Belle Epoque at Petit Palais
Mrs. Chanel opens a hat shop in Deauville, Miss Sarah Bernhardt makes audiences rise to their feet in the concert rooms at he end of Tosca by Sardou, Mr.Toulouse-Lautrec wastes the nights and ...
Of all kinds, with all kinds, for everybody
I don’t know if Chinese cuisine has any mantra, but the one above mentioned would fit it to a T. It is the only place in the world where the jokes with "fried scorpions sandwiches" would not be ...
Higher and higher!
A thing I adored in the bars of Shanghai was that I was up, in high places, in most of them. And when I say height, I’m not joking -Flair Bar - on the 58th floor, Cloud 9 - on the 87th floor, Music Room - on the 92nd floor! I was ...
"Sense and Sensibility" in Salon de Ville
No, we haven’t arrived in Miss Austen’s Haye Park, we are still in Shanghai, in a place where tea is art, modus vivendi, poetry and history (nevertheless, the Chinese are the "forefathers" of the tea, the first people on earth who ...
Travel guide Shanghai - Hollywood obsession: Shanghai (1)
The mythical Marlene Dietrich, looking up, with her eyes shining dramatically, in „Shanghai Express”. Or Rita Hayworth’s cold, dramatic blond hair in „The Lady of Shanghai”. The thrilling, humorous starting scene of ...
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Beach Club Lover
I wouldn’t say that a towel you lay directly on the sand or, why not, a few minutes’ break „peau sur le sable" don’t have charm, or don’t tell their own story. But I don’t find anything wrong (on the contrary) in the ...
