Beijing’s an urban jungle, and in any jungle, we need tools to survive and thrive. As urban jungle dwellers, we’ve managed to blend practicality with style, resulting in the modern bag. Here, form meets function, and what looks stylish and fashionable on the outside contains all our essential survival tools on the inside. Inspired by this, we ask expat parents each week, “What’s in your bag?” and get insights into which essentials they keep on hand when out and about in the capital city.
Hi – I’m Dave. I’m a Dad to two super duper boys, Miles (11) and Cole (7), a photographer, a business owner (Dave’s Studio), and a bag carrier in Beijing. Beijing being the crazy busy go go go city that it is, I’m always on the move with one bag or another.
This here is my favorite, I picked it up from a Mexican import market in my home town of Austin, Tx about 3 summers ago.
Inside I always have a few “must have” items on me.
The first of those is my black zipper bag with my passport, bank cards, cash, and other stuff I don’t care to lose. I’m hardly ever caught outside with out my migraine meds and sunglasses. I’ll also never leave the house without a book and my headphones. Everything else in my bag is work or kids related, from a power bank and SSD HD to Kleenex and random Legos.
Want to share your Beijing survival tools with us? Shoot us an email at editor@beijing-kids.com, message our Official Jingkids WeChat account (ID: beijing-kids), or leave a comment below!
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Images: Dave Hanssen
