11 May 2013
by smkelly8
in architecture, art, Blogging Challenge, Chicago, China, photos
Tags: ceramics, Chicago, Chinese, New Orleans, postaday2013, postaweek2013, pottery, tile, Weekly Photo Challenge
Sublime
Regal
Classic
Regular
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04 May 2013
by smkelly8
in Blogging Challenge, photos, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tags: China, elegance, food, Jinan, Photograph, postaday2013, postaweek2013, Shandong, strawberries
ready for a banquet
pineapple, rice sweetly combined
you know it’s spring when you see these
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28 Apr 2013
by smkelly8
in architecture, art, Blogging Challenge, Chicago, China, culture, Europe, museum, photos, society, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tags: African art, church, Knight, postaday2013, postaweek2013, suit of armor
Chinese Painting, Shandong Provincial Museum
At the Chicago Cultural Center
At the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute Chicago
New Orleans Church
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19 Apr 2013
by smkelly8
in China, culture, education, expat life, photos
Tags: event, sports, university life
For the first time the university sports day was mandatory for teachers. The pain of having to be up and ready by 7:20 am so we could wait in the cold was eased by new flashy, cool jackets.
Mind you it’s cold and they’re in cotton shirts
In the past, this was a chance to travel without being part of a holiday hordes. Some colleagues did go out of town this afternoon, but I’m going to the International Kite Festival an hour or so away from here in Weifang so I stayed put.
Spiffy Jacket
April is the cruelest month and today it was about 40 degrees. Shortly after my marching duties in the Sports Day, I went back to my apartment and got my parka. The spiffy new jacket’s really designed for the low60s and some rain.
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14 Apr 2013
by smkelly8
in architecture, China, culture, expat life, photos
Tags: China, Da Ming Lake, Jinan, lake, museum, nature, Shandong
This afternoon was a picture perfect spring day so I went for a walk around Da Ming Lake, a sight Jinan is particularly proud of. I went into the scholar’s home, which is a small museum. I’m not sure of the era of the home, but the furnishings were exquisite. I’d love to have such furniture, though I’d want modern futon or mattress for the bed.
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08 Apr 2013
by smkelly8
in meme, photos
Tags: blossoms, nature, spring
Nothing says spring like blossoms!
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31 Mar 2013
by smkelly8
in China, culture, Event, food, Holiday, photos, Review
Tags: Brunch, church, Easter, Holiday, Hotel Mercure
Chocolate egg
He is Risen!
I had a wonderful Easter today. First I went to mass with Ed, a colleague, at the little church in the old hutongs downtown. When the other people saw the foreign visitors, a nun escorted us from the plastic chairs outside up to the choir loft where we had a bird’s eye view of mass and were right amongst the 50 choir singers.
After mass, several teachers went to the Hotel Mercure for Easter brunch. I didn’t expect that the hotel would celebrate Easter. I thought we’d just have the normal brunch. Wrong. They had lots of chocolate eggs and rabbits. It was so delightful and just 98 rmb per person. The service is so attentive and helpful.
After brunch I had to go into town to pick up some train tickets for my upcoming Qing Ming holiday trip. Who do I bump into but my old friend Ben, the chef of Bon Appetit, and his three boys, who were getting balloon animals from a clown?
Another bonus was we had sun, behind some haze, but still – sun.
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13 Jan 2013
by smkelly8
in photos, Sepia Saturday
Down under the equator, it's summer and the living is easy. So Sepia Saturday headed to the beach for this week's prompt.
28 Dec 2012
by smkelly8
in architecture, art, Blogging Challenge, China, expat life, food, Holiday, Jinan, meme, museum, photos, Religion
Tags: art, China, Henan, Indiana, Jiangsu, Jinan, Kaifeng, Kokomo, postaday2012, postaweek2012, Seiberling Mansion, Suzhou
Fried Yoghurt, China
Jinan’s Confucian Temple
Suzhou, China
China
Summer Palace
Kaifeng, China
Beijing, China
Luoyang, China
Humble Administrator’s Garden, Suzhou, China
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