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    • Engagement Announcements for Lunatics
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    • My Big Fat Guangdong Wedding
      • Chapter 1. The Dress
      • Chapter 2. Wedding Photos
      • Chapter 3. The Fitting
      • Chapter 4. The Wedding Photo Contract
      • Chapter 5. The Guest List
      • Chapter 6. Selecting the Restaurant
      • Chapter 7. Shop till you drop. Keep shopping till you die.
      • Chapter 8. Clothes, Photos, Swords, and the World’s Most Unsubtle Spy.
      • Chapter 8. Part 2. Deploying My Unsubtle Spy.
      • Chapter 8. Part 3. Stale Potato Chips and More Outdoor Pics.
      • Chapter 8. Part 4. Lunatic with a Sword, the Loooong Sofa, and Cool Costumes.
      • Chapter 8. Part 5. The White Bed and Something Darker.
      • Chapter 9. The Photo Albums and Other Fun With The Wedding Studio
      • Chapter 10: What Happens After Death by Shopping? Condemned to Shopping Hell.
      • Chapter 11. Murphy Was No Fool. Murphy’s Law Gets Enforced.
      • Chapter 12: Double Happiness needs a Double Party.
      • Chapter 12. Part 2. KTV – Wedding Karaoke Party
      • Chapter 13. It’s all over, or is it?
      • Chapter 14. It’s all over (except for the honeymoon).
      • Chapter 15: Looking Back. Wedding Memories.
    • My Big Fat Guangxi Honeymoon
      • Chapter 1: Getting there is half the fun.
      • Chapter 2. Saturday, The Quest for Internet (and erotic alcohol???).
      • Chapter 3. Two Passengers Set Sail That Day for a Three Hour Tour. A Three Hour Tour.
      • Chapter 4. Going down and the return of the naked(?) moon goddess.
      • Chapter 5. This time the tour was more than three hours.
      • Chapter 6. Her murder plot and my terrifying revenge.
      • Chapter 7. One last try at death by bicycle and I get a cool new toy.
      • Chapter 8. The shocking truth about shopping and other painful experiences.
      • Chapter 9. Honeymoon Memories.
    • Mission: Second Honeymoon
      • Day 1. Getting to Fenghuang
      • Day 2: Getting everyone’s act together.
      • Day 3: Awards and some amazing little girls
      • Day 4: Early wake up call and other weather related entertainment
      • Day 5: Dawn of the ice age and more alarming events
      • Day 6. Not so distant drums and attack of the Mutant Pizza
      • Day 7: Losing the war, Bandit chicken, Bridges too far, and Balcony plans
      • Day 8: TGIF, Moving, Beggar’s chicken, and the Truth behind the legends of Sirens.
      • Day 9: Good weather at last, Near-fatal collision, Final shopping binge, What light through yonder window breaks, and Who woke up the guards?
      • Day 10: Our return to DG, Flying in style, and the Reappearance of an old friend.
      • Looking Back: Two Years Later
  • Lunacy Around The World. Travels outside of China.
    • Holy Cow! India 2015
      • The Quest for Salt – In the Footsteps of Gandhi on Dandi Beach
      • India Ink – Tattoos in Palolem (and jokes too)
      • Giradhodh Falls – A long, challenging day and a challenge from me
    • Migratory Lunacy – USA Tour for the In-Laws
      • First Stop – Washington DC
        • National Zoo
      • Next Up – New York New York!
        • New York Food – Edibles in the Big Apple
        • The Times Square Kiss
      • Third and Final Stop – Prescott Arizona
        • The Big Ditch, er, . . . The Grand Canyon
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Foot Massage But Were Afraid To Ask

Foot Massage Chairs

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Foot Massage. . . But Were Afraid To Ask   Today, I’d like about something near and dear to my heart (and feet!), foot massage in Dongguan. Even before I came to China, I’d read how great a Chinese-style foot massage could be. …

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China Cultural Notes: New vs. Old and Saving Historic Buildings

A restored historic building in my village

China Cultural Notes New vs. Old and Saving Historic Buildings   I’ve always loved the historic buildings in the village, but they are disappearing.  China’s modernization has led to many people to adopt an “old=bad, new=good” mindset.  New things can be great, but to demolish so many of the fascinating older …

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China Cultural Notes: Girls vs. Women

China Cultural Notes: Girls vs. Women   Before I get myself in trouble with some phrasing in my other posts, I wanted to get this very important Chinese cultural detail on the record. I was emailing a very dear friend back in the states about two of my best friends …

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