You remember it. I know you do.

That phone company commercial that showed a typical suburban mom training for her first marathon. Her kids excitedly gather around the computer to map her route… they even show up at the starting line to wish her luck. And then… after months of training and sweat and dogged determination… she’s alone. You know. Alone. Out where the running shoe rubber meets the road. Just her and the asphalt, her pumping arms throwing shadows on the pavement as those huge tractor trailers whiz by. Hours go by.

It’s hot. She’s exhausted. And then, salvation. Her cell phone rings. She answers, and lo and behold, it’s her kids screaming “Go, Mom! GO!!!!!” Cue the music.

Cue the happy tears.

Well, I’m not a suburban mom, but that was ME last weekend, poptarts. Yup.

My running shoe rubber hit the road. I RAN A HALF MARATHON. (more…)

“Waiter, is that a Chicken’s Foot in my soup?” (more…)

Tai Chi or not Tai Chi… That is the Question.

So after you’ve conquered the Great Wall, what’s a girl to do? (more…)

Let’s face it. Once you’ve done the tourist thing in China, you start to itch for a few of the things that remind you of home. And trust me, it’s an itch you have to scratch. You’ve soaked up culture till there’s nothing left to soak. (more…)

So after you’ve shopped till you drop at the local Chinese market… after you’ve done the bargaining dance till your cha-cha has gone ka-ching… you suddenly feel the urge to do the tourist thing again. “Enough spending!” you say to yourself as you juggle your shopping bags from one arm to the other. Time to dust off your “Let’s Go China” guidebook and elbow your way back onto that crowded Chinese bus. (more…)

Come on. Be honest.
In your dreams, you are Indiana Jones.

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Adventure Woman – Blog #2 – China: Love it/Hate itOr… “As Crowded as a Chinese Bus” (more…)