The Lemonade Files 05: Shanghai Fabric District and Red Velvet Cake

The Lemonade Files 05: Shanghai Fabric District and Red Velvet Cake

There was a time when we were traipsing through Shanghai’s fabric district.  We stumbled upon this particular tie shop advertising ‘100% silk’ for $1 each.  Let’s just say that we stocked up that day 5 years ago and Ali still wears those ties.  His proudest possessions to date.

The Lemonade Files 02: How it all started

The Lemonade Files 02: How it all started

It was freezing. Everything seemed to be closed by 5 pm. And I learned the hard way that black ice is no joke in Ottawa. Suffice to say, my introduction to Canada's capital six years ago was rough. Every hour I seemed to dream up a different plan of going back to Toronto. But after about a week, I decided slipping deeper and deeper into my misery wouldn't help. Toronto was not getting any closer. 

The Lemonade Files 01: Nanjing Cabbies

The Lemonade Files 01: Nanjing Cabbies

We had two hours to get out of Nanjing -- a concrete jungle of 8 million people on China's east coast. We needed a cab to get us and our gajizzlion bags to the train station, while also trying to communicate to our driver where to go. Several meltdowns later (from all of else including our cab driver), we got to our train in the nick of time.