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Thwarted IV

Posted on February 22, 2017 by d4vid

After multiple attempts, the kung fu supply store was finally open!  Turns out it was a single, tiny room full of tassels and kung fu school uniforms.  Utterly underwhelming.

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Law

Posted on February 22, 2017 by d4vid

Today is my last goof off day before moving back to America from Shanghai, so today is Random Museum Day!  When I was living in Xintiandi, I’d always pass this weird museum when I’d take a taxi in to work. … Continue reading →

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Unicorn II

Posted on February 22, 2017 by d4vid

I didn’t think I’d see another one before I left Shanghai, but I did!  A five star taxi driver!  And it was a woman!

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Forehead

Posted on February 20, 2017 by d4vid

I’m feeling old.  Or, more precisely, I feel younger than the age I actually am and the body I now somehow inhabit. When Gene Hackman was around the age I am now, he was in The French Connection.  When Bill … Continue reading →

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Hotel

Posted on February 20, 2017 by d4vid

Back at the Langham.  One last time.

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View

Posted on February 10, 2017 by d4vid

One last look out my office on the 12th floor of the Greenland Center.  To the left, you can see the twin Greenland tower.  At the bottom, you can see the Lotus supermarket.  And at the horizon you can see the Huangpu … Continue reading →

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Design II

Posted on February 10, 2017 by d4vid

The terminal station of Line 11 has a beautiful mix of Disney characters, Shanghai landmarks, and a backdrop (across the tracks) of a violet-hued skyline.

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Lego II

Posted on February 10, 2017 by d4vid

The biggest Lego store in the world!  Two stories!   Awesome set for Shanghai’s castle.Hadn’t seen this before.  If you hold a box of a Lego set up to this camera, it projects a 3D model of the built set on … Continue reading →

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Disneytown

Posted on February 10, 2017 by d4vid

Much like Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure has a Downtown Disney outside the park, Shanghai Disneyland has a Disneytown.  It’s a mix of the usual Western brands & chains (Starbucks, Lego, Cheesecake Factory, Build-A-Bear, etc.) and the usual Eastern brands & chains … Continue reading →

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Terminus XXII

Posted on February 10, 2017 by d4vid

I finally got a picture of the end of Line 11 at the Disney Resort (superseding the previous Line 11 terminus here.)  This officially completes my tour of all Shanghai Metro Termini to date! All previous terminus adventures can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, … Continue reading →

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Red

Posted on February 9, 2017 by d4vid

红色文化.  “Red culture.”

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Thwarted III

Posted on February 9, 2017 by d4vid

The kung fu supply store is still closed?  Goddamn it!

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Nature

Posted on February 9, 2017 by d4vid

I finally got around to visiting the Shanghai Natural History Museum that opened last year.  It has an interesting corkscrew design, half of it underground and with a central atrium.The roof is covered with a lawn which both reduces the … Continue reading →

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Abomination

Posted on February 9, 2017 by d4vid

 Kill it!  Kill it with fire!

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Default

Posted on February 8, 2017 by d4vid

When I lived at my old place in Xintiandi, there was this Pizza Hut that kept threatening to open for months and months but didn’t before I moved.  Now that I’ve moved out of my Jing’an apartment and living out … Continue reading →

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