Category: Places
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Home again
We had so many things we had to get a Maxi Cab to get us home. As you can imagine, not everything’s unpacked yet, and we also have the creeping feeling that Shanghai’s grown on us. Heck. I think I spoke more Mandarin in one week than I have in ten years.
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Franckly beats any French fare in Singapore
This is turning into an eating tour of Shanghai. It’s been a couple of hours since Naomi and I returned to our serviced apartment from dinner at Franck. It was no ordinary dinner. It was OMG THIS IS SO GOOD WE COULD LIVE HERE AND EAT HERE, IF NOT EVERY DAY, THEN AT LEAST ONCE…
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Best egg tart in the world
The last time we were in Shanghai, we had the good fortune of being stuck in a jam on the corner of Huaihai Zhong Lu and Maoming Lu. Our friend Han Tong was in the taxi with us. And when we asked him why the heck people were queuing outside a hole in the wall,…
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Underground children’s apparel mall
We’re in an underground mall that holds several hundred shops selling all manner of kids’ clothes. If you don’t hear from us again, tell the others.
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Shanghai winter wonderland
This afternoon, Shanghai threw us a welcome blanket of the heaviest snowfall I’ve seen in years. Much as we’d like to step back outside and play in the mush, Kai’s fast asleep on my chest, and Naomi’s ‘resting her eyes’ in the bedroom. And probably for the first time since Naomi’s brother’s passing, this town…