Malibu resident Pam Litz was in Beijing in August for the Olympic games. She traded pins with gold medal athletes, visited the Great Wall and met many friendly people. Litz also got to eat some interesting foods, including silk worms, scorpions and fried ice cream. Regarding her first taste of a silk worm, Litz said, “Fortunately, it wasn’t squishy but instead had the consistency of mashed potatoes. Not bad, so I ate another one.”