http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog daily 1.0 2025-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1492302902301-2SPCQ2U6HOEP2F34QI1S/Shanghai_Dancing_World_cover.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/12/25/pandas-planners-poets-and-sacrificial-pits-four-days-in-and-around-chengdu monthly 0.5 2025-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/b938818e-2ec1-4850-b06b-0b435243c49c/Du_Fu_Thatched_Hut_Family_Photo.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Pandas, Planners, Poets, and Sacrificial Pits: Four Days in and Around Chengdu - Make it stand out Family photo at entrance to Du Fu’s Thatched Hut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1ee40426-519b-44ad-ab27-8a6195d2d8cb/People_Park_Teahouse.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Pandas, Planners, Poets, and Sacrificial Pits: Four Days in and Around Chengdu - Make it stand out Warming up in a teahouse in People’s Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/5b14aafc-2ee5-4744-a76e-5b62173ae730/Panda.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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Make it stand out Posing with the three heroes of the Three Kingdoms: (l to r) Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, and Guan Yu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/c999095e-4468-4768-9c72-04c1bec94322/Du_Fu_Thatched_Hut.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Pandas, Planners, Poets, and Sacrificial Pits: Four Days in and Around Chengdu - Make it stand out A representation of Du Fu’s Thatched Hut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/6654d933-b047-4d35-97e5-7c9ed4bacc38/Sanxingdui_Masks.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Pandas, Planners, Poets, and Sacrificial Pits: Four Days in and Around Chengdu - Make it stand out Masks in Sanxingdui Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/7515bd01-0f01-455b-87d6-4a257fb4f0d5/Sanxingdui_Statue.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Pandas, Planners, Poets, and Sacrificial Pits: Four Days in and Around Chengdu - Make it stand out Statue on first floor of Sanxingdui Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/cf52cc6d-6833-4059-ba4d-578f688b60d5/Sanxingdui_Tree.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Pandas, Planners, Poets, and Sacrificial Pits: Four Days in and Around Chengdu - Make it stand out Tree on second level of Sanxingdui Museum http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/12/15/beyond-good-and-evil-why-its-worth-rereading-dune-after-seeing-the-movies monthly 0.5 2025-12-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/d1d9d926-6389-4c73-99f5-bd854be33356/IMG_4774.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Beyond Good and Evil: Why It's Worth Rereading Dune After Seeing The Movies - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/12/14/getting-jazzed-in-the-jing-a-week-back-in-chinas-capital-city monthly 0.5 2025-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/8a97a157-ce92-4281-9c2a-14fd03bad3d0/Ah_Q_Playing_Ponte.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out Matt Roberts on Trombone and the Ah Q Jazz Arkestra at Ponte Restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/179cd429-4052-40b3-9bc2-1b8e9e74f3f7/Andrew_Gaotie.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out Andrew on the high speed train from Shanghai to Beijing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/e5f910e3-baa5-4dec-b929-dce441df9bd7/Ah-Q-Album_Launch_Jianghu.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out Matt Roberts (right) and Liu Xiaoguang (left) with guests at Jianghu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/f658a824-7540-45e8-b4c4-957a5d070c7e/Ah_Q_Jianghu.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out The Ah Q Jazz band posing for a photo at Jianghu Bar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/3fff1d05-aff0-4cd8-ad22-a546ccd6b490/Timekeepers.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out The door to Timekeepers Ball House near the Bell Tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/fa6e7b14-6394-4dd3-95a9-a8a1dbe0a0e0/Bell_Tower.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out Beijing Bell Tower 北京钟楼 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/4ffea317-4a2d-426d-ba69-e21dc069fc96/Drum_Tower.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out Beijing Drum Tower 北京鼓楼 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/d514aaec-2ef0-4797-b357-f0c84ce40bd7/TK_Open_Mic.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out Saso with other musicians at Timekeeper’s Open Mic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/e78c071a-af1a-4076-97d8-887392f66f5e/TK_Open_Mic_poster.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/b3cceb65-1212-4efc-a876-434ab6dabf5a/Andrew_798_UCCA.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out Me (Andrew, the author of this website) at the Ullens Center entering the exhibition of Yang Fudong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/7f0df651-9f32-4560-aece-e73fe70bb96e/Yang_Fudong_Panels.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out Yang Fudong exhibition panels at Ullens Center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/8f5c06b3-1a1b-4452-a58c-2979226ce6a5/Jianghu_Jazz_Jam.