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China....then...and now
In the spirit of National Day here in China, and 60 years on.....
from Anne C. Lee at Fast Company. Thanks!
from Anne C. Lee at Fast Company. Thanks!
Surfing and High Stepping
September winds down.....and October cranks up
Good Surfing Porn......Wave riding........catching flows....finding rhythms, riding an edge...
....taking you to where land and water meet up.
September in Shanghai. Is quite the opposite. rubble. Machine noise. break down. build up. Deconstruction. Construction.
Hurried. Rushed. And October cranks up..........................
Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary. All the high-stepping and pomp you’d expect from a middleweight. Only bigger. A lot bigger.
And a lot more impressive.... 10,000 police
80,000 volunteers
1,000,000,000 + viewers
THANKS FOR WATCHING....
Zhang Huan
via flavorwire.com
Check out more of the artist’s work (http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/zhang)
the best peach on earth...are in China
water honey peaches
The best peaches in the world have skins that are "sickly, greenish white," and are so juicy they are "best eaten over a sink," reports Stan Sesser in the Wall Street Journal (8/15/09). They are Chinese water honey peaches, and "must be tasted to believed." They are plentiful in Yangshan, China, but only locally. I don’t think I have ever tried one. Must do. It goes on....’these peaches are "big, soft, and white-fleshed" and must be eaten within hours after they are picked. "They're so tender, if you press on one, in an hour there will be a black spot," says Tang Haijun, a water honey peach industry spokesman. So, even if it were possible to export or grow water honey peaches in America (which it might be) the cost would deter most shoppers if the fruit's strange looks didn't stop them first. Even in Shanghai or Bejing, a single water honey peach sells for three dollars. The fruit is so delicate that each is "individually wrapped with newspaper while it is ripening on the tree." Its pale color actually signals its sweetness, compared to American peaches which "are bred to be almost entirely red," which is believed to trigger an "expectation of sweetness in the human brain." We'd also need to get used to eating these peaches: "First, you should gently massage the peach for several minutes, releasing the juice. When it starts feeling like a sponge, it's ready to be peeled; the skin slips off like a glove. Then you just pick it up whole and slurp away; cutting it would result in waste of the delicious juice." Chinese do nothing with water honey peaches other than eat them whole -- they're not used in cooking, in ice cream or on cereal. It’s a must to be experienced.
Swifts Attact Crowds
My mother in-law, Hilda Welch has become the de facto spokesperson for the birds that migrate to, and nest in the chimney of Chapman school
where, once long ago, I went to kindergarten. It’s become quite an event. The caption and photo below are from The Oregonian. I don’t think ‘Swifts Attact Crowds’ is exactly what they meant to communicate. He he he....
..but then again, the article does mention that crowd control was becoming a problem.
where, once long ago, I went to kindergarten. It’s become quite an event. The caption and photo below are from The Oregonian. I don’t think ‘Swifts Attact Crowds’ is exactly what they meant to communicate. He he he....
..but then again, the article does mention that crowd control was becoming a problem.
Pavlova at M
favorite dessert at (still) favorite Shanghai restaurant
this ad blows....and this isn't even an ad
Picked this up from the folks over at littleredbook ( http://www.littleredbook.cn)
They’ve got a keen eye and a sharp perspective on the advertising scene in China.
More than I do. I still like to keep a pulse on good work which there is a dearth of..
in all markets. The building design is another subject altogether...
This isn’t an ad. And I’m not pitching Apple. I don’t know if I really buy into ‘MacBooks are the greenest laptop computers’
the company has been broadcasting lately. Or honestly, really care. It’s not a considered factor. Maybe it will be. I like Macs
for lots of different reasons. I just like this image.
yoga+ creative
Yoga+ is a yoga studio here in Shanghai. My alum, advertising agency Leo Burnett Shanghai
has created a couple of clever ways to communicate the proposition.
has created a couple of clever ways to communicate the proposition.
surreal artist - Yang Yongliang
The work of Yang Yongliang, a young Shanghai artist/photographer we have admired for years.
His earlier work is particularly fresh and calming. Using familiar landscape scenes from painters and calligraphers
over the last centuries, he weaves modernity, skyscrapers, electrical towers, freeways and bridges – the icons
of an urban world. His work draws you in for closer inspection.
For more on Yang Yongliang, go to http://kunst-blog.com/2009/03/the_surreal_lan.php
His earlier work is particularly fresh and calming. Using familiar landscape scenes from painters and calligraphers
over the last centuries, he weaves modernity, skyscrapers, electrical towers, freeways and bridges – the icons
of an urban world. His work draws you in for closer inspection.
For more on Yang Yongliang, go to http://kunst-blog.com/2009/03/the_surreal_lan.php
