Author Archives: nancysvenson

The girls had a blast playing in the snow this morning… everything cold (!), white and beautiful…  It did slow us down the way that snow days do, and that was fine. We ditched our original plan for the day … Continue reading →

Just realized the blog was still set to LA time.  I’ve updated (I think) to Beijing time, so posts will reflect actual date and time.

Cece and I are awake early, peering out the window.  It’s still dark outside but somehow we both must have known… it SNOWED last night.  Hard to tell from 17 stories up how much.  Probably just an inch or so… … Continue reading →

I already have loads of pictures to post…  these are just first glimpses from Sunday and Monday.  I will post more “people pictures” in the next round.  Also… I opted, at the last minute, to leave the our big Nikon … Continue reading →

Finally… my first post from Beijing.  I am sitting in the office of our 17th floor apartment while the firecrackers exploding outside are literally hitting the glass.  No kidding.  They have been going off since we arrived (Chinese New Year!) … Continue reading →

Happy New Year of the Rabbit!

Taking off for China in five days…

We have (of course) a zillion pictures from our China trips in 2003 and 2005, and one day I will more carefully organize and catalog them all.  These are some of the random ones of Cece and Elle that have … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s article had this quote from Art, about the main reasons he applied for a Fulbright to China: He said there were two main reasons he applied for the Fulbright.  “One of them is named Elle and one is named … Continue reading →