Daily Archives: August 12th, 2008

On the Road Again

Lisa: While lost trying to find my way to the USA House, I met up with a nice American couple. They also had a taxi driver who was struggling with directions so together we jumped in yet another cab that finally got us to our destination. While driving around the Workers Stadium, I learned these [...]

Just Visit: Some Nike Hospitality

–Maggie Webbert, Kari Frontera, Mayer Weisel.

Handball Gains A Fan

Editra: I went to see women’s Team Handball and quickly became a big fan of the sport. I did not realize that it had so much physical contact and moved so quickly. I saw two games: China-Romania and Sweden-Russia. Sweden-Russia was amazing, an all-out battle. The teams traded goals while roughing each other up. I [...]

Savory Stories

Lisa: I had dinner at a famous roast duck restaurant, Beijing Quanjude, with a well-known Chinese storyteller named Shaozuo Zhang. During dinner, Shaozuo performed a short story about Peking Duck. At the end of the meal, his manager sang some Chinese opera. And even besides the duck, there was food for a feast.

Shaozuo is [...]