Before you think I have gone all perverted, stop. These are actual mascots of events. From top right clockwise: * 1996 Atlanta Olympic mascot “Izzy” * 2008 Spain World Expo * 2010 Shanghai World Expo * 2009 Hong Kong East Asian Games Having lived through and participated in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta I heard [...]
Entries Tagged as 'shanghai'
What do YOU see?
December 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: art · bear · china · Hong Kong · olympics · question · shanghai · tigers
How to dress like an American
December 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
photo.jpg Originally uploaded by beuk I was going to title this, “How to dress like a Westerner,” but then I realized I am not up to date on the fashion trends of the Europeans (give me ’til tomorrow :) When out on the town we constantly get people noticing BabyG. Now, I know she is [...]
Tags: air · china · clothes · culture · dog · dogs · flickr · photo · rain · shanghai · snow · taiwan · tips · train · work
Frankie’s Home
May 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Gotta get this post up quick to scoop Rebecca. Frankie is home! After 6 months, 21 days, and more paper work than you can shake a stick at (pun intended) Frankie has once again rejoined our family. He and Gioia get along fine. They kind of ignore each other. Gioia is a lil “over it” [...]
Tags: beijing · blog · chicago · china · dog · family · frankie · gioia · hawaii · Hong Kong · Japan · nashville · photo · question · shanghai · taiwan · travel · Turkey · work
India
April 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Ohhh India… How easy is it to blog about you… My flight to India started out the same way it did when I flew to Shanghai in 2005. YOU WILL BE SPRAYED! Dude. I am sorry, but it is just wrong to walk down the aisles spraying stuff over people’s heads. Delhi’s airport is under [...]
Tags: air · airlines · art · blog · dog · gym · india · photo · shanghai
Shanghai acrobats are nuthin
January 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Shanghai acrobats are nuthin, originally uploaded by beuk. Can you see the family of 4 on the bike? We see this all the time. And to think i paid money to see acrobats do [...]
Tags: bike · culture · family · flickr · kids · photo · sea · shanghai · strange
Music and the Move
November 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
So, the move to Taiwan did not turn out to be all Guns and Roses (bad pun, sorry. Read on). My 300GB USB disk drive decided it was time to die. Why it could not die BEFORE we moved I will never get a chance to ask it (sob). This was at the same time [...]
Tags: air · art · beijing · blog · cat · christmas · gioia · india · menu · movies · music · ocd · question · rain · shanghai · taipei · taiwan · Tech · walking · work
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
November 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
—So, see if you can follow this one. Forgetting all about my whirlwind trip through Chicago yesterday I had a whirlwind day! I went from Shanghai to Hong Kong to Taipei to see my house for the first time with our things in it. B has done a great job getting it set and everything [...]
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