Cloisonné – Beauty Below the Surface
With all the barbarism we're facing these days (the truck-ramming terror attack in New York being the latest), I find it's good to remind ourselves of all the beauty and [...]
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Nov, 2017
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Jun, 2016
Xi’an Muslim Quarter
Perhaps because, unlike sites like the Terracotta Warriors (which had been my number one China bucket list item--photos soon!), I had no preconceptions, no one else's images in my head [...]
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Mar, 2013
A Walk through the Master of Nets Garden in Suzhou
Moon gate at the Master of the Nets Garden in Suzhou, China - If you remember my earlier photo essay about the Blue Waves Pavilion - moon gates like this [...]
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Nov, 2012
The Garden of the Cang Lang Ting (Blue Waves Pavilion) in Suzhou, China
Walkway along the canal outside of the Garden, as seen from The Fish Watching Spot For a long time I have been meaning to share pictures from my visit [...]
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Oct, 2012
Author Q&A: Wenguang Huang
I wonder what it means if I don't even notice anymore that my writing has gotten published? Have I reached a level of publication success where I can go, [...]
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Jul, 2012
A Spanish Colonial House in Shanghai
After featuring a renovated Shanghai lane house, I want to give you another insight into living in contemporary Shanghai with a few shots of the home of Patricia Lambert, [...]
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Jun, 2012
Photo Essay: Tiger Hill, Suzhou, China
These days I am craving some serenity (Our kids' school year is over and the summer chaos of camps, summer school and entertainment has begun.), so I thought I'd [...]
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May, 2012
Photo Essay: Shanghai – The Bund
The Bund at night - the clock tower building is the former Customs House, farther along you see the green steepled roof of the Peace Hotel. Typical tourist pictures [...]
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May, 2012
Photo Essay: Bikes in Shanghai
Just as the laundry hung out to dry on eletrical cables, parking signs and telephone booths, the prevalence of bikes in the streets of Shanghai struck me as so [...]
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May, 2012
Photo Essay: The Dry Goods Market in Shanghai
Outrageously kitschy and cute - baby ponytail holders at the Dry Goods Market in the Nanshi District of Shanghai. Being an indoor bazaar, the Dry Goods Market is indeed [...]
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May, 2012
Photo Essay: A Market in Shanghai
A tea shop - my favorite photo from our stroll through the market in Nanshi, the Old Town of Shanghai. This area used to be the old walled city of [...]
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May, 2012
A Lane House in Shanghai
I really should have started my Shanghai series with sharing photos of this lane house in the Jing'an District, as it was the first place my friend took me [...]
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May, 2012
Photo Essay: Laundry in Shanghai
It struck me that in Shanghai laundry is everywhere, except the strict business area along the riverfront. Otherwise, in any halfway residential area, laundry is hung out to dry. [...]
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Apr, 2012
Photo Essay: Shanghai’s Former Jewish Ghetto
Old meets new in this view of Hongkou rooftops sharing the sky with the top of the Shanghai World Financial Center, built across the Huang Pu River in Pudong, [...]