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out Tuesday jazz jam at Jianghu Bar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/a2ebd5f3-b22c-4632-b744-88605605946d/Smoke_Jazz_Jam.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Jazzed in the Jing: A Week Back in China’s Capital City - Make it stand out Jazz jam at Smoke Bar on Wednesday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/feed05bb-b72a-4f65-bbb4-54ba2eff3ab6/SLT_Snow.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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All In All It's Just Another Night At The Pearl: A Stellar Pink Floyd Tribute By The Red Stars And Guests - Make it stand out Mark as Pink (that’s a little joke that only Pink Floyd fans would get), emceeing and lead singing for the tribute concert, while Chad handles keys on right and Dave Stone plays electric guitar on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/c1e9ddfe-7fe5-45a2-9eba-247ed8b3e818/IMG_4378.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - All In All It's Just Another Night At The Pearl: A Stellar Pink Floyd Tribute By The Red Stars And Guests - Make it stand out Mark holding court on stage supported by Dave Stone and Chad with Eugene on bass. Above him you can see the Japanese symbol (a chrysanthemum I believe). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/ba97261b-c930-480d-b798-1f5536499bff/Screenshot+2025-11-23+at+16.51.16.png Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - All In All It's Just Another Night At The Pearl: A Stellar Pink Floyd Tribute By The Red Stars And Guests - Make it stand out Alexy performing one of his many fine solos with the zest and vigor, not to mention the long hair that has made him an icon of The Pearl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/17a56a60-4f37-4e9c-b8f7-e564176f30fd/Screenshot+2025-11-23+at+17.02.42.png Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - All In All It's Just Another Night At The Pearl: A Stellar Pink Floyd Tribute By The Red Stars And Guests - Make it stand out Dave Stone on guitar, Gil on drums, Ksenia on vocals and Chad on keys (sorry for the quality of this image, it’s a capture of a video I made) http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/11/16/-the-wordless-monument-a-grand-new-opera-in-northern-style monthly 0.5 2025-11-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/97a6161e-85ab-4f7a-8d02-9fe466fa4049/IMG_4293.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 无字碑 The Wordless Monument: A Grand New Opera in Northern Style - Make it stand out Waiting to attend the performance at the Oriental Art Center in Pudong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/9ffedb8d-27e9-4857-a069-862db31947b9/IMG_4300.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 无字碑 The Wordless Monument: A Grand New Opera in Northern Style - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/6/25/lord-of-the-rings-part-3-the-return-of-the-king-book-vs-film monthly 0.5 2025-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/31c50cfd-f453-4dec-af79-a686e7cc3303/Distant+Mountains.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Lord of the Rings Part 3: The Return of the King (Book vs Film) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/6/14/talking-two-towers-tolkiens-middle-earth-in-book-vs-film monthly 0.5 2025-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/3b71f9bc-86b7-4f3e-80e5-31c31e3f139e/ChatGPT+Image+Jun+15%2C+2025+at+11_03_48+AM.png Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Talking Two Towers -- Tolkien's Middle Earth in Book vs Film - Make it stand out After their trials, terrors, and perils, our beloved Hobbits finally arrive at…the Rainbow Pagoda of Nanjing. A bit of a humorous mashup as I continue my own journey through Jiangsu Province (the image by Chet is inspired by my viewing of the Da Bao En Ta 大报恩塔 or the “Porcelain Tower” in its recent remake). http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/6/6/fellowship-of-the-ring-book-vs-movie-part-1-of-lord-of-the-rings monthly 0.5 2025-06-06 http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/5/21/prdfv81zdvqnz7s83wdhsiobswxoao monthly 0.5 2025-05-25 http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/5/16/the-rolling-stones-story-a-book-review-and-appreciation-of-the-bands-longevity-over-60-years monthly 0.5 2025-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/754ee9fb-ad76-4e6a-8996-22a822d85a04/Rolling_Stones.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - The Rolling Stones Story: A Book Review and Appreciation of the Band's Longevity over 60 Years - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/5/7/talking-highway-61-revisited-my-take-on-bob-dylans-iconic-album-from-1965 monthly 0.5 2025-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/7da653a6-d410-4a62-a2ae-fe968d36500c/Highway+61+revisited+album+cover.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Talking Highway 61 Revisited-My Take on Bob Dylan’s Iconic Album from 1965 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/5/6/reading-philip-larkins-poems-reasons-for-attendance-and-dry-point monthly 0.5 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/7fd52719-345f-42d1-ad17-36b23776af67/Phillip-Larkin-Portrait.