I'll be taking a short break from the blog this week as I head out to Sedona for a little R&R.Armed with a bag of books and no computer, I look forward to reading more about late 19th century Shanghai. And if I finish those 500+ pages, I'll delve into a memoir about a … [Read more...]
Book of the week: The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
I switched continents last week when I read The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit (Ecco, 2007), Lucette Lagnado's epic memoir of her Jewish Egyptian family and their riches to rags exodus to the US.Right from the beginning of the book, I was drawn into 1940s Cairo--cafe turque, … [Read more...]
Palace Hotel, Shanghai
With the all the fanfare of the renovations at the Peace Hotel in Shanghai, its southern neighbor and one-time annex has met with fewer bells and whistles, but a grand restoration just the same.I first learned about the annex when I stayed at the Peace Hotel in 1995. At … [Read more...]
Old Jazz Band, Peace Hotel
Speaking of tourists, no trip to Shanghai would be complete without a visit to the Peace Hotel, home of the Old Jazz Band. It's one of the best ways to relive 1930s Shanghai.And I don't even care if it's a tourist trap.My parents stumbled upon this band of senior citizens … [Read more...]
Yes, I love tourist traps
So yesterday CNNGo ran an article listing nine Hong Kong tourist traps, good and bad. I carefully combed through the list, paying particular attention to the ones they hated:Avenue of Stars was built way after I left Hong Kong, so I wouldn't know it anyway (it's Hong Kong's … [Read more...]
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