Thanksgiving is probably my favorite holiday.  I love the memories from when I was young and all my aunts, uncles, and cousins gathered...

On my last trip to the Great Wall, about five minutes after I arrived at the top of the wall, a kid (maybe about 12) mustered up the...

My first project after returning to China was finding a new apartment.  The landlord of my previous apartment sold it, so I couldn’t...

Foreigners in China have a phrase, “this is China,” sometimes abbreviated T.I.C.  It is usually used to describe situations that don’t go...

When you rent an apartment in China, you can never be totally sure of what might not work properly, what problems might crop up, and what...

If I had cameras following me for the last week (plus a bigger budget and higher expectations) this is what I imagine my House Hunters:...