I'm just going to do it. No more procrastinating. This blog will have regular updates. We have done lots of things over the last few weeks since the last post.

In late September, we went out with friends for dinner at a Chinese restaurant near our house. It was given a good review by our local urban newspaper which is not a good sign, but it is surprisingly a real bridge between cultures. The food has the fancy atmosphere, fancy table settings, small portions and high prices that Anglos expect out of a fine restaurant. On the other hand, the quality of the food is not dimished too much like most Chinese restaurants that appeal to Westerners whom they know do not care than much about the actual food itself (ie. the ubiquitous P.F. Changs that seem to appear ad nauseum at every fancy new 'development').

Their family is in some ways a mirror image of us. They are raising their son in Japan and bring him to the United States every summer for a bit of American culture. We are raising our children here and bring them over to the Chinese speaking world every summer for exposure to Chinese culture.