I’m back from Beijing with 300 photographs (mainly from the 2 days of sightseeing I managed to get in around work and also the required photos of food), nasty jet leg (compounded by the ramming of Daylight Savings time into March), and a newfound appreciation for Beijing pedestrians (who have street-crossing fortitude beyond that of the expert Manhattan jaywalker). While I was in China, someone torched 3 luxury showcase homes in Snohomish (there’s nothing quite so scary as hearing the words “terrorism, fire, Seattle” on the International CNN channel), Jennifer 8. Lee’s book on Chinese (American) food The Fortune Cookie Chronicles was released, and my husband’s blog was Slashdotted (and is now on BoingBoing too).