across the middle of the photo) and you can cross it using one of five marble bridges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483266418292-XD8T5LTNG0E04N1B0R5S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Looking back at Meridian Gate from the Gate of Supreme Harmony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483265779411-MKEFVLC809RS9WVIJ9IS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally One of two bronze lions guarding the Gate of Supreme Harmony. Note that one of the lion's paws is resting on a globe, which symbolizes the emperor's world dominance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483265896803-F97DECTZZIT7WWF7U9R4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Another shot of the same bronze lion. Sidenote: all over Beijing there are pairs of lions (often made of stone) guarding the entrances to banks and other institutions where security is important. They're also in front of restaurants and hotels in a more kitschy capacity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483266091783-Y44UFKXJ22WOO42NEABY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Ceramic pillow. Because why use something actually soft? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483266245524-L8PSEAYJB3KNHDGHEAVZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally The Hall of Supreme Harmony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483266321371-ARFIQKJI5TAPZ11S0P9B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally The photo crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483266526570-VVRD6POEMM7ZIWGF362H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally The Hall of Supreme Harmony was used for ceremonial occasions like coronations and the emperor's birthday. This hall features an elaborate dragon throne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483266604248-GFHCLF2I0YQDLZEELRFX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Looking off to the left from one of the halls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483329113323-GKY2FZ7U55QMZ4VGAPMV/untitled-01175.jpg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally A crane in the outer court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483329158797-W7X20SR4DM1NBV1KGPY4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally The painted woodwork below the eaves of the roof is called "dougong" (doh-gong). It's a traditional Chinese architectural feature dating back to the late B.C.s that's made up of intricate interlocking pieces of wood--no nails or glue are involved, only joinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483329467885-ZKQKIPSIOCNCWFTUCFL7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally The gateway from one courtyard into another. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483329565431-Z3JB2VCCTZXJ3BJ7XIKM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally The little figurines running along the ridge of the eaves are called roof guardians, and they are all over the place in Beijing. Here, the last creature in line is the imperial dragon, and the procession is led by a figure riding a phoenix. In between are a series of mythical beasts, all facing outward to protect the building. The more beasts there are, the more important the building. According to my research, nine is the maximum number of beasts. That said, this hall has ten, so don't believe everything you read. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483330447040-JEEGRG5Z4PCKN6BG7IHU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally All three Great Halls in the outer court sit on a three-tier marble terrace with balustrades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483330493796-7ZUVRQ5SND1ME7A3PUMU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally The tiered terrace behind the Hall of Supreme Harmony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483330545807-IHI0VOM260RDAE3N15QH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally In the outer court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483330601978-52OP7ZEIHZNVOXA3RLSN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally The throne! The entire court was required to tap their foreheads on the floor nine times in the presence of the emperor. This is called "kowtowing." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483330673402-PSICKS7IGZSM2ISQR2U0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally One of the three great halls in the outer court. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483331802701-SV7YU8YMVHT74B9QAZKZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally The staircase leading to the back side of the Hall of Preserving Harmony. The carved marble running between these two staircases includes one massive piece that weighs 250 tonnes. To solve the problem of transporting it from the quarry (back in the 15th century), the engineer in charge had wells dug at regular intervals along the route so that (in winter) the road could be doused in water and the giant piece of stone could be pushed/pulled over ice to the Forbidden City. It actually worked! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483331841930-L69CICSLPM9LLXWAZYSQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Another shot of the famous piece of marble. The emperor's minions would carry him up the stairs on a palanquin/litter/carriage, the muscle on either side and the emperor gliding up the middle. This is therefore called a "carriageway." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483330736274-JB2RYK435IZWQI796PQZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Two of 308 giant vats in the Forbidden City. Some are bronze, some are copper, and they were used to store water for dousing fires. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483333603169-B4FF6LBO1Q6T9UR9BIAH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Gateway from one courtyard to the next. Note the view of the White Dagoba in BeiHai Park through the gateway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483330889534-HNSD5UINZHCB2FK5PHL9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Passing from one courtyard to the next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483330941780-JPAWX370UHRG34IO4N5B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Another guardian lion. This one has a baby lion under her left paw, symbolizing the emperor's fertility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483331023290-3SBG1MYICSJX8H3SR3VQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Some kind of carved stone container, but I'm not sure what for... