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Monthly Archives: November 2009
everybody’s cooking for the weekend
i grew up watching cooking shows. well before the advent of Bobby Flay, Emeril, Giada and Tony Bourdain – i was watching the Frugal Gourmet and Yan Can Cook on american public broadcasting. (PBS 28 for those of you from … Continue reading
shanghai 0093 live show
last night i went to the 0093 sampler release mentioned here and here held at the new mao livehouse . arriving late, i missed most of bang bang tang’s return.
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Tagged 0093, candy shop, Music, nightlife, pinkberry, rock, shanghai, top floor circus
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i wish that turkey could cost a nickel
the most wonderful time of the year has came and went. thanksgiving! of course, what we’re really celebrating is a group of WOEFULLY unprepared english types who arrived in the colonies with things like 200 pairs of shoes (for one … Continue reading
i don’t feel like coming up with a clever pho pun
frequent readers of youusedtobealright.com know that i enjoy my pho. those that live in shanghai should also know that pho here is often disappointing or unauthentic or otherwise not fulfilling. with the recent opening of pho 26 on wujiang road, … Continue reading
yessssss!!!!!!!
the axe stays in berkeley! what an epic game! i was so tense the entire 4th quarter. so much fun to watch the bears win – even here in shanghai over a slingbox connection (thanks ajai!) so happy right now! … Continue reading
great unrealized ideas
tonight, as my colleague and i were going to a company dinner at golden jaguar (my quote about golden jaguar? it’s an old bill cosby quote – “i don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is … Continue reading
my office loves taobao
if you don’t know about taobao, you really ought to. much more than “china’s ebay” – the range of goods available is much wider. my colleagues often buy from taobao – the amount of food items, clothing, toys and other … Continue reading
the most wonderful time of the year
i actually don’t believe that (for me, it’s spring, when basketball playoffs for both the ncaa and nba are in full swing, baseball starts and the sun comes back), but that’s how the song goes. anyways, there are several reasons … Continue reading
leftovers from hsbc
this gentleman clearly had too many mao tais. or budweisers. or is a fellow shanghai blogger.
grand gateway
cold, gray day from the interior of grand gateway mall in shanghai.