From Grits to Chopsticks

One of my former students invited me to attend his wedding in a nearby city:

I enjoyed going to their photo session where they danced down the sidewalk (click Dancing Daniel to watch):

They treated me very graciously (like one of the family), placing me between the father and grandfather at lunch:

Like most Chinese weddings, very few people paid attention to the formal ceremony (bowing to parents):

there was was a lot of toasting:

and a big feast of good food at each table:

In a different context, but still about food, we were amazed at the deep red color of this variety of dragon fruit:

and the clear labeling of our typical breakfast food (for my generation):Chinese breakfast is different than ours (a friend recently gave us this):

and KFC has a different headline menu item as well (rice rolls):

China just had their biggest on-line shopping day of the year: “singles day” (11/11).  Alibaba sold about 25 billion dollars worth of goods, most of them delivered to the sidewalks outside of apartment complexes:

Near the package delivery spot, I saw a “Land Wind” SUV parked at the curb (a clear copy-cat of the Land Rover, at one-third the price):

And speaking of transportation, I noticed this poster in our school’s Department of Economics:

I hope it’s not implying that if you get a degree here today you’ll be hitch-hiking in a hoodie tomorrow…