Archive for June, 2007

I received some horrible news from the department admin yesterday: they have decided to move my cubicle again. This is the second time in the past few months that I’ve had to move. At my original desk I had the wall behind me, and thus absolute privacy from people walking up and down the aisle. [...]

On Saturday I had dinner with Tina, who was in town for a couple of weeks. One of her high school friends was also in town, so she set up a big dinner at South Beauty. Lydia and I braved the massive lightning storm and were a little surprised to see so many people at [...]

I haven’t been posting much, on this site or on Shanghaiist, because I’ve actually been busy with work. I know that most of you may be pausing for a punchline, but there really isn’t one. Yes, I’ve actually been working, hunched over my laptop with my brows furrowed and rows and columns of numbers staring [...]

Another one of those swanky fashion events that we had no business crashing. How long can we keep going to these things, drown in free-flow champagne, snack on caviar and mousse, and mingle with all the beautiful people in the fashion and entertainment industry? Forever!
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When Clint, Keith, Mike and I visited Chengdu last May and checked out the Panda Breeding Center, I knew that I had come home to my kind. I could feel the distinctly powerful connection while pressed up against the smudgy glass, watching brown-assed pandas lumber about their terrain, looking for a cozy place to sleep [...]

When I first came to Shanghai nearly four years ago, my Frommer’s travel guide basically called out the following places for halfway decent nightlife: Pegasus, Park 97, Xintiandi, and Windows. Flash forward to present day: the list of bars and clubs that have risen up, only to be battered down by Shanghai’s fickle citizenry, is [...]

It’s Friday afternoon, I just finished up some work, and tonight promises to be dizzying but very enjoyable (wings at Gillie’s, some Wii playing, beers with Chace and Mike, and then a traipse over to Volar to wish John a happy birthday). In that spirit of closing out the week, here are some thoughts swimming [...]