In transitioning to efficient running and flat racing shoes, I've been pacing recently in a pair of Nike Mayflys. With almost 100k on the clock and 8 weeks to the Hong Kong marathon, the time has come to slip into the shiny new Asics SP3s.
Legend has it that directly underneath Shanghai's transport epi-confluence lives a fierce dragon. His lair, right where the Yan'an and Chengdu elevated highways meet, would otherwise have a prime claim to party-wall disputes were it not for a gift from the city - the Nine Dragons Pillar.
As the Shanghai winter seeps through to the bone, thoughts of "I could be this cold at home" start to creep in. Of course, frozen toes are not the only detractor. Living in a country where the 25th is a work-day (even if it's on a weekend) and Christmas = Louis Vuitton don't help when December rolls around.
Right next to the modestly ginormous Hongqiao Airport is the new and monumentally ginormous Hongqiao Railway Station.
Nolita, on the re-gentrified Dagu Lu has, just like the street, a few good things to offer but also a couple off-balance dishes that lack that vital spark of energy.
Located on the corner of the blossoming 800 Show complex, this sultry, Dianping-recommended spot is at least a cool place to watch the world go by. But maybe that’s what the kitchen is doing too.
When the repetitious beauty of shelf-after-shelf of household items in Ikea has begun to feel like wandering through any old warehouse, the "Hotel Equipment Corporation" has just the fix.