so from now on, blog updates may be fewer and more far between. i probably shouldn't have told you that, because i want to keep my blog stats up, but at least i can tell you that my updates, when they do come, will be terribly fascinating. well not this week, because this week i'm at home getting ready for my big journey. after this though, whenever i can find a computer in the wilds of whatever village i find myself in (well i guess they keep the computers in the main part of town, not in the wilds), i will entertain you with tales of the great unknown Orient, and maybe some photos.
also, i don't think i've announced this yet, but i'll be home for three weeks in june, so if you are planning to be in the NY area and you love me, or even like me okay, come say hi. and if there's anything from china that you're dying for, lemme know. note: i can't promise chicken feet. although i have brought them home before, i've heard lots of stories about them being confiscated so while i'll make an effort, i can't ensure that some drug dogs won't sniff out the sweet scent of chicken claw and rip open my bag with their teeth in fervent desire for a taste.
in local news, there's a new russian bakery in my russian grocery store. a new door has appeared in the back, and when you walk in there's a whole room, with cookies and breads and a wide variety of alcohol, apparently an important part of bakeries for russians. its pretty cool, today we went in and tried to find out what's on their menu, which is only in russian. if only i'd learned that alphabet! but it turned out the woman spoke really good chinese, which we were kind of surprise about. based on the sampling of russians that shop in the grocery store, who are probably mostly embassy related, it seems like a lot of the russians in this area speak just pidgeon chinese. which i guess is how embassy people from most countries are. anyway, she introduced us to all the dumplings and stuff in the store, and was very nice and reminded me of the russian women who cut my hair in brooklyn. except she was speaking chinese. um, that is all for today.
also, i don't think i've announced this yet, but i'll be home for three weeks in june, so if you are planning to be in the NY area and you love me, or even like me okay, come say hi. and if there's anything from china that you're dying for, lemme know. note: i can't promise chicken feet. although i have brought them home before, i've heard lots of stories about them being confiscated so while i'll make an effort, i can't ensure that some drug dogs won't sniff out the sweet scent of chicken claw and rip open my bag with their teeth in fervent desire for a taste.
in local news, there's a new russian bakery in my russian grocery store. a new door has appeared in the back, and when you walk in there's a whole room, with cookies and breads and a wide variety of alcohol, apparently an important part of bakeries for russians. its pretty cool, today we went in and tried to find out what's on their menu, which is only in russian. if only i'd learned that alphabet! but it turned out the woman spoke really good chinese, which we were kind of surprise about. based on the sampling of russians that shop in the grocery store, who are probably mostly embassy related, it seems like a lot of the russians in this area speak just pidgeon chinese. which i guess is how embassy people from most countries are. anyway, she introduced us to all the dumplings and stuff in the store, and was very nice and reminded me of the russian women who cut my hair in brooklyn. except she was speaking chinese. um, that is all for today.
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