Hong Kong, Part One
The Man Mo Temple Hong Kong reminds me of Juneau… both are cities squeezed onto land and islands between mountains and water. Though Hong...
Suzhou: Old China By Boat
For me, the name Suzhou (‘Sue-joe’) will always evoke a 1500-year-old city of canals and canal-side houses festooned with comforters, but...
Shanghai Shindig
Blog photographer at work, after the extravaganza We were given a choice: Sign up for an expensive evening at the Chinese Acrobatic Show,...
Public Service Announcement
There’s still trouble in River City. When I ‘publish’ a new post, that’s supposed to immediately trigger an e-mail notification to your...
Shanghai: The Paris of the East
‘…Shanghai, which in 1935, Fortune called “the megalopolis of continental Asia, inheritor of ancient Baghdad, of pre-war Constantinople,...
Dance, Duds & Dim Sum
Okay, it was Shumai, but that doesn’t alliterate. Dance... A dance and instrumental troupe from Manila came on board Sunday to perform in...