it’s not likely
i’ll ever get to china,
so i pretend
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stir fry pork & peanuts
hong kong hilton chopsticks
sencha tea
Gloria called me over….“I have some things to show you.” She opened the bag and pulled out a fan from the ‘Gloria Plaza Hotel, Beijing’—isn’t that wild!—along with a pair of chopsticks engraved with the hotel name, ‘Hong Kong Hilton.’ She’d had an aunt who, many years ago, traveled to China often, always bringing back little souvenirs to give to Gloria. Last night she gave me the fan and chopsticks. I was delighted and cooked a special dinner to celebrate. Isn’t it pretty!
