{"id":2040,"date":"2014-09-20T14:37:23","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T07:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=2040"},"modified":"2014-09-20T14:37:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T07:37:23","slug":"a-new-hutong-to-visit-91414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/?p=2040","title":{"rendered":"A new hutong to visit, 9\/14\/14"},"content":{"rendered":"

We decided to visit a new area today. Last Tuesday (9\/9\/14) I ate dinner with several faculty from BHSFIC at the Veggie Table. It was on a street\/alley in the Wudaoying Hutong. I noticed a lot of interesting shops and cafes, so we decided to fully check it out today. We taxied over around 10:00 am. It\u2019s not far from the Lama Temple and Confucious Temple, where we\u2019ve visited before.<\/p>\n

We walked the street, visiting the shops and doing some leisurely sightseeing. There were several new items we hadn\u2019t seen before. It\u2019s so hard to buy something when we know that sooner or later it will become clutter and have to be disposed. Selling our in home in Arlington before we moved reminded us how much junk we own. We\u2019re doing our best not to come home from China with a lot of excessive paraphernalia. Selectivity is our \u201cword of the year\u201d. Only buy it if it\u2019s really special.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_3258\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One caf\u00e9 was \u201ccat\u201d based. There were cat symbols everywhere, and cats wandering in and out the doors and windows, including the 2nd<\/sup> floor. Down the street was a companion \u201cbed & breakfast\u201d with the same type sign and decorations. There was a \u201cvampire\u201d shop also. It was closed, so we didn\u2019t get a chance to visit. I\u2019m not sure what that was about.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_3247\"<\/a>

Cats everywhere!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"IMG_3248\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"IMG_3253\"<\/a> \"IMG_3252\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"IMG_3250\"<\/a>

I’m not sure what goes on in the “V”.<\/p><\/div>\n

There were photographers and \u201cmodels\u201d at dozens of places up and down the street. I don\u2019t know if it was something official, or just random, but it tough to move down the street in a few spots.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_1757\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We had a relaxing lunch at the Veggie Table. Afterwards we headed home to catch up on schoolwork and prepare for the week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We decided to visit a new area today. Last Tuesday (9\/9\/14) I ate dinner with several faculty from BHSFIC at the Veggie Table. It was on a street\/alley in the Wudaoying Hutong. I noticed a lot of interesting shops and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2041,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions\/2041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gordonandjudy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}