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Reading Philip Larkin’s Poems “Reasons for Attendance” and “Dry Point” - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/5/6/paul-muldoon-at-the-sign-of-the-black-horse-september-1999-poem monthly 0.5 2025-05-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/2c02e5bc-048c-429a-ba31-58ce593f2716/Paul+Muldoon.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Reading Paul Muldoon's Poem, "At the Sign of the Black Horse, September 1999" - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/5/4/ted-hughes-saints-island-from-flowers-and-insects-1986-part-1-of-my-random-poems-series monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/f9d33c80-d4e0-4665-b8be-5b14baea64c7/Ted+Hughes+Collected+Poems.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ted Hughes “Saint's Island” From Flowers and Insects (1986) (Part 1 of My Random Poems Series) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/5/3/two-poems-by-seamus-heaney-part-3-of-my-random-poems-series monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/776a905c-24c5-4670-aca9-ca3a17dc3cc9/cover_desktop_seamus-heaney-and-joseph-brodsky-a-poetic-friendship.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Two Poems by Seamus Heaney (Part 3 of my Random Poems Series) - Make it stand out Poet Seamus Heaney and Joseph Brodsky, from an article I found about their relationship https://www.thearticle.com/seamus-heaney-and-joseph-brodsky-a-poetic-friendship http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/5/3/s3ze8s6q90dtiyu1hng4ll3kope75t monthly 0.5 2025-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/ec9b1178-54cc-4413-8763-e931d8ce84e3/61dzLkbYg0L._SL1200_.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2025/5/1/talking-bringing-it-all-back-home-a-song-by-song-appreciation-of-one-of-bob-dylans-best-albums monthly 0.5 2025-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/9ed9e75d-6f47-47e0-bf90-7a5c6e230b8b/Bringing+It+All+Back+Home.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Talking Bringing It All Back Home: A Song By Song Appreciation of One of Bob Dylan’s Best Albums - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/2e59051f-40f3-47cc-8054-cb76d162b3cc/bringing-it-all-back-home-cover-back.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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Club president Jesse Campbell is just below Nick Xue posing with Alec Haavik in the back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/6471fa37-1bcb-4de6-ae58-3cbf825d71ee/640.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Impressions on Seeing Gary Wang and the JZ Band at the New JZ Club on Hengshan Road - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/a291dc0f-62fa-45f2-9b1d-3be9c58ff04e/IMG_6894.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Impressions on Seeing Gary Wang and the JZ Band at the New JZ Club on Hengshan Road - Make it stand out A closer view of the horn section with trumpets, trombones, sax and other reeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/97472dba-f900-47ea-9275-4fa8dc4cd011/IMG_6879.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Impressions on Seeing Gary Wang and the JZ Band at the New JZ Club on Hengshan Road - 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Hit my Last Number and Walked to the Road: On Playing in a Band, Learning New Songs, and Jamming at Eagle Bar for Robert’s Epic Birthday Party in Kunshan Robert and Johan http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2021/10/4/a22u24dbgh115h0mms6ce5o3qwhh4l monthly 0.5 2021-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1633402021360-ADMDTN2FKPYFXGNBDBAS/IMG_5737.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Century of Jazz in Shanghai: Documentary Film Nearing Completion The filmmaker at the latest screening on Sept 26 with (L to R) Alec Haavik, Greg Smith, Jasmine Chen, Songlan, Lin Dongfu, and Ren Yuqing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1633402163693-DBFN5RN9UGMH94U8N8XE/IMG_5741.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Century of Jazz in Shanghai: Documentary Film Nearing Completion Q&A with the audience during the screening event http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2021/7/10/498ye2gdknwc6vtrqyddwl850w5a2c monthly 0.5 2021-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625897520093-FMUKFJ5A4XP9MEQZR7S8/IMG_8189.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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David Wang giving me some instructions during our filming on site at the Yangshupu Power Plant http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2021/7/4/65a8loi4da7mh52wpi8es1ednohdum monthly 0.5 2021-07-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625374852249-TOAEKLNA04EE6DL12UXY/IMG_4927.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 With my daughter Sarah in the mountains above Langmusi in Gansu Province https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625374953037-DG6DX5Z6ZWCK6Y1RTDG5/IMG_0909.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 Our tour leader He Siliu with his students from CUC, at Yangguan Pass in Dunhuang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625375152270-IPCREJ61JHJSA4YOAHGK/IMG_4053.