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483331132236-2JC42FMAHLW2MGSJF0EV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Courtyard we passed through on our way to the Treasure Gallery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483333320945-0CZQKHHUBIONP0KZH5MB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally This is called the "Nine Dragon Screen" and is one of three still preserved in China. This one served to protect the emperor from evil spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483331206732-K51RX7CB7VQOWAP2661V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally This is the entrance to the Treasure Gallery, which is housed in smaller, identical version of the Forbidden City that runs parallel to the central drag of the city. This is where the imperial concubines lived during the Ming dynasty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483331274228-YMO37Q3QS9A2MY8TMXD0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally These dragon-head spouts surround the raised marble platforms in the city, and (still) serve as drainage mechanisms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483333472050-0NEL990356B74FXZJ11A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally The Forbidden City's biggest opera stage. There are multiple floors, I could only fit one into the photo though :/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483333553267-C7MXAXM5BBOUO5QZ85PX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally A sundial--there are several of these throughout the city, and they are symbolic of imperial justice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483331386715-M6X9NRMY8OBX63Y5OFZY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Shady courtyard to the east of the city's central drag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483332436126-KNQWHSOU62FDPVZIWDN2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Hazy view of the outer court. I believe these big urns were for burning incense? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483333726253-3Y5U621BM0QBY4RUS4JR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Looking across the courtyard behind the Hall of Middle Harmony, where the emperor received ministers and rehearsed speeches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483266878563-WV8PH68C11EV0F9XSIL0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Tree in the imperial gardens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483333817201-8KFLL7SNLNNCRC31A1LC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally In the imperial garden--there's a little pagoda at the top of this stone sculpture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483333888930-VWS0U0L98LX1ANUD3XL2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally A wall in the imperial garden. The garden, by the way, is 7000 square meters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483333963029-EBAPET4OSLWLUQEEDW6D/untitled-8188.jpg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Two kneeling bronze elephants flank the Gate of Divine Prowess on the north side of the imperial garden. They signify that even huge beasts like elephants kowtow before the emperor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483334074993-6PF1F1P0XOCJ53ZDH7N8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Wild-haired lion guardian! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483334113588-OOITSNAANYF1AF8G41QI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally Looking back at the north gate to the Forbidden City after exiting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483334161544-B0BSZ4W2LHI7J4QVOVG1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally The moat surrounding the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1483334231768-UMRVNZD3CM3LXLH6DM0V/untitled-8029.jpg Blog - The Forbidden City and Tian'anmen Square, Finally http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2016/12/16/food-shopping-in-beijing monthly 0.5 2016-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481950699074-GX8GV6I4RGKK7VJWMOAZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481951409390-VVCUIDTCLO5LVI3ATEHY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Oil and grains booth at Sanyuanli wet market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481960707894-RUJR85TPX0CT8BWYIGLS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing The football-field wet market (aka Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481951548716-NOJRL7M8L3H8WZ3M998Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Rice, grains, beans at Sanyuanli Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481951314566-TJP6EJAB9HHD8G5E76AR/image-asset.png Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Granny carts: everyone's got one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481951815862-CRQDIU69P89YNN07S1S7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Sanyuanli—my second favorite wet market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481951864516-8QVAMK27YFNT0WKNVQCR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Looking down one row of Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481951614408-1E10CS0AHBZJY4XXKEAK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Piles of peppers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481963161276-KC9DKODWFKGYBV167SJT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Stringy mushrooms at Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481951667700-O5AI3EQ2OY5IZ2NHLJJI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing 2.5 RMB per pound (36 cents). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962789036-6L5K7NII75HX8SXFLIJJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962842079-9ORIJ4K0VMS6ISVW8FET/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Chinese yams at Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. Kind of potatoey to eat, but slightly grainier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481951717714-SIZIHR2H3ZY0QB5TMGGC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing These tiny oranges are super sweet and refreshing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962307995-T3JAD3J1DDQXU4RDCCJJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962360065-9D7R1OX5QZ4QD828LL8Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Lotus root at Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. Very tasty hotpot option or dumpling filling ingredient. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481951747440-TPRVU2FIXWFFFRGMXU83/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Hot peppers for all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962162197-DXO553ARQ0RD07NICSHQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962957148-Z6I9VAN82N2X9JQUAQSS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing The prettiest mushrooms at Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481963038202-SMH0E9XN21YHQD4WQ1KN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481963089227-7SWBJ5UTYRAWAN4WA517/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Ginger heap at Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481963765138-5D7602F7MM63SPSDOG5S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing OkraaaAAa! