The Shanghai Mamas Book Club has been actively meeting since 2010. We meet monthly to discuss the selected book, drink a little, eat a little, and laugh a whole bunch! The group is casual, so it’s not a requirement to read the book to join us, but we do have lively discussions that may originate … Continued
Thanks to The Christmas Collective (courtesy of ShMamas Sarah Krasicki and Janette Seach) for curating the best of Shanghai Christmas, from events, food and gift giving! Join the Christmas group to keep updated with the latest happenings through to the end of the year. To be added into one of the Christmas groups, add Sarah Krasicki (Wechat: … Continued
2020 truly has been a year like no other, for reasons both good and bad (bad being a huge understatement, obviously). As we enter our 15th year, the Executive Committee took a moment to reflect upon this year at our recent strategy planning day, and we wanted to share some of our thoughts and feelings with you all. … Continued
In many parts of the world, Thanksgiving is a time to reflect your appreciation and share what makes you grateful in your life. This year we have more than enough things to feel thankful about, but also a new perspective than where we were in 2019. This year … Continued
By Susan Gasparotto Who are we? Shanghai Mamas is a diverse community of thriving international families in Shanghai connecting daily on and offline for peer-to-peer recommendations, advice and community. Many parents cite Shanghai Mamas as their key source to finding their niche in the city, making lifelong friends, and managing the day to day confusion … Continued
So many of us have said “we should write a book” about our wacky and life-changing experiences of living in China. Longtime Shanghai Mamas blog contributor, Nicole Webb, has just done it…she has published “China Blonde” in Australia about her family’s adventures living in Xian. In her own words, Nicole shares what brought her to … Continued
A recent casual conversation about books at the Downtown Coffee Morning led to Vicki Li and fellow Shanghai Mamas to organising a Book Swap last weekend in Xuhui. There were over 1000 books available for “swap” in all age ranges including baby picture books, toddler early readers, tween and adult. Vicki hosted the swap on … Continued
By Dr. Rouble Rana Halloween is sneaking on us which means it is the time of the year for children to collect bags of free candy and build a stockpile of sweets that will last all winter. We are all about indulging here at Puresmile, but we want to make sure you are also having … Continued