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 Our survey tour group poses for a photo in front of the giant Buddha cave in the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625375537225-VCSAXNDMIGSBCZQZPLTE/IMG_4169.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 Our group posing in front of the Great Wild Goose Pagoda 大雁塔 and statue of the monk Xuanzang 玄奘 in the center of Xi’an https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625375634609-OA4NZ8RNCZVJ1FSDOQR9/IMG_4389.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 The international component of our group poses with Mr. He in front of an exhibition of journalists who visited Yan’an in the 1930s-1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625375786352-WGQ3XM32GRTLOT7BCRRW/IMG_4428.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 A pano image of the 600 meter Thanka in the Tibetan Museum of Culture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625375893346-F1E19G07TUR9AGXXBG7Q/IMG_1081.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 Rebgong and the Rongwo Monastery from across the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625376973698-LYOQA92OZLDOL075QMLC/IMG_4696.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 Sarah takes a photo of a Tibetan Buddhist nun on the Ganjia Grassland, but not before kindly asking for permission to do so https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625377216120-VOE81G0VBDSC17RMT6BH/IMG_4733.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 Monks at Labrang Monastery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625377547276-RQEO8WKD6IVZE2OWOTM0/IMG_5004.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 One of the tents where we stayed overnight on the plateau. Though it rained all night, we were mostly warm and dry in the tents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625377484330-ZB72J2G2SDBUJHJD540S/IMG_5049.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 Mom makes yogurt as our guide Sangy helps out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1625376035522-UWZKMP801U1YIZ3S38OB/IMG_4606.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 Our tour group poses at a Chorten and prayer flags at the Ganjia Grasslands http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2021/6/3/jb55evalxwidzzd9mz54490r2q5f1n monthly 0.5 2021-06-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1622726068356-PZJ5KY4VEGFISZ6WH6Y7/IMG_3248.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Rocking and Jazzing in 2021: Following, Filming, and Playing in the Music Scenes of Shanghai and Kunshan Toby Mak leading a Miles Davis tribute concert at JZ in May, with Wilson Chen on sax, Johnny Joseph on drums, Byron Hill on keys, and others https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1622726787592-6PWPM6VAZQA3WEUR7DTS/IMG_3430.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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Live Again: The Revival and Current Status of Music Scenes in China Carsick Cars performing at Wave Livehouse in Suzhou to a sold-out crowd on Dec 12 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1608891998866-HWQ6Y9W8W28KJEL4XJM3/Jamming+at+eagle+bar.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Live Again: The Revival and Current Status of Music Scenes in China On December 18 2020, I had the honor of jamming with the Eagle Bar Band on my birthday. Robert is to my left. Melody is to my right. Flash is on drums and Ryan is on bass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1608892074950-W0VZLH35LXF3MYDB26MW/Alec+at+shake.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Live Again: The Revival and Current Status of Music Scenes in China Alec Haavik performs swing and early rock’n’roll tunes at Shake in Shanghai on the night of Nov 27 2020. 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Photo courtesy of my neighbor Glenn Rifkin, with whom I went on a birdwatching jaunt a few days ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1598994587161-NTOYTR3D1GJ1243R4SG0/Andrew+Field+binoculars.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking and Cycling Towards Walden: More Meditations on Place, Belonging, Nature, and Displacement Me posing for a selfie in the Nashoba Brook conservation land, also known as the Trail Through Time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1599003343418-4B34RTBZYBEUWL26UHS9/barred+owl.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking and Cycling Towards Walden: More Meditations on Place, Belonging, Nature, and Displacement A Barred Owl, which appeared mysteriously during a walk through the woods, and then disappeared into the woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1598994816392-4FSWKLUAUJZTXD2TYO14/Andrew+cycling+Harvard+Center.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking and Cycling Towards Walden: More Meditations on Place, Belonging, Nature, and Displacement Another selfie while cycling through Harvard, posing at Harvard Center in front of a monument to the local citizens who fought in the Civil War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1598994935065-QGW2RPZK47ZYSQCMFG3D/Harvard+Bolton+bike+ride.