http://superfreakymemories.com Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:11:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/rabbits-at-the-gate/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/rabbits-at-the-gate/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:21:19 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=182 Jingli Street was decked out with lanterns for the Mid-Autumn Festival (aka the Moon or Lantern Festival).  Fly related the whole legend to me of the “woman in the moon,” the archer, and the hare.  The story is really quite complicated (check out the Wikipedia entry for more), but the upshot is that there were [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/rabbits-at-the-gate/feed/ 1 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/not-sure-what-hes-making/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/not-sure-what-hes-making/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:04:52 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=180 … but I took this photo on the food stretch of Jingli Street, so I’m sure it was something good.  Plus, I like the banners behind him.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/not-sure-what-hes-making/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/jingli-starbucks/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/jingli-starbucks/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:44:24 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=92 America in China.  The facade and the furniture were different, but the coffee smelled the same.  Look closely, and you’ll see a westerner — one of the few in evidence that night — inside with her laptop.]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/jingli-starbucks/feed/ 0 http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/dinner-with-my-host/ http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/dinner-with-my-host/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:09:59 +0000 Duncan Brook http://superfreakymemories.com/?p=133 Fly Wang, one of my colleagues at Kaplan China in Chengdu, took me to a hotpot restaurant and Jingli Street.  Here she is at dinner. On the table next to her, you can see the ordering sheet for the hotpot, which is a big bowl that cooks at the center of the table.  It’s divided [...]]]> http://superfreakymemories.com/2008/09/13/dinner-with-my-host/feed/ 0