One of the parents at school gave Steve and I this ginormous Hershey’s Kiss for Valentine’s Day. Your point of reference is my hand, which is bigger than most men’s hands. For serious. Huge hand, huge chocolate. Between the two of us, it took a freaking week to eat the thing. My tummy isn’t used [...]
In typical Chinese culture, we would visit or call our elder relatives in the New Year and give them good wishes. In return, the young (ie. unmarried) receive money inside a laisee, which are basically red envelopes filled with a crisp new bill.
For the first time in a while, I made a cheesecake from scratch. The recipe I used recommended baking it for an hour, then turning the heat off and leaving the cheesecake in the oven for up to five hours without opening the door, to keep it from cracking or collapsing.
Warhol Lip Plate and a Cupid Figurine
Picture taken at the Volunteer Park Conservatory. As much as I despise this holiday, I felt that this was appropriate. More pictures can be found here.
I saw this hidden in a closed off ticket window. Alvin and his brothers were banished and locked away.
I love to read and am happy to say that I read from many different genres. I am a bit of a history geek, and you can tell by two of my daughter’s names (Margaret Elizabeth and Catherine Victoria) that I like reading about famous woman, however I do not only read about famous women. [...]
Red is the predominant colour everywhere near Chinese New Year, as you can see from these feichun that are placed around the house. Here, the feichun on the left wishes peace and safety for the young and old, and the one on the right wishes good health for everyone.
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