It’s deceptively shiny and new and almost Western here (and by Western, I mean, it’s all […]
Although I previously raved about how I could get all sorts of imported loveliness in Shanghai […]
“Go to the Bund at 7am! Watch the people do exercises on the riverbanks! Or in […]
Shanghai has about three distinct rainy seasons: the freezing, bitterly sharp and spiky winter rains; […]
I’ve been living abroad for most of my adult life, give or take a few […]
I’ve got a fucked up clicky neck, leftover from a fun and debilitating 5-car pile-up I […]
I love Chinese supermarkets. A lot of foreigners I know simply refuse to shop in Chinese […]
In the Former French Concession (AKA bits of Luwan and Xuhui), there is a parallel universe […]
Taxis in Shanghai aren’t actually particularly nifty but they are remarkably cheap and easy to […]
Sometimes a girl just needs a jam jam jar filled with steeping, fragrant blossoms