nothin' but blue skies

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Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see

This is not a song sung by Beijingers very often. BUT GUESS WHAT?! Today there are BLUE SKIES, NO POLLUTION, WISPY DELICATE CLOUDS and a nice breeze! It's 8:30am on a Sunday; I'm the only one awake so far, but hott damn! We can't waste this day!!!

Tiananmen? Great Wall? 798? THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS!

We were planning to go shopping at Panjiayuan'r for trinkets, paintings and more cultural revolution kitsch than you can shake a stick at. And that might still happen.

EEE! OH! And I now have my battery charger back, and thus I have my own camera back in action baby!

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21:29

So this morning I finally got everyone up and about, and then we headed out for our day... of TexMex food at the Mexican Wave and then some shopping at Panjiayuan'r outdoor flea market.

But we had a series of minor failures. Like we woke up last night with the air conditioner that had stopped working, so we were wicked hot already. And then I had us get off at the wrong subway stop, so we walked back from Jianguomen to Yonganli and down to Mexican Wave. After lunch, the taxi driver and I had some miscommunication, so he took us to the big indoor fancy "antique market" instead of the outdoor flea market. So we walked down and around the corner before we got there.

However, we had lots of fun at Panjiayuan'r! Photos ensuing...

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Photos

blue sky!
facing west out of the apartment

dudes, check out that tongue!
our dearest cracky chloe

ed?!
notice that her mouth is closed, but her tongue just hangs out there. like she can't fit it into her mouth. she'll lay on the floor sleeping with her tongue just slapped on the floor!

Comments

[cassi]

you have friends
i can tell you have friends now to occupy your time. your blogs are much less frequent, and they're not like...."Today I ate Chinese food. It's was greasy. Today there is pollution. Everyone should read The Alchemist." haha. just kidding. i love you're daily life, and i'm finishing The Alchemist.

[mbaade]

re: you have friends
dude, isn't "the alchemist" like soooo good?! you should also read "eleven minutes" by coelho. duuuude so when do you leeeeave for the hot ol' UAE?

[Cassi]

followup
it was great, especially after going to Brasil and planning on going back! I leave for Gorizia, Italy at the beginning of september, then my class goes to like the 18th, the Abu Dhabi workshop starts Oct. 5, leaving me roughly a week and a half to hopefully travel up to London. the workshop ends at the end of Nov.

[Sylvia]

BLUUUUUUE SKIES! Yes!
OMG! YES, blue skies! And ALL of the colors on the streets! You shot some great pics, Molly! Just don't forget to pass the camera around so we see YOU there, too, ok? Umm, while you're missing MO on some days, remember, too, the mornings @ 82* w/humidity of 90%! EEWWW. It's been a swampy summer so far! BUT, yes, flowers everywhere! And every shade of GREEN! Hoping it's still green by Aug. 15th!