I walk past this queue every morning to go to work and it seems to be getting longer. Now there are barriers for help with crowd control. The two queues stretch right down HuaiHai Lu almost to Chengdu Lu and this morning the pavement was made even more perilous by a hanful of entrepreneurial women… Read More »
There’s a new Muji store on my road and I had heard it was huge and included a cafe so I thought I’d pop along to have a look. Imagine my surprise when I saw the queue snaking down the street. People are actually queuing to go into a shop to spend money. There are… Read More »
The trouble is when you live on Huai Hai Lu you have to walk past shops which do their best to lure you in. I have a problem with three shops on my route home; the Apple Store, the Sony shop and the Swatch shop. The Apple Store with its bright airy space full of… Read More »
Every once in a while I reward my body for its tolerance of cheap noodles and rice and roadside pancakes by buying it something ‘normal’. Tonight was one such night and so after work I headed, weary-limbed to the IAPM mall which is the closest one to my house. This is a truly massive mall… Read More »