"Tea Street" in Beijing Imagine this - a bustling city street (quite long) filled with shop after shop of TEA!  That's ...

Noon update:  Oh, blogger - you are such a tease!  I LOVED the  new dynamic layouts, but I'm back to my old ways (with a wider template)...

Approximate locations of destinations in China For today's post, I thought I'd provide a big-picture perspective of this tea tour. ...

Woman's Hand, showing me the tea she's just picked Huo Shan Village, Yellow Tea Dear blog friends, Wow - this re-entry thing is ta...

Hello!  Well, after a 24-hour delay and about 24 hours of jet lag fuzziness, I'm finally home and among the awake.  I hope to reconvene ...

Here's a photo taken from the plane today as we flew from Tibet to Katmandu, Nepal.  Mt. Everest was on our right, and I thought the ...

We visited the infamous Terracotta Warriors recently, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World.  The scale...

Oh my goodness!  That's me, picking tea.  Abundant JOY (and hard work)! We were looking for "two leaves and a bud".  ...

Photo 1:  Qing Tombs We're two days into this trip, and it's already been filled with wonder, adventure and "lost in tr...

Just a few days ago, I was in CA, having a picnic supper and looking over the Pacific ocean to watch this beautiful sunset. This morning I...

Next to the Tao of Tea's teahouse is the Leaf Room , a place to taste and buy teas.  It's a nice compliment to the restaurant/teaho...

I recently checked off something on my "Want to Do" list...visiting the original Tao of Tea's teahouse .  This place, while w...

Toes - colors picked and painted by the niece I love this photo!  The kids are already back in school in most places, yet it's still t...

I'm taking an online photo class, and the instructor assigned us a scavenger hunt of shots...including our morning cup.  One of the poi...

My favorite photo (this is the DH)... Riding into the rising sun on our first morning.  Notice the streamers.  ;-) The DH and I just finis...

Forever stamps plus postcard stamps When was the last time you allowed yourself to tarry in the post office, to take in all the stamps that...

Wedding picture from fifteen years ago With the addition of recent artwork by the DH Thank goodness we still have a sense of humor! Happy...

Brew Doctor's Superberry Kombucha Portland is a hotbed for kombucha , and I've been sampling my way through local brews.  My favori...

My mom, sister and niece visited for a week recently, and of course I held a tea party!  I wanted to celebrate my mom's birthday and int...