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481963799417-G7SX92X0CZ0YZL4GUFHX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Not sure what these are? Embarrassing. Please help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481963239650-MF010SYNVVXTBB1OFK0P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Noodles at Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. Not sure what kind? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962104554-U5IGY9YM43S751XR609W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Lil fish for sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962525566-T2MTAHTBTID5M0AK3SWK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Crabs tied up in red and white string. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962194606-FJIBGB1HPZUOMSCG0A6B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Shellfish at Sanyuanli market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962603463-JNKH7FE6MZB1NW0PW18T/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Sanyuanli Market. We don't usually buy seafood here, but friends of ours sometimes do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962652734-7W54ZA8DH2IKI1HL4R7O/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Quail eggs at Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962726996-5EJM4Y86TYUJ7ES75AIO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing Zuojiazhuang Shengfu Market. That stuff up front is tiny dried shrimp. I think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481951791371-4AB15S6PC1A2NH36O26R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing The meat vendors at Zuojiazhuang Shengfu (my favorite market). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962262448-JZMPYC7NQGWGG1J6XAF3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing ORGANZ AND FEET. The blood smell of the wet market meat stalls tends to hang out in my nasal passage for a few hours after I leave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481962415749-S0XFUM388YYG7XX362GK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing MURDER SCENE. The red lighting isn't a photo filter, it's the actual way these meat stalls are lit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1481963729338-4Z1D8PJ55YUZ4IBXSZR6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Food Shopping in Beijing http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2016/11/28/xian-the-highlights monthly 0.5 2017-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480336184776-ZMKE32JV15EYN1RNBVDX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480334897599-0D3E4LLE7R3HBWN5HN6W/untitled-01062.jpg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Main street in the Muslim Quarter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335822313-TXASSUQ4J0XS9S9TZXBJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights The tofu spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480334970211-UBCNYUHKLPFP4ASG47TJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Fish massages! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335028135-WFXAPI3I4QKE627JOZDD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Outer edge of the market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335091108-8QHQHGZT7BUGL0GL5VC6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Soon to be retro T-shirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335188260-ZFWUYA9BH1IYBKZAQGN8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights A courtyard at the Great Mosque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335358617-YP19H11FE9DSRC2EHQFR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Pagoda at the Great Mosque https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335398955-BR11MYKTILF0AH8RXW5Q/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Looking at the Great Mosque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335455986-12HMAITXDMS6HKUUHZVQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Leaf-peeping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335509166-9R7FHP6WIOXIPRVVZE1Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights The entrance to the prayer hall at the Great Mosque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335549715-IRHC05MX3J211MIJV0H8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights The entrance to the prayer hall at the Great Mosque, which was off limits for tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335634659-YZO707SWJTWQJ685XP9T/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Fried bread thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335906352-A94IQYJ8TJ7TGNX5SL1V/untitled-7584.jpg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Not so delicious chuanr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480335852397-NB0QYTS0HRZ56S5UAHH2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights ....but it looks cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480338055506-5YGRWMIFZOLQDMQ2COD8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Chuanr stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480336041617-ALCM3Y0GX263FORHTL98/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Butchering hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480338338030-63B19RC1K3JRIN3ERS5Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Making candy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480336136160-A0A5NODEOPTVBN1VPOCX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Xi'an's Bell Tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480336263885-QRKSTWTN8X3TQ16WCLQ2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Xi'an's Drum Tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480337997228-0F69RI5IW42AABZKTR7J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights The street at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480337947152-79X28WVNCJNMTT0FZNKL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights The hot pepper stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480336401404-EGL9RN0CM4ULK7FVAGO7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Rou-jia-mo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480336590579-LR6IN1G0N31JAN4G009K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Baby potatoes in the making. