Rixey-go-Round

So much to see and not enough time to write, but sometimes a picture's worth a thousand words. If I had a fancy tripod and camera I ...

Since I obviously haven't been keeping up with the blog, check out Frenzied Palate's review of Jesse , a traditional Shanghainese re...

In the back of the cab in Hangzhou:

I'm not sure whether "destitute decadence" or "decadent destitution" is the more appropriate phrase, but Monday nigh...

Likes:   watching the stream of eastbound transatlantic traffic in the U.S. East Coast's evening and the return spritz in Europe...

Last Sunday I had the opportunity to hear the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra's "Meteor Quartet" play at M on the Bund .  A pamphl...

Among the many benefits of my internship this summer, I get lunch and dinner in the company cafeteria.  It's a bit strange that they eat...

Today's walk was particularly interesting.  I was running late and was still on the street at 9:15am.  It struck me that there were a lo...

Octopuses?  Octopi?  Octopodes?   Yes, please :-) [Thanks, BoingBoing !]

After snoozing my travel alarm clock for over an hour, I dragged myself out of bed, laced up my grungy NBs (thanks, Mud Run ), popped in my ...