You know you are back in China when….
There are vaccum-packed pig snouts next to the lunch meat.
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Cristal
Here’s a few more photos from brunch at Cristal a few weeks ago. I think it’s a great place to enjoy some sun!
Cristal
4/F, 269 Wujiang Lu, near Maoming Bei Lu; 吴江路269号4楼， 近茂名北路
Cristal
by emily on May 30, 2010
Maori at the Expo
The Maori are the indigenious people of New Zealand. at the New Zealand pavillion at the Expo, they are performing the Kapa Haka several times a day. I was only at the expo for a short time, but managed to catch part of the show. Suzy and I took 15 Maori on a shopping tour; it was awesome to hear about their traditions of tattooing. I’m looking forward to going back to the pavillion to see their entire performance!
Tags: expo
Maori at the Expo
by emily on May 14, 2010
De He Teahouse
This teahouse is at 135 Jian Guo Xi Lu, near Shaanxi Nan Lu. You buy your tea for at least 78 RMB and then a massive buffet of snacks is included. Inside it’s decorated with antique furniture, stone statues and trickling streams with fish swimming in them. It is a very pleasant way to spend a few hours!
Tags: tea
De He Teahouse
by emily on May 4, 2010
Beautifying the City
Planting flowers everywhere possible really does improve the enviroment. Sandhya said she read that they’d created new hybrid flowers that will withstand the flower-wilting hot summer!
Beautifying the City
by emily on April 27, 2010
Expo Taxi
These new taxis have just hit the streets 2 weeks ago. They’re pretty flash! Leather seats, GPS and even seat belts!! They are the only ones that will be allowed on/around the Expo site.
Expo Taxi
by emily on April 26, 2010
Mailboxes on Changle Lu
Tags: 52 Weeks 52 Streets, Changle Lu, mailboxes
Mailboxes on Changle Lu
by emily on April 25, 2010
Changle Lu – 52 Weeks 52 Streets
Changle Lu is a nice street for a walk through the French Concession.
Tags: 52 Weeks 52 Streets, Changle Lu
Changle Lu – 52 Weeks 52 Streets
by emily on April 23, 2010
Birds at the Market
The address of this little market is 261 Changhua Lu, near Kangding Lu. Look for a small entrance to the alleyway (above). I was the only foreigner there and everyone stared a lot (not surprising, but always a bit uncomfortable!) You can read another article about it here.
Birds at the Market
by emily on April 22, 2010
Pet and Plant Market – Changsha Lu
Tags: market
Pet and Plant Market – Changsha Lu
by emily on April 21, 2010
Yan’an Lu at Night, near Jing’an Temple
Yan’an Lu at Night, near Jing’an Temple
by emily on April 17, 2010
Night Photos
Here are a few night photos from around People’s Square. They were all hand-held.
The new blue LED lights made it look very cool, but hard to get a good color representation in the photos. The camera thought that there was no way there could be so much blue, so it added in a lot of red to compensate. I tried several things in-camera to fix this, but in the end I just had to fix it by using a point on the photo to tell the computer what white was supposed to be.
Tags: night
Night Photos
by emily on April 16, 2010
Beihai Lu – 52 Weeks, 52 Streets
I need to have some variety in times I shoot or everything will start to look the same! Gary over at Expatriate Games has some really great night photos; if I remember correctly we have the same camera so technically I should be able to shoot in as low of light as he does. These were all hand-held photos.
Tags: 52 Weeks 52 Streets, Beihai Lu, night
Beihai Lu – 52 Weeks, 52 Streets
by emily on April 15, 2010
Beautifying the streets
These planters with hanging vines actually do make the streets look nicer – they hide the piles of bikes parked along the road.
Tags: bikes
Beautifying the streets
by emily on April 14, 2010
Beijing Dong Lu – part II
Lots of work is going on… only a couple weeks until the Expo starts! My favorite photo here is of the worker scraping the Chinese character for “demolish” off of a huge glass window. I’m not certain if this means the building isn’t going to be demolished (at least not while Expo is going on), or if the window will be reused so they need to remove the paint first.
Tags: 52 Weeks 52 Streets, Beijing Lu, construction
Beijing Dong Lu – part II
by emily on April 13, 2010
Beijing Dong Lu – 52 Weeks, 52 Streets
Beijing Dong (East) Road is known for all of little shops selling everything having to do with building things: pipes, wheels, nuts, bolts, screws, transformers, tools, ball bearings, and many dohickies and thingamagigs that I have no idea what they might be used for.
Tags: 52 Weeks 52 Streets, Beijing Lu
Beijing Dong Lu – 52 Weeks, 52 Streets
by emily on April 12, 2010
Antique/Junk Warehouse
Alicia told us last week about this massive building with old furniture piled to the ceiling. Today, Suzy, Johnna, Alicia and I went to check it out. You could spend days digging through all of the stuff – our guess is that some is antique, and some is freshly-made to look antique. It’s really dirty, dusty and you should bring a flashlight to get a better look at things.
