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Feeling High and Low
Sunday was the day that my wife and I questioned the wisdom of bringing children with us to China. The day before, Saturday, the air had been crystal clear for our day trip west to Suzhou. Stephanie...
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Seeing Shanghai at Night from the Jin Mao Tower
We lucked out last night. We had clear weather and a personal connection. Thanks to my wife’s fabulous TA Crystal we got into the Jin Mao Tower Observation floor for free. (Her other fabulous TA Jessie...
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Art, Fast Food, and Fun in the Sun
According to Frommer’s the Shanghai Art Museum occupies the former clock tower building which was erected in 1933 marking the original location of the grandstands of the colonial racecourse. People’s...
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Our Most Expensive Meal Yet….Bargaining in the Bazaar….Seeing a Million...
Four weeks of Chinese breakfasts, broken up with the occasional pastries from Lillian Cake Shop, has had us all pining for pancakes, French Toast, omelets, bacon, and sausage. There is a place in...
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How to Survive on Your Feet in Shanghai
Walking in Shanghai is one of the best ways to see this glorious, dirty, beautiful city. Walking in Shanghai is also a good way to get yourself maimed or killed. When it comes to modes of...
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Shanghaied Animals
Last week was a difficult one, a week that kept us inside the hotel room for most of it. Sunday was busy and fun. But then Monday Henry woke up with a 100+ degree fever that lasted through Wednesday....
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Rushing to Beijing in Order to Collapse
If you want to make an 8am train on Sunday morning that leaves from a station on the other side of Shanghai, it helps to set the alarm on your phone properly. I didn’t. Instead of setting the weekend...
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Michigan Seems Like a Dream to Me Now….
Our last day in Shanghai was spent being thankful we were no longer in Beijing and doing some last-minute souvenir shopping. After my wife proved herself to be far superior at bargaining than me, we...
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My Summer Training Program (aka Running and Walking in Shanghai)
As I said the other day about running my first 5k, I managed to run steadily during our time in Shanghai this summer. Shanghai has a subtropical climate. Running in this kind of very hot and humid...
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China Debrief
One day in mid-September, I cleared out my laptop bag. I was going to put my laptop and some very early drafts of stories I’m currently working on into the bag in order to take them with me to a local...
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