Month: April 2006

North Korea, a country that makes China seem like a thriving democracy, may not strike you as a culinary epicenter. However, there are a handful of North Korean restaurants in Beijing – mostly sponsored and staffed by the North Korean embassy. And they seem to be quite popular establishments – […]

Today I took a tour of a Beijing Hutong district with a few friends. We hired a couple bicycle rickshaws to guide us around. The tour itself was interesting – Taoist temples, lots of small homes crammed into narrow alleys, beautiful gardens, etc. But about 2/3 of the way into […]

I’m always cautious about giving my family the impression that I’m “collecting” something. If they get that impression, the consequence is that I will receive Christmas and birthday gifts related to that perceived interest for the next 20 years (I still receive at least one penguin-related item every Christmas, which […]

No, I am not “puki” today because I had too much to drink last night. However, I have been in Taiwan for work the last couple days and drove past a billboard on a bus earlier today that said “Puki!” next to a cartoon pig. Naturally, being the bacon blogger […]