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480336473295-IVBXZMKZUBXI9LTIVM52/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Enchanted baby potatoes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480336502997-MP1EQT1KL3R5BUQEAI8U/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights These look gross, but are super delicious. Fried quail eggs on a stick painted with sesame sauce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480338142995-LI72BMY0I58N44CZQEWU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Snacking on the street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480338177633-7FT4JB2TFS2KDLB39B4N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Roadside meat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480337488872-JU0IAUAEWYA4CKYGCVLJ/untitled-01085.jpg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights On the city wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480338107767-LI2V547L2NXIRBPHJH9J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480337679915-RCYNJ1IXAKXUA04F01QH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Looking down from the wall at the gold-plated Guangren Lama temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480337718064-AG651Z0DF7T9C9MBBAZT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights The South Gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480337755731-40U0ZG0CE2MJ972IUZA7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Looking down at the South Gate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480337836809-I7JIOXP7A5LB0KWNJN5C/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights View from the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480337589418-BZ0ZYAOCWIYIN5DGRO3A/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Noodles in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480337619510-YK0X0TL1P1FY2DCJWQKU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights Biangbiangmian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1480338374196-ZTZ9BPOKQUHBUGD5UV0K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Xi'an: The Highlights http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2016/11/16/emperor-qins-terra-cotta-army monthly 0.5 2016-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479291126519-W4HRUC434GG6O00TDXJ2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army On the city wall in Xi'an https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479290784998-CRVPUA8ZDOYECDEFFTOB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Terra-cotta warriors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479290156963-MW4U2EGXM5USBH8KW7QD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Looking down the train car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479290010958-3CR3WX2Q13SV9ZON3OLA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Inside our berth. Beer: purchased in the United States and brought along for the ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479290276761-C6RCKMJPF1SNECPWG1OV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Our personal bathroom on the train. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479290104981-J9F6ROWRIJRYDXXR8T9W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army The mini table in our berth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479290668352-ZU6K36PY11JKKXOQLU2G/untitled-00983.jpg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Warriors in pit #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479290711027-BADAV8HEKD8URUVR1CM1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Photo of a photo: The Clintons visiting the Terra-cotta Army in 1998. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479291281328-MK4RLO6OX67GUVC4U13Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Warriors in pit #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479291906308-HM8SIPD44K84DRUFNHC9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Warriors in pit #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479291388146-70IMPSKDH8LUUZGPMWVO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Warriors in pit #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292736014-P1FMWCIN9LV331X58U5V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Warriors in pit one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292865336-VPNBFXGGL256QW2UEM8M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army High ranking warrior that's been reconstructed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292006910-IDXNVOEJC2YP0R2LSUZC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Warriors in the process of being reconstructed in pit #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292056247-323L4KTRQ70BV8YKH257/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Closeup on warriors in pit #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292141414-R5NKS6DUORU4TELQZVNR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Horses in pit #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292166411-5WX6ISYT9BX62YZOD1BN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Pit #3, where the high ranking military officials are represented, some without heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292262620-GV1B39PBPYSX5ZJ1X8J3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Soldiers in the process of reconstruction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292340399-NIR4WTU67TMTNWVRE30V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Warrior that was found intact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292383599-SFC71IDGQXY8H1GLX7HB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Pit #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292437993-NK6V8ENLB5FM3EGOD3TG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Pit #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292469199-TYE4K1KBZS5N1628TXFM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Replica of one of two bronze chariots found near pit #1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1479292494866-69I9FS8A4CTL7GBOBU6U/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Army Reconstructed high-ranking official. 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A+. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1477575162530-SAKTA3MVZNFI3094F3CO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - October in Beijing: Street Fashion and Food Youtiao standing up on the left, untried curly fried things on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1477575281134-T8CMMT9U68ZWKU8INSCV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - October in Beijing: Street Fashion and Food https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1477575347394-TGC02LK2JXXWZGOHWZF9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - October in Beijing: Street Fashion and Food https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1477575489475-N2UBTFM1A3W2PVCX7R51/image-asset.jpeg Blog - October in Beijing: Street Fashion and Food Potato cart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1477575564226-DM1ZFOMD62IEQGL2UKJJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - October in Beijing: Street Fashion and Food Potato: ripped in half. