I found the worst cafe in Shanghai at 1933, the old abbatoir. It’s a beautiful Art Deco building popular with photographers but these days it’s full of shops and cafes and much of the old charm and photographic beauty of the place has been degraded. I took a couple of German friends there and we… Read More »
I hate the man who lives underneath my bedroom. I really hate him. He bangs on the ceiling with something very heavy whenever he thinks I am walking too heavily across my bedroom. I have taken to sliding across the floor instead, fearing his wrath. Saturday morning came and I was in bed when I… Read More »
I had been to Chongming before but never made it to the wetland park. It promised to be the first warm weekend of the spring and so I blocked out all of Sunday for the expedition. Thanks to the workmen in the flat underneath my bedroom I was up early and having breakfasted, I grabbed… Read More »