Beijing bike ride
I went for a bike ride last Friday morning, with a group of neighbors. We basically rode up to the starbucks at Pinnacle Plaza, had a coffee, and some delicious egg pancakes form these little carts in the woods, and rode back. We all go to Pinnacle…
Woodie Alan gig
So we played again Saturday night and it went really well. Mr. Li switched from upright to electric bass, on which he is more nimble, and we added a conga player, Charles K, a Ugandan guy who is Anna's music teacher. He is also the bandleader…
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THE EXPAT LIFE By ALAN PAUL Questions Never Asked For Foreigners in China, Daily Life Is FreeOf Government Intrusion -- Until It Isn'tApril 27, 2007 People often ask…
Jesse Paul, Superstar
My brother keeps me sending me boxscore from the local Wilmington, DE paper, highlighting his son Jesse's baseball prowess. He has right to be proud.Jesse is a freshman and probably in the 5 percentile of height (though his Jewfro may bump him…
Jesse Paul, Superstar
My brother keeps me sending me boxscore from the local Wilmington, DE paper, highlighting his son Jesse's baseball prowess. He has right to be proud.Jesse is a freshman and probably in the 5 percentile of height (though his Jewfro may bump him…
Anna’s Sports Day
Killer tug of WarProud to show their musclesAnna and Lauren, proud to be Flamingos.Mr. Wyatt, running the show, as always.Obstacle courseThey had preschool sports day this morning and it was pretty great. Anna was excited for this all week.
Jetlag
This week has been such a fuzzy headed blur. I am lucky that I have the luxury of being lazy for a while because I have been having the damndest time getting anything done. I find myself staring endlessly at my computer screen. I left home today…
Four-handed guitar playing
The Vaughan Brothers.Delaware Dave and I are working on our brotherly stage show.
Marketing madness and shopping sprees
One nice thing about living here has been the lack of commercialism assaulting the kids. There are not 20 catalogues a week coming into the house filling them with ideas and new desires.They don’t watch TV so they don’t see commercials.…
Woodie Alan gig
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