We Toterly Went to China

I have my own personal Tiger Mom friend. She's bossy in a really loving way. Saturday afternoon we visited her in Queens. She took us to a huge, new mall - The New World Market. She says since we've been to that food court, we pretty much know exactly what going to China is like.

Some very busy and outrageous shave ice.

We went to dim sum and she called the shots. Thank goodness.

She told Matt he holds chopsticks like a professional (which I'll never hear the end of) and she insisted that I drink several cups of this tea.

We went to her apartment but stopped at the swingset first.

We felt so strange riding the subway on a beautiful day! We're in this wonderful place where we have no idea how much money is left on our MetroCards because we are riding public transit so infrequently. Awesome! We saw some fantastic graffiti from the 7 train.

I love her! She tells me to be nice to my husband so Matt loves her too! And I love that she had a giant Minnie Mouse on her couch.

I might go back for one of these watermelon babies. I love them!


PS- My Tiger Mom's adult son is a violinist and seamstress on a professional level, and has a PhD in something- I forget. She's the real deal and I'm so glad we're friends.

Long Island City, Queens - Has a water taxi beach

We've been here before, and it's a lovely time. The weather was perfection. (Click on these and look at them Huge in Flickr if you want.)







Matt's residency program got a new girl! She was really sweet and I was happy to oblige her with conversation about my very non-medical profession. I told her how we agonize over arm-hole shape and button placement.

Speaking of work - Here is a photo that was taken to document how messed up the neck of this jacket is. My lady (the one who measures me and has me in check about healthy eating) puts pins to show the people who make the clothes where things need to line up or how far we want to move a button over, etc.


Much like when you take a sewing class- by the time these garments are finally produced and perfect, I'm pretty tired of looking at them!