Every so often a build comes around at Factory Five that I love. Actually, this happens quite a lot... we try to steer people away from circus bikes.
Larder | Australian
A dream I have for when the time comes to depart China is to leave something behind, something I created. I want to feel that my adventure was productive, that I too wore the many hats that people do when they're away from their families, outside of their comfort zone, forming different rituals and going slightly too far expressing themselves.
Locations for a European restaurant in Shanghai don’t come more idyllic than a converted villa right on the Donghu-Changle triangle. La Faubourg is a pleasant and earnest if not slightly underutilized French restaurant with food that we wish was better than average.
When someone puts all their heart into a restaurant they’re passionate about, it shows. Paul Hopkins has created Luccio’s, a little Italian restaurant with a worthy menu and plenty of ambition.
If Hongqiao is destined to be the new former French concession, Geneva has set up shop as the go-to neighborhood bar for an honest pint and a big plate of Western grub. They’re perhaps only a tad early on the not-yet blossoming scene.
Everybody has heard of Vegas. We know exactly what's there. We can see the lights, hear the slot machines, smell the bars and bums and limousines and fireworks. Of all the cities in the world only this one in the middle of the Mojave desert is so comprehensively defined that anybody can tell you exactly what's going on there. Maybe this is because it is a city of three things repeated for seven kilometres. Probably it's because it's the world's greatest expression of human sybaritism and we all want to go check it out whether we admit it or not.