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Shanghai - Fresh Crab at Pu Dong Airport
Blog: Travel Jounral - 5 November 2009
Fresh Crab at Pu Dong Airport
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Expat Life in Chengdu, China
Blog: GoBackpacking - 22 October 2009
"During last year's earthquake I was on Qing Cheng Shan which is one of the birthplaces of Daoism."Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Spotlight on: Shanghai Museum
Blog: To China... and Beyond! - 21 September 2009
Almost a year later, the Shanghai Museum remains one of my favorite museums in China. It has vast collections of every form of traditional Chinese art: porcelain, bronzes, sculpture, jade, calligraphy and painting, among others. What makes it stand out is the curation. The galleries are arranged by medium (ie, a sculpture gallery, a jade [...]
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So long and thanks for all the karst
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 29 August 2009
After two months, we were ready to leave the construction noise and crowds of Shanghai and set off on a week long adventure. Using her limited Chinese, and an assortment of travel books, Liz worked hard to plan the perfect getaway with sporty outdoors activities, adorable villages, and luxury pampering. We finally settled on a trip to the village of Ping An and the town of Yangshuo.
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So long and thanks for all the karst
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 28 August 2009
After two months, we were ready to leave the construction noise and crowds of Shanghai and set off on a week long adventure. Using her limited Chinese, and an assortment of travel books, Liz worked hard to plan the perfect getaway with sporty outdoors activities, adorable villages, and luxury pampering. We finally settled on a trip to the village of Ping An and the town of Yangshuo. Despite Liz's efforts, many important details were lost in translation. For Instance: Our hotel, the beautiful LiQing guest house is not accessible by car. We only discovered this important detail at 2am when,...
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Goodbye Haibao, it's been weird
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 18 August 2009
Like most communist countries, China has a central authoritarian figure. This big brother is plastered on billboards and modeled in plastic statues all over the city. We never escaped his gaze, his wild pompadour, and his insane smile. He is the omnipresent Haibao and he's watching you. Haibao is the mascot of Shanghai's World's Fair. (aka the Expo)
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Goodbye Haibao, it's been weird
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 18 August 2009
Like most communist countries, China has a central authoritarian figure. This big brother is plastered on billboards and modeled in plastic statues all over the city. We never escaped his gaze, his wild pompadour, and his insane smile. He is the omnipresent Haibao and he's watching you. Haibao is the mascot of Shanghai's World's Fair. (aka the Expo) This shot is of the fabulous pavilion constructed for the upcoming Expo. So goes the story, they are also working on fifteen hundred roads, digging new subway lines, and constructing thousands of buildings, all in time for the Expo.
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Last day at sea level
Blog: Drink the Water - 15 August 2009
Back in Shanghai one last night before we leave for the TAR. My cough has not gone away, and so I have taken my impending altitude sickness as cause for one last feast. I won't have much of an appetite when it hits and all. We went to a Hong Kong chain called, Yi Ge Huoguo, 一哥火鍋, or Number One Hotpot, and ordered all-you-can-eat and ate all of this and more.
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It is all about the Buttons and the Benjamins: Inside the Lujiabang Fabric Market
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 14 August 2009
Fellow Travelers, Here is our guide to the Lujiabang Fabric Market (Nanpu Bridge subway stop line 8)Friends and Family, let us know what you think about our fabulous new outfits. We visited Lujiabang fabric market four times during our two month stay in Shanghai. The market's three floors of small stalls filled with bulk rolls of silk, linen, wool are undeniably tantalizing. The maze is dizzying, but after several visits we got the hang of it. Here are a few tips....
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It is all about the Buttons and the Benjamins: Inside the Lujiabang Fabric Market
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 14 August 2009
Fellow Travelers, Here is our guide to the Lujiabang Fabric Market (Nanpu Bridge subway stop line 8) Friends and Family, let us know what you think about our fabulous new outfits. We visited Lujiabang fabric market four times during our two month stay in Shanghai. The market's three floors of small stalls filled with bulk rolls of silk, linen, wool are undeniably tantalizing. The maze is dizzying, but after several visits we got the hang of it. Here are a few tips.... Get off the first floor asap. The 2nd and 3rd floors are quieter and nicer. Look for established...
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Counting in Chinese
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 13 August 2009
Fellow travelers, Honestly we wished someone taught us this the second we got off the plane. It would have helped so much. The Chinese use hand signals to count from one to ten on one hand. You don't have to worry about tones. You don't have to memorize words. Just get these hand signals down and you can bargain like a pro. 1 through 5 are more or less the same, but a lot of people count three starting from the pinky. Six through ten are totally different. Six through ten in order
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You can get anything you want at the communist restaurant
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 12 August 2009
A short walk from our place is one of the best (and little-known) restaurants in Shanghai. It sits in a converted villa from the colonial days, surrounded by a heavy-on-the-feng-shui garden and lake, behind a tall iron fence guarded by a large staff of official looking fellows in blue uniforms who look more prepared to turn you away than welcome you to the best restaurant in Shanghai.
