Shanghai
Shanghai’s old city
Tuesday, September 8th, 2009The old city is fascinating. It’s a combination of a warlords retreat and Disneyland. Check these out
My Chinese Diner
Sunday, August 23rd, 2009The waitresses are adorable !
Tongren Lu
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009Here is a slice of Chinese night life. If you live here long enough you have heard of Tongren Lu. The bars and the women on this street cater mainly to westerners. Most of the girls went running when I brought out my camera and I was finally asked not to take any pictures. Such [...]
Mr. Zhou artist
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009No one can take credit for discovering an artist. They are always there doing what they do. I have been lucky enough to meet Mr Zhou. I think his work speaks for itself.
Bridge
Monday, August 17th, 2009The French Concession
Sunday, August 16th, 2009Stairway Shadow
Sunday, August 16th, 2009This stairway in the shadows feels like the beginning of a novel. Or the end of an affair.
Yuyao Lu
Sunday, August 16th, 2009Near Yuyao Lu (Lu means Road)
Night life
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009This is across the street from the apartment where I’m staying.
Street Life
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009A woman in China no longer needs to walk three steps behind her husband!
Musical instrument street
Saturday, August 8th, 2009One street in the old city section of Shanghai is dedicated to selling musical instruments, old, new, traditional and modern
The guzheng, also spelled gu zheng or gu-zheng (Chinese: 古箏; pinyin: gǔzhēng) or zheng (箏) (gu-, 古 means “ancient”) is a traditional Chinese musical instrument. It belongs to the zither family of string instruments.
The guzheng is [...]
Peoples Square
Saturday, August 8th, 2009Shanghai Museum
Traffic lights in China
Saturday, August 8th, 2009I was commenting to a Chinese friend that people seem to have a liberal interpretation of the traffic lights. He said “They are really only used as point of reference to give you an idea where the traffic was moving.”
Modern Shanghai
Friday, August 7th, 2009Sofitel Shanghai Jin Jiang