Hope you all had a great holiday season!
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I’m back! Happy new year to everyone. 
And many thanks to Wendi and Latoya for holding it down when I was gone.
This is me in Lan Kwai Fong - one of Hong Kong’s most famous (but way too touristy) nightlife areas.
As you probably noticed, I didn’t have time to post my year-end wrap-up stuff before I left, but it looks like there was plenty to keep the conversations going while I was gone.
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
Rob Schmidt wrote:
Welcome back! Now get back to work!
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 10:30 am ¶
Latoya Peterson wrote:
*hands over the keys to the site*
Welcome back! Excuse me while I flee…
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 12:36 pm ¶
Social Citizen wrote:
Looks like such a fun place! Thanks for sharing.
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 12:41 pm ¶
Phil C. wrote:
Welcome back Carmen & Happy New Year. From the pic, looks like Lan Kwai Fong is not as much the expat area as I remembered it from when I was there.
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 3:40 pm ¶
Nezua wrote:
happy new years! welcome back.
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 5:32 pm ¶
Tami wrote:
Welcome back! Looks like you had a blast.
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 6:04 pm ¶
merq wrote:
Welcome baaack. Happy new year. In your absence, Latoya became my new favorite person.
I’m easy like that.
Posted 06 Jan 2008 at 10:59 pm ¶
Kai wrote:
Happy New Year, Carmen! Welcome home! And no matter how great a trip one enjoys, it’s always nice to be back in one’s own bed, isn’t it?
Ah yes, Lan Kwai Fong…a surreal scene in which I mainly recall stumbling around plastered before finding myself slurping noodles in some alleyway night market…I deeply believe in the life-giving power of noodles…
Posted 09 Jan 2008 at 12:52 am ¶