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Category Archives: Travel

Suzhou Wedding Street

Exploring the wedding streets of Suzhou… I doubt there is anything else like it in the world! More tulle, lace, and satin in one collection of streets than one could ever imagine! Unfortunately, most of shops wouldn’t let us take pictures, so many of the wildly creative dresses will remain a mystery to most of...

I love you more than applesauce!

Valentine’s Day this year was perfect. Nothing too fancy, over the top, or unnecessary.  We spent our evening snuggled up on the couch, surrounded by flickering candles, sipping champagne and watching The Princess Bride. I whipped up one of my best dinners to date, and I’ll admit we were tempted to lick our plates. Gifts,...

Julie’s Visit

Making friends while living overseas- where do I even begin? Friendships are perhaps the most complicated, important, frustrating, and wonderful aspects of living overseas. When you move to a foreign country, you bid adieu to most of your familiar comforts, most notably, your loved ones. Yikes!!! That is HUGE! The critical importance of the human...

Shanghai’s Pampered Pups

As I was washing some dishes the other morning, I glanced out my window at the apartment building across from mine. There on the patio, enjoying a spot of golden sunshine, sat a little brown poodle. He was wearing a very stylish light blue hoodie sweatshirt. As he turned and walked back into the apartment...