So Froog and I finally decided on Texas Tim’s Roadhouse for the Super Bowl. Breakfast, post-game Mexican food buffet and a big screen. The Rickshaw was a good alternate, but we’d rather have one giant screen over lots of little screens. Froog’s friend Tulsa told us that NBC might be filming the crowd at Goose [...]
Sunday Report: Watching the Super Bowl in Beijing and blues in the afternoon
February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Beijing Journal · Life in China · sports
Voices from China’s Past: Lao She (1899-1966)
February 3rd, 2008 · 6 Comments
Today is the birthday of the celebrated novelist, playwright, and also YJ’s favorite author, Lao She, born Shu Qingchun in Beijng, 1899. His family was Manchu, members of the Red Banner, and Lao She’s father was killed defending the city against the Allied Expeditionary Force sent to quell the Boxer Uprising. After her husband’s death, [...]
Tags: Chinese History · Voices from China's Past · this week in history
