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China's homegrown wine scene

Posted Mon, 2010-04-05 02:15 by virtualDavis

My two previous visits had been in 2002 and 2008 and on the second I had been deeply depressed by the fact that, while the rest of the world was making better wine with every vintage, the quality of the Chinese wine seemed to have stagnated.

Brunch at Shanghai's M on the Bund

Posted Mon, 2010-03-29 00:13 by virtualDavis

M on the Bund
View from M on the Bund in Shanghai

A sybaritic day in Shanghai

Posted Sun, 2010-03-28 07:27 by virtualDavis


Yunnan folk cuisine at Lost Heaven in Shanghai, China

Shanghai: pork xiao long bao

Posted Fri, 2010-03-26 23:27 by virtualDavis

Xiao long bao
Steamed pork xiao long bao at Din Tai Fung in Shanghai, China

Carl Honore praises slowness

Posted Mon, 2010-03-22 01:53 by virtualDavis

Marginalia in David Foster Wallace's books

Posted Mon, 2010-03-22 01:11 by virtualDavis
via hrc.utexas.edu

Check out David Foster Wallace's marginalia: This is an annotated copy of Edwin Williamson's Borges: A Life. Harry Ransom Center.

Kiyoshi Yamashita: Japan's Naked General

Posted Sun, 2010-03-21 21:46 by virtualDavis


Kiyoshi Yamashita on Ebisubashi Bridge, 1955 (Photo from Wikipedia)

When in Paris...

Posted Sun, 2010-03-21 18:59 by virtualDavis
Photograph via flickr.com

Scanning through old emails before dumping/archiving this morning...

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