Little did I know when I set out for Arizona last week that I'd run into a couple of historic hotels.Last Thursday my husband and I drove a few hours north to the Grand Canyon. It's one of our country's national treasures, and neither of us had visited it in our previous … [Read more...]
Rest and Relaxation in Sedona
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...]
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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