The party was really great… We all had a blast. Kids came for the first hour and enjoyed seeing everyone’s mom and dad showing up. Thanks for everyone who asked. I will post a lot more photos and some commentary soon. But I am up till midnight trying to finish my next column. Gotta have […]

Happy New Year. I just received this nice emailed New Years greetings from my cousin Hadar, who is living in Boston (from Israel) for a few years while her husband receives his PHD at Brandeis. They have a blog — with a similar title to mine — and I just read through it. Have a […]

Jacob was very proud of these photos and was meticulously posing so I thought I should post them. The most unpredictable aspect of this whole China thing to this day is that Jacob actually “loves” wearing his best dressed getup and keeps it on until bedtime.

Jacqui Cameron actually pulled it out. He was so excited and proud. And not scared of the Tooth Fairy at all this time — just jonesing for the 20 quai he knew was coming his way.

Our compound Beijing Riviera is celebrating its tenth anniversary. That makes it one of the first villa compounds in town. I think it was second actually, but is considerably closer to the CDB and nicer than its sole predecessor. They a re very excited about the anniversary here, with flags flying on all the light […]