Tags: interesting, Shopping
Antique/Junk Warehouse
by emily on April 10, 2010
Hanging Meat
Now you see meat hanging outside all of the time. These were on our roof. I don’t think it’s cold enough to keep meat fresh.
Hanging Meat
by emily on January 24, 2010
McDonald’s delivered.
In America, we have drive-thrus. We can get any type of food, do our banking, or pick up a prescription at the drive-thru. The concept hasn’t been heard of here.
Instead, we have things delivered. McDonald’s included. You see the McDonald’s guys on bikes everywhere (petal bikes, not scooters. McDonald’s must be cheap.) I read how to do this a while ago, and Claire and I decided to test it out.
We called the number…. ordered… and 16 minutes later a guy was at her door with our order! We were amazed.
Tags: claire, delivery, mc Donalds
McDonald’s delivered.
by emily on January 23, 2010
Store in the Subway
I’ve never noticed this store before, but it is right in the People’s Square metro station, by exit 7. I was waiting to meet someone and noticed it. Check out the cute little “hats” the little “men” are wearing.
Tags: interesting, random
Store in the Subway
by emily on January 10, 2010
Bathhouses
I’ve gotten into the whole Bathhouse thing. First, I went to one with Casey and Helen, and we spent an all-too-quick 5 hours there. (Helen needed to do research for this article previously, so knew the whole routine.) The next week, I went to another one with Claire and we spent 6 hours there. This week, I took Hanna and Henrik and we spent about 7 hours there. Today, we soaked in the baths, got a body scrub, then an olive oil “body beauty treatment” and cucumber face mask, showered, got a shoulder massage, took a little nap, ate a few dumplings at the restaurant, then got a head massage. It cost about 350 RMB.
New Star is the one I like best so far. It’s actually Korean (there’s even dog meat on the menu) and they have some interesting things, like sweat-lodge type things that have special crystals in them. It’s no-smoking, which is the best, and also headphones in the room where you can lay and watch TV and get a foot massage. It’s much more relaxing that Xiao Nan Guo.
I feel kind of like a puddle when I get done. Very loose and relaxed. Ahhhhh……
Claire and I in the pajamas they give you to wear around. At New Star, the floors are heated so there is no need to wear slippers!
Bathhouses
by emily on January 9, 2010
Demolition
I always carry my camera around with me for moments like this – when something interesting is happening on the street! This was about a month ago before Suzy and I did a tour. Look at the purple and orange rooms in the torn-down house!
Tags: construction
Demolition
by emily on January 7, 2010
Stuck in the Mud
The boys got a little crazy off-roading with their sidecars.
Jon S. thinks Oh S*#$!
Oops.
It took Li a couple hours to fix his bike.
Tags: Jon S, sidecar motorcycle
Stuck in the Mud
by emily on January 6, 2010
Jon’s Sidecar Trip
Here are a lot of Jon’s photos from the sidecar trip he took with Steve and Jon in November. They had a lot of fun!!
Tags: jon, Jon S, sidecar motorcycle, steve
Jon’s Sidecar Trip
by emily on January 5, 2010
52 Weeks, 52 Streets – Anfu Lu
On Friday, I gave my friends KC and Erica a photography lesson. We discussion composition at my house, looked at a few examples from my photos, and then all went out to Anfu Lu to see what we could find to shoot. There is always something – you just have to look for it!! I realized that I could also probably do “sculptures around Shanghai”, “Shanghai Dogs” and “Shanghai’s Dirty Laundry” for photo books too. Plus a book of textures.
Tags: 52 Weeks 52 Streets, Anfu Lu, Photography
52 Weeks, 52 Streets – Anfu Lu
by emily on January 4, 2010
Dragon Dance Ceremony
This is one of the most interesting things to watch! The dragons dance all around, jump up on their hind legs, and are fed and get eyes painted on. Very interesting!
Tags: ceremony, dragon dance, interesting
Dragon Dance Ceremony
by emily on December 30, 2009
Opening Ceremony Dragon Dance
I recently went to an opening ceremony where they had the traditional dragon dance! It was one of the coolest traditions that I’ve seen here. I’ll be posting a photo gallery later.
Tags: ceremony, dragon dance
Opening Ceremony Dragon Dance
by emily on December 28, 2009
Opening Ceremony Fireworks
China lights fireworks to celebrate everything! Plus it scares off evil spirits. Businesses will also send flowers such as the ones pictured upon the opening of a new business.
Opening Ceremony Fireworks
by emily on December 27, 2009
Where are you from?
At the Cuisine Festival, a group of us were walking around but only two stopped at a booth. Shane and I were interested in more information, and I asked if I could have a brochure too since we weren’t together. The Chinese guy talking to us asked me to fill out a form so he could send me some more information.
I filled in my name, gender, and country of origin.
Chinese guy: “Oh, you are from the US?”
Emily: “Yes; where did you think I was from?”
Chinese guy: ” I thought you were an angel fallen down from Heaven.”
