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Rabbit in a T-shirt

Adrienne — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:25:55 +0000

I purchased a t-shirt with a Songwhale logo on it (Songwhale is Jon’s company). But the t-shirt wasn’t for me…

It was funnier when Moneybags actually lived in the Songwhale office.

More Minnesota than You Can Handle

Adrienne — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:49:04 +0000

If innovation’s got you down and you don’t care to figure out what Twitter is, head to the MN State Fair, where the only thing that changes is which new food item has been engineered to be supplied on a stick. Barns full of animals, award-winning giant pumpkins, mini-donuts, all-you-can-drink milk, seed art- 1.7 million visitors can’t be wrong.

Bali is Amazing

Adrienne — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 21:50:35 +0000

Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. -Seneca

Here’s my video of my few days in Bali with friends in June 2010. It was amazing.

Bali from Adrienne Peirce on Vimeo.

Today was sponsored by the Letter R

Adrienne — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:10:17 +0000

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. -Hunter S. Thompson

Today I was shopping in Macy’s downtown with my sister and noticed a 6 (or was it a 9?) on the ground. A few minutes later there was a green R stuck to a rug near a Starbucks. I got home and found an O and an R on the floor. I haven’t made any sense of it yet.

Starting Minnesota Summer in Style

Adrienne — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:57:59 +0000

Progress always involves risks. You can’t steal second base and keep your foot on first. -Frederick B. Wilcox

I’ve been back in the Us for over 3 weeks now and Minnesota for 2, so I feel lucky that I got a chance to see the Twins play (and win!) on June 30. Checking out the new stadium with old friends in town from Denver, plus unbelievably good weather, made it an amazing day. One of my favorite parts of the Twins new home is that they went with Kramarczuk’s, the legendary local sausage maker, as a featured vendor.

Final Days in Beijing

Adrienne — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:42:02 +0000

Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources. -Herbert Spencer

Here are some things we squeezed into our final days in Beijing (in no particular order):

BBQ fish
Ladies Night at Vics
FUBAR- a bar you get to through a secret door in a hot dog stand (secret door was broken)
lunch for 6 people (dumplings and baozi) for a grand total of $9
public bus ride
purchase of CDs of Chinese rock ‘n roll musicians
Peking/ Beijing duck at DaDong
Sichuan food with my classmates
one last trip to the Silk Market
one last jian bing (delicious egg pancake street food that’s probably really bad for you)

I will also miss that insane-looking cat on my dishwashing soap.

Great Wall Great Weekend

Adrienne — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:14:50 +0000

Back in early May I spent a weekend in Mutianyu to see the Great Wall. Everything was amazing, including our accommodations at The Schoolhouse at Mutianyu, which includes great food and even glassblowing.

Great Wall from Adrienne Peirce on Vimeo.

Piles of Pets

Adrienne — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:17:23 +0000

One great thing I’ve seen a lot this spring in Beijing is people selling pets on the sidewalk. First, I saw tiny rabbits being sold outside of McDonalds. Then I saw more tiny rabbits being sold on a bar street in Sanlitun on a Friday night. Then one day I’m heading into the subway after class and a lady is selling 3 adorable little kittens in a bowl in the subway entrance. That same day I saw someone selling puppies out of a cart on the sidewalk. In TianJin last weekend, I saw this pile of pets on the sidewalk, followed by a large bowel of turtles. I’m sure one could find some problems with this style of pet-selling, but it sure makes my day when I get to see it.

People Mountain People Sea

Adrienne — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:31:14 +0000

I spent a weekend in Qingdao recently with some great friends. Here’s a video of the non-brewery part of the vacation, which still involved drinking a lot of Tsingtao. Stray cats, amazing seafood, fresh beer, great city views, cool European-inspired architecture, hilly streets with hidden staircases- I highly recommend the city if you ever get a chance.

Qingdao from Adrienne Peirce on Vimeo.

Doing It Our Way

Adrienne — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:37:53 +0000

He was a wise man who invented beer. -Plato

I couldn’t find the Laverne and Shirley theme song for my brewery tour video, so I went in a totally different direction (Minneapolis hip-hop, WARNING: some explicit lyrics). The Tsingtao Brewery in Qingdao, China, was started by the Germans, run for a while by the Japanese, and now is a state-owned enterprise. While in the town we had access to beers I’ve never seen in Beijing, including a green beer that was apparently fermented with seaweed. All over town the beer was served in tiny glasses, so even though we started drinking every day around noon, we never really got past tipsy.

Tsingtao Brewery Tour from Adrienne Peirce on Vimeo.