WW: Around Town

Yazan: CanCan | 03 December 2008 | 15 Comments
Categories: Engrish, Laos, pictures

Jojo and Deeds being welcomed into our favorite jiaozi shop in Vientiane.

A weird sign from the water park in Vientiane, Laos.

WW: Chinese Logos

Yazan: CanCan | 19 November 2008 | 15 Comments
Categories: China, pictures

This is a giant poster that I bought in Beijing and framed.
It is a reproduction of a vintage ad for bug spray. I love that it is two pretty, smiling girls surrounded by dead insects. Those spots on the wall paper are upside down, dead bugs.

This is a can of sweetened condensed milk from China.
I [...]

WW: Shiver Me Timbers!

Yazan: CanCan | 22 October 2008 | 41 Comments
Categories: Deaky Deke, costumes, pictures

Deeds doing his best impression of the clarinet player from the Zatarain’s box.

His new swashbuckle-licious shirt was a gift from my good friend Kim from Texas. I would link to her, but she doesn’t have a blog! What a purist.

Stay tuned for my pirate-infused pictures when Jojo has his 4rth birthday party this Saturday! The [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Fast Friends

Yazan: CanCan | 24 September 2008 | 17 Comments
Categories: pictures

Last Saturday I hosted a going away party for some dear friends who are moving to Vietnam.
Jojo had a great time playing with their daughter, who is about 9 months younger, approximately the same size, and could pass for his twin.
This is what I got when I asked for “happy faces”:

It was really the first [...]