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...]
Book of the week–Written on Water
After reading a couple of Eileen Chang novels and short story collections, I wanted to learn more about this intriguing author. So last week I headed to my public library and checked out her collection of essays, Written on Water (Columbia University Press, 2007).Chang wrote … [Read more...]
Grand Hotel de Djokdja
In my ongoing obsession with old colonial hotels, I just came across a place in Java called the Grand Hotel de Djokdja. When I looked closer at the old photo, taken about 100 years ago, something looked familiar.Actually, the whole thing looked familiar.I traveled to … [Read more...]
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