Tuesday, May 6, 2008Beijing
As in all palaces and royal gardens, the dragon and the phoenix appear repeatedly, symbolizing the Emperor and Empress. This dragon is in the east courts area.
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Always Upward
About the author....
Cinda Baxter
- Retail Enabler
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- I wear a lot of hats: Consultant (Always Upward); Contributing Editor (Gifts and Decorative Accessories Magazine); retail networks founder (RetailSpeaks, Brilliant Ink, the Print Lab); seated member on a bunch of national boards; and chocolate junkie. Some days, I wear all the hats at once. Just goes to show that good chocolate makes all things possible.
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- 28 Things I Wish I'd Known....
- Scotch Watch: Chapter 4
- My Favorite Chef
- NSS Show Notes
- NSS Undressed
- NSS: Final day
- Scotch Watch: Chapter 3
- NSS: Epson SEO Breakfast
- Scotch Watch: Chapter 2
- Scotch Watch
- Chinese Silk
- When planning cocktails...
- My Mug
- NSS 2008: Turning Tides
- Jet Lag Limbo
- One last parting “gift”
- Home
- Step 2: NRT > MSP
- Step 1: PEK > NRT
- Security
- Push Down
- PEK: Beijing Capital International Airport
- Headed Home
- It’s 2:30 a.m.
- Ankles Away, Update #4
- The Bathologist, Chapter 3
- Bubbles in Beijing
- The Westin Welcome, Part II
- The Westin Welcome, Part I
- Beijing, Baby
- ...and the Phoenix
- The Dragon...
- Bats
- The Marble Boat
- Twenty Heads
- The View from the Top
- Even the staircases....
- On Our Way Up
- The Pagoda of Buddhist Fragrance
- Inside the Pavilion
- The Four Seasons
- The Long Corridor
- It’s a Small World: Chapter 2
- The Summer Palace
- It’s All In Your Viewpoint
- It’s a Small World After All
- The Official Picture
- Bright Light and Cool Shade
- Graffiti Hill
- The Great Wall
- The VIP Car
- Sunny Morning Visit
- Happy Birthday to Me
- Ankles Away: Update #3
- The Bathologist, Chapter 2
- In Stitches
- The Pearl Market, Round Two
- The Underground City
- Lost in the Hutongs
- Which Way’s Up?
- Put Put
- Ice Cream
- Aging with Grace
- The Imperial Garden
- Momma’s Place
- Mac Daddy’s House
- The Inner Court
- Lions in Stone
- Lions
- Shouldering Responsibility
- Lost in Translation: Chapter 4
- Into the Inner Sanctum
- Heartbreak and History
- The Hall of Preserving Harmony
- The Hall of Middle Harmony
- Lost in Translation: Chapter 3
- Cauldrons
- Dragon Spouts
- One Supreme Courtyard
- Harmony...not.
- Nine by Nine
- Creatures Great and Small
- Gate of Supreme Harmony
- Golden Water
- Passing Through the Meridian
- Gates and Palaces
- The Young and The Old
- The Tunnels
- Turn Left
- Tiananmen Square
- Cabbie Tales, Chapter Two
- Flying Solo
- Ankles Away, Update #2
- Creature Comforts and The Bathologist
- Bushes near the hotel
- The Subway, Redux
- The Pearl Market
- It's the Nines, Baby
- The Round Alter
- Temple of Heaven
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