Month: January 2011
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Day nine, January 31, 2011
Today, the last day of January, and the beginning of the New Year’s hype in Shanghai, I walked around the downtown financial area in Pudong, which happens to be our neighborhood. Pudong is home to the high rises that are the pride of modern China. When we first moved here in 2006, the Jin Mao…
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Day Eight, January 30, 2011
Today I was out most of the day and evening in the freezing streets of Shanghai with my camera. In the evening my friend Sabrina joined me at Yu Gardens to photograph the lanterns and the massive decorations that are being prepared for the Chinese New Year on February 3rd. After a zillion photos, this…
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Day six, January 2, 2011
One of Shanghai’s icons, the Nanpu bridge is built entirely by the Chinese. The H shaped main tower stands 154m in height and has the four characters 南浦大桥 “nan pu da qiao” writen by the former president, Deng Xiaoping.On one of my most hectic days this week, I had to cross this bridge in the…
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Day five, January 27, 2011
Part of living in Shanghai is getting used to seeing the somewhat strange foods sold in the markets around town! Today, I found Pig’s snouts being sold next to ears, intestines and chicken’s feet. I asked a lady who was standing next to me about them and she swore they were delicious…I did not buy…
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Day four, January 26, 2011
Today I went to the children’s market in Shanghai’s Pu’an lu and there I found among many interesting subjects these colorful chopsticks with the goofy smily faces 🙂 They made me think of the world and its people of so many colors, shapes, religions, traditions, ethnicities and to dream… Yes, I dream of a world…
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Day three, January 25, 2011
On the third day, I was caught by all the lanterns that keep appearing around the city in preparation for the most important day of the year in China—Chinese New Year. This coming year is starting on the 3rd of February and it will be the year of the Rabbit. This lantern was near the…
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Day two, January 24, 2011
It was a freezing night of 3 below 0 degrees Celsius on Monday evening. I was having dinner with friends and we stopped to show them the bund at night. This newly renovated avenue that is one of the most famous attractions in Shanghai for its beautiful architecture and wide promenade on the Huang Pu…
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Day one, January 23, 2011
On the first day that I started this project, we were invited to a Chinese wedding in Shanghai. As Chinese weddings go, this was a typical one, with lots of food, an early 5 PM start, a fancy hotel ball room, the bride changing dresses 3 times, the ‘hongbao’ or red envelope that guest are…