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Tesco

Shopping at Tesco is always an adventure!  If you’re not passing pig snouts and chicken feet, or lost in the massive ramen aisle, you’re finding yourself face to face with the most amusing products. Hot sale, huh?  You mean the corn juice isn’t flying off the shelves?!       Ewwww… I’m guessing this is...

What We’ve Learned as of November 2nd

– Chinese construction begins at 5:00 am, even. on. the. weekends… argh! -Blue sky and puffy white clouds NEVER get old…   – If you give my husband a few drinks and an umbrella, he will provide you with endless entertainment! – Maneuvering 2 bikes and 2 people into an elevator is tricky! – Biking...

Happy Halloween!!!

Happy Halloween, everyone!  Here are some photos from the SCIS Elementary Halloween Carnival I helped coordinate last Friday… Each grade level provided a game or activity for the carnival.  The first grade team ran the creepy feely boxes.  My mom created these wonderfully creative boxes during her visit.  Thanks again, Mom!  They were a HUGE...

Hello Fall and Yellow Wall

Fall has arrived in Shanghai.  No longer are we damp and sticky the moment we step foot outside.  We’ve bid farewell to the sweltering days of summer and welcomed the cooler temperatures.  Good bye air conditioner running 24 hours a day, hello fresh breezes sweeping through the open patio doors.  Goodbye tank tops and shorts,...

Around MOCA and Hongqiao Pearl Market

One of our outings during Mom’s visit was to Shanghai’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).   Isaac and I were itching to go and take in all the animation eye-candy featured in their PIXAR exhibit (ah-mazing, by the way!).  Unfortunately, we were unable to photograph anything inside the museum, but we did come across plenty of...