The talk of the town in the market scene last December was Souky Souky and her attractive throw pillows. Moms were raving on WeChat, and I was pretty hard on myself for not attending the biggest winter fair of 2017. Even so, I didn’t forget about the fantastic original pillows that are made to be treasured and kept forever. Ellen…

One of my favorite moms in Beijing wrote this, she is such a inspiration.  She is the owner of my home away from home, BLOW+BAR. Mothers day is coming up so get yourself pampered at the best place possible in Beijing. One salon in Sanlitun and one in Shunyi, there is really no excuse.  I’m a “Mom-preneur” (An entrepreneur who…

When I was around four years old, I got held back a year in school in the Netherlands. They call it having an extra toddler year. I was not quite ready to enter full-blown education, returning home after spending some years as an expat in South America. So when it got to the time where I would learn to read…