Lovesac Official Company Blog : China's Always a Party

April 20, 2009

China's Always a Party

I head to China again this week.

First to Beijing to meet with Jackie Chan again, then on to Shanghai and Hangzhou to work with our Sac and Sactionals factories there. The Last time I was in China, February of this year, we got a lot of work done. My friends Joe & Rob came over on a trip of their own to check things out, but ended up hanging out with Dave and I as we worked with our factories somewhat. It definately added a little life to our party.

I must have been to China now over 30 times. I first went to China at 5 years old, singing and dancing. I lived in Taiwan for 2 years as a missionary, then Shanhai for 1 year working as a consultant. I must have ridden in 1000 Chinese cabs, but on this last trip we actually discovered something new. You see, Joe is probably 6'2" tall or something, and these little Volkswagen Chinese Cabs are just not meant for big Americans. Joe leaned back a bit and litereally bent the passenger seat in half, backwards. We were laughing so hard we were crying. The seat was in Dave's lap by the end of the trip. We felt bad, but still, couldn't stop laughing. It is not every day you see a car seat literally fold in half, in the place where it shouldn't fold in half.

Crazy Rob ate a chicken foot at lunch. In my years of travelling to China I have seen many a toddler happily munching on a chicken's foot (its like the dum-dum sucker for Asians), but have never felt inclined to integrate myself into the culture in this way. Way to go Rob.