Jottings from the Granite Studio

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Dinner and The Peking Duck

February 9th, 2007 · No Comments

YJ and I had a wonderful time last night at a dinner hosted by Richard of The Peking Duck. I had the opportunity to meet Richard for the first time as well as hang with Kevin Smith of the Weifang Radish, Joseph Bosco of the Longbow Papers, and super-freak linguist (or as he calls [...]

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Apartment decisions: Homey versus The Hef

February 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Spent the afternoon apartment shopping in Beijing. It came down to two places: both 2 bedroom apartments just inside the East 2nd Ring. The first is a nice, cozy, slightly rundown apartment with two big porches and a lot of light. The furniture is a little old and the whole place needs a good cleaning [...]

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