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1477664064733-9O9PF8OBGCHA5RHPMA5Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 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Chengde not Chengdu Rice snack (left), fried quail eggs (right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1476885139225-9S5PBD9RN1XFAKWGZPSV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Chengde not Chengdu Bing tanghulu (hawthorn berries dipped in melted sugar) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1476885362655-4VKF02O92IYGWZNHT666/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Chengde not Chengdu Beautiful chicken stew that didn't taste beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1476885325411-FQDH7BVDD8YA8JT7V1LY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Chengde not Chengdu Deep fried mystery meat--very tasty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1476885413692-E80KP3GLNO7YD5IVAT0T/noods-6995.jpg Blog - Chengde not Chengdu Delicious noodles, served cold with cucumbers and a spicy brown sauce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1476885608627-96Y4QQMBGW40FUZ4FD8G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 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Left: sautéed spinach with peanuts. Top: fried rolls filled with red bean paste. Right: dry-fried green beans. Bottom: what we Americans would call Kung Pao Chicken, which is chicken with peanuts, scallions, and hot pepper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1477104232214-UBDIBD5DQ1N88JK9QHTQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Chengde not Chengdu http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2016/10/13/the-great-wall-at-jinshanling monthly 0.5 2016-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1476340007889-I0KWAS2MT89IW6GVM0GR/pano-6929.jpg Blog - The Great Wall: Jinshanling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1476340349739-C9FJQWM7ZI0HCBH33GBM/untitled-00800.jpg Blog - The Great Wall: Jinshanling Looking up at the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1476340498838-C2TR2M0BU2390RY4AM2G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Great Wall: Jinshanling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1476340572213-T0SJFRJU53JP91UA2056/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Great Wall: Jinshanling The trail leading up to the Great Wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1476340618807-6WC0G1408W56BJ9VVLZ1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 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Hard hats are for sissies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1474884727261-C6OE4JHJ7TFNQA2KA7GO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - What Fortune Cookies Don't Tell You Vegetables at the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1474884888809-TI5YMEBF9QOXYQRYTQ1B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - What Fortune Cookies Don't Tell You Seafood at the market, because I can't stop taking photos of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1474884938243-5ZPA33D5QZBFBXO2YHOL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - What Fortune Cookies Don't Tell You http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2016/9/21/day-tripping-in-cuandixia monthly 0.5 2016-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1474460408988-V6WPSRUP7BCGNQ01KNPJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Day Tripping in Cuandixia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1474460646206-X7P9A3020TBJ9J5JZ7LW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Day Tripping in Cuandixia Roadside scenery snapped from the bus while trying not to throw up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1474460570431-NFY8CM8C8QX07VFZHH1M/image-asset.jpeg Blog - 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Note the figurines on the roof and the stamps on the ends of the roof-tiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1473846251500-9DPVEQ7P2LY3OT3CRIQH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Summer at the Summer Palace Closeup of traditional painted wood lattice work, called dougong (dough-gong). The pieces fit together with joinery—no glue, nails, or fasteners are used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1473847833351-7WSI8LH5UCT1YQMW5UC2/big-stairs-6422.jpg Blog - Summer at the Summer Palace Beside the Seventeen Arch Bridge, across the lake from the Summer Palace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1473847192967-VSBOG2IXGYRO7D8ANYFR/uphill-roofs-6408.jpg Blog - Summer at the Summer Palace Looking up toward the palace from the lake side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1473846597049-L14HR9UTU378QXFLUJ92/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Summer at the Summer Palace The Marble Boat. Built by Emperor Qianlong in the 1750s, the boat's base is marble and the rest of it is wood painted to look like marble. 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The Summer Palace is across the lake to the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1473848694820-IH03YTA3COZWES3KJN6Q/fengjing-6447.jpg Blog - Summer at the Summer Palace A view of Kunming Lake and the mountains in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1473848715093-GNUQOUNVNC2B8EFL5YVZ/arch-bridge-2-6451.jpg Blog - Summer at the Summer Palace Another look at the Seventeen Arch Bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1473847361105-1BNM6WY7UQRCX1GIJ0MG/gardens-6466.jpg Blog - Summer at the Summer Palace This is what a royal garden looks like... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1473847242636-J3AHRTS1OEXPD0Q52GR2/xiaojie-street-6468.jpg Blog - Summer at the Summer Palace Looking down on the shopping street built for the Emperor's concubines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1473847747837-OR9LRFMSBDLEOAWZZWZR/visitors-sign-6467.jpg Blog - Summer at the Summer Palace http://www.scribbleratlarge.com/blog/2016/9/3/hello-from-beijing monthly 0.5 2016-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1472917064820-T9SLD7QS4OYIA5URSB7F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hello from Beijing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1472895472571-AEI6RG7NTNHTAH4CPL5I/image-asset.png Blog - Hello from Beijing! Cute kid on the water at Chaoyang Park...the lighting is bad so cuteness is dimmed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1472895783292-AY4VX1WJVQJTGBQ5JPQF/image-asset.png Blog - Hello from Beijing! Somewhat intimidating, decrepit, mystery palace we boated past in Chaoyang Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1472896311310-5GWBLLDKVUEZJMIWUQAQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hello from Beijing! Beijing from Chaoyang Park. The building that sort of looks like a crooked "M" (in the middle) is the CCTV Headquarters building, and I've heard that its nickname in translation is something like "the big boxer shorts" or just "big pants." Fact checking underway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5765977b2994ca3a4e6d14da/1472896587754-PSZU3J7FQXUF33Q6E6VD/image-asset.png Blog - Hello from Beijing! 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