These Are The People In My Neighborhood

The guy in front cooks "chuar" in my alley.  He is 21 years old and recently married. He moved to Beijing from Hebei when he was 13 (and therefore not a high school graduate) and has been living here cooking "chuar" since that time.

That's this older brother.  It's fun to watch them work.....and get into fights just like brothers do!

This guy, from Hebei as well, opened up a stand that does a mean morning breakfast business.  When I miss the school breakfast, I go to him.  Soy milk, "zho" and the student favorite, the "taco", which really is just a flat pancake filled with whatever you want, half folded to look like....a "taco."

This guy fixes my bike.  He's from Jiangsu.

At my local barber shop, this is the guy who washes my hair.  His hair is ALWAYS amazing!

This is my barber.

This mother-daughter duo are the janitors of our school.  The mother is my "ayi" and cleans my apartment once a week.  We always joke about the few times when she actually has to clean my kitchen...because it means I used it.  The daughter just got married.

This guy is my gives me my weekly massage.

This guy is the attendant at my gym.  We always high-five.  Turns out he is from Jilin and lives here in Beijing with his son so he can help out and watch his grandson grow up.