Culture in the Blender

A week ago, I flew to see my boyfriend and had to connect through O’Hare. Even without a snowstorm, there were weather delays – due to lightning this time. I brought along Ruth Van Reken’s book Letters Never Sent to read. While I can’t say that I recognized my own experience other than very occasionally, [...]

I wandered around Chinatown alone. I almost cried in the first store I walked into there, because it was almost like walking into China. I walked up Nob Hill by mistake. I saw the sea lions cuddle up to each other at night. I ate with friends across from The Stinking Rose. I had cappucino [...]

I’m back in Hotelland. I’m at a conference and staying at the conference hotel, the San Fransisco Marriott. (In line with being a typical TCK, I am becoming highly educated by getting a PhD in materials science and engineering.) Last night, I sat in the bar on the top floor looking out at the San [...]

As with Flightbliss, I imagine people interested in an adult third culture kids’ blog are likely to be interested in that Rough Guides is offering free eating and drinking guides for mp3 players at their website for Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, London, Madrid, NYC, Paris, Prague, Rome and San Fransisco.

It never ceases to amaze me how much more difficult it is to fly domestic inside the US compared to intercontinental flights. When I first started to fly domestic in the US, I loved not needing a passport and various visa documentation to get back in. Now, I’d much rather deal with that than fly [...]