The Chung Yeung Festival (重阳节) falls on the ninth day of the ninth Chinese lunar month, which this year happened to be on a Saturday - October 28. I celebrated the day with friends in the Catskills; hiking in the woods, drinking chrysanthemum tea and sharing Chungyeung cake. Literally translated, the festival's name in Chinese means "double yang". In… Continue reading Celebrating Chung Yeung
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Bath Bomb Catastrophe
A few weeks ago, I passed by a stall that sold homemade skin care products - lotions, bath salts, etc - at the weekend farmer's market. Struck by the high prices of the bath bombs, under to $5 for the bigger sizes, I decided to research how to make them myself. Putting in keywords 'bath… Continue reading Bath Bomb Catastrophe