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You can get anything you want at the communist restaurant
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 12 August 2009
A short walk from our place is one of the best (and little-known) restaurants in Shanghai. It sits in a converted villa from the colonial days, surrounded by a heavy-on-the-feng-shui garden and lake, behind a tall iron fence guarded by a large staff of official looking fellows in blue uniforms who look more prepared to turn you away than welcome you to the best restaurant in Shanghai. (Okay, we really havn't been to that many shmancy restaurants so we're short on data points.) When you enter the villa's grounds there's a long walkway leading to the restaurant's entrance, flanked by...
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The Hunt for the Great Tang Bao
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 10 August 2009
Last Saturday, inspired by Anthony Bourdain and other food adventurists, we took off in search of Shanghai's best Xiaolongbao and Tang Bao.
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The Hunt for the Great Tang Bao
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 10 August 2009
Last Saturday, inspired by Anthony Bourdain and other food adventurists, we took off in search of Shanghai's best Xiaolongbao and Tang Bao. Xiaolongbao (xiao long bao), are a true Shanghai specialty. They are bite sized dumplings filled with soup and housing a small ball of pork. Quality dumplings are served boiling hot. Pop them in your mouth at your own peril. The little balls will explode in a giant burst of hot oily soup. Eat safely by dipping in vinegar, setting on a spoon, biting a hole in the side, and sucking the soup right out. Seth daringly sets his...
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A boring but wonderful hotel in Shanghai
Blog: Drink the Water - 9 August 2009
Now that I've lived in a variety of condos, service apartments, luxury retreats, and one-star hotels in Shanghai, I can confidently offer a recommendation for the place to stay: Rayfont Shanghai Xuhui Hotel, 瑞峰酒店, 7 Zhaojiabang Road
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Mian 麵
Blog: Drink the Water - 9 August 2009
While in China, I plan to gorge on mian in its innumerable incarnations. Traditional mian is always made from the same two basic ingredients--wheat flour and water. So, it is the method of forming the noodles that gives each variety of mian a distinctive flavor and texture.
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Up, up, and away
Blog: Drink the Water - 7 August 2009
In preparing for this trip to Tibet, I've been learning about altitude sickness. It is basically what happens when you slowly drown in air. Everyone new to altitudes above 8,000 feet (2,400 meters) will have some symptoms, but genetics are the dividing line between feeling sleep and cerebral edema. Lhasa is more than 12,000 feet (3,600 m) above sea level.
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A day at the salons
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 29 July 2009
It's inexpensive to treat yourself right in China. Last Sunday we took a trip to the hair salon and foot massage parlor, which absorbed pretty much our whole afternoon. At the hair salon you begin with a frothy in-chair shampoo and head massage which lasts about 15 minutes but seems much longer. The bubbly shampoo froth continues to pile higher and higher and just when the mountain of suds are about to topple over, they walk you over to the sink for a hose down. Then comes the 20 minute head, shoulder, arm, and lower back massage, which sounds nice, but is actually v
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A day at the salons
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 29 July 2009
It's inexpensive to treat yourself right in China. Last Sunday we took a trip to the hair salon and foot massage parlor, which absorbed pretty much our whole afternoon. At the hair salon you begin with a frothy in-chair shampoo and head massage which lasts about 15 minutes but seems much longer. The bubbly shampoo froth continues to pile higher and higher and just when the mountain of suds are about to topple over, they walk you over to the sink for a hose down. Then comes the 20 minute head, shoulder, arm, and lower back massage, which sounds nice,...
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The Binkley Files, Part I
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 25 July 2009
Thanks to Steve and Arleen for guest blogging last week! They claimed to have had a good time here and we have no reason to doubt them.
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The Binkley Files, Part I
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 25 July 2009
Thanks to Steve and Arleen for guest blogging last week! They claimed to have had a good time here and we have no reason to doubt them. When our cousin Andrew Binkley the Photographer found out we were going to Shanghai he gave us a small errand. He was in Shanghai at one point making photography and left some of his work at the Yuandian Art Gallery. Recently he asked them what happened to his work but they didn't respond to his calls or emails, which left open several possibilities. Among others: they could have gone out of business, they...
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Shanghai By By!
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 24 July 2009
Final Guest Post By Arleen and Steve........ Man, time flies... Getting on a plane in a few hours. Want to give a shout out to Arlene for the great comments. If not for her, this would seem like a one-way communication. You FOA's that are lurking are urged to pound on your keyboards.
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Shanghai By By!
Blog: eat drink seth liz - 24 July 2009
Final Guest Post By Arleen and Steve........ Man, time flies... Getting on a plane in a few hours. Want to give a shout out to Arlene for the great comments. If not for her, this would seem like a one-way communication. You FOA's that are lurking are urged to pound on your keyboards. This visit has been a blast. Been using taxis and striking out on our own, getting where we wanted to go and getting back. Shanghai jumps everywhere. 24-7 crowds, traffic and construction. Never been anyplace like this. Took in the yuyan street market on Wed. and wound...