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking and Cycling Towards Walden: More Meditations on Place, Belonging, Nature, and Displacement One of our more challenging rides, over the hilly country of Harvard and Bolton and back to Hudson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1598995479095-P2VV6UK37591ZSKNC085/Hudson+town+center.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking and Cycling Towards Walden: More Meditations on Place, Belonging, Nature, and Displacement Hudson Town Center, where we stopped for a beer after our bike ride, with proper social distancing of course https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1599003394537-E0YGN5EW7FFCTDMM1I2J/Punkatasset+.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking and Cycling Towards Walden: More Meditations on Place, Belonging, Nature, and Displacement My daughters Sarah and Hannah climb Indian Rock at Punkatasset conservation land in Concord https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1599003436443-3M1V39BTCSH4XPZSAAY5/Walking+Towards+Walden.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking and Cycling Towards Walden: More Meditations on Place, Belonging, Nature, and Displacement Reading Walking Towards Walden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1599003466324-5XJZ1Z3RT02IYS3YXZ3K/page+from+Walking+Towards+Walden.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking and Cycling Towards Walden: More Meditations on Place, Belonging, Nature, and Displacement A page from Walking Towards Walden describing Henry David Thoreau and his ambles http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2020/8/8/where-else-but-walden-some-reflections-on-henry-david-thoreau-while-walking-around-walden-pond monthly 0.5 2020-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1596901587849-X98AFS02QSDPE5HFE698/Thoreau+Cabin+replica+Walden+Pond.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Where Else but Walden? 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These places offer one endless opportunities to meditate on the beauty and interconnectedness of the natural world and the creatures and plants that inhabit it. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2020/5/26/how-i-released-my-inner-druid-and-why-the-owl-is-my-familiar monthly 0.5 2020-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1590545501381-FTUKOILLKLJT9F8INUSC/barred+owl+as+familiar.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - How I Released My Inner Druid, and Why the Owl Looks Familiar Does this owl look familiar to you? 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But what can we expect with a Hollywood blockbuster? http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2020/3/27/count-your-blessings-some-more-thoughts-while-coping-with-the-crisis monthly 0.5 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1585342818071-R9GIF5CIKEZ8EE6W8Y1N/Nature+Thoreau+Woods+Concord.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Count Your Blessings: Some More Thoughts While Coping with the Crisis One of many passages from Thoreau left in the woods to mark pathways that he once walked in the woods of Concord. This one says, “What though the woods be cut down, this emergency was long ago foreseen and provided for by Nature, and the interregnum is not allowed to be a barren one…she not only begins instantly to heal that scar, but she consoles and refreshes us with fruits such as the forest did not produce.” http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2020/3/20/battling-the-coronavirus-blues monthly 0.5 2020-03-20 http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2020/3/14/please-dont-succumb-to-coronoia-how-to-avoid-the-viral-madness monthly 0.5 2020-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584209912803-CFHOSUQ32YSEI30221MM/IMG_6288.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Please Don’t Succumb to Coronoia: How to Avoid the Viral Madness Late afternoon at Nara Park in Acton Mass. as clouds and thundershowers give way to the setting sunlight. These nature walks can help you beat the corona blues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584210019951-2ZRGOWSDNE2A7CCO59KX/IMG_6318.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Please Don’t Succumb to Coronoia: How to Avoid the Viral Madness Do you really need enough pasta to feed an army of 50? Our local supermarket last Friday evening. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2020/3/13/how-to-move-teaching-and-learning-onlinefast-teaching-a-course-remotely-to-students-at-duke-kunshan-universitynbsp monthly 0.5 2020-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584129640532-XHBTM5H6H2PZ2XQ5C312/IMG_1915.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - How to Move Teaching and Learning Online—FAST!!! Teaching A Course Remotely to Students at Duke Kunshan University  During a test class using Zoom, some students used live video of themselves (with a background screen) and others just used their pictures, while some just used their names. The photo is from happier times on the campus of DKU. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2020/3/12/f5emx20y6gigkmg5hv79y94vp4z2fg monthly 0.5 2020-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584027865197-YDOWPID34FS5TEQEPWY2/7thWarLoanPoster.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Take Heart! The Jazz Orchestra Known as the USA Will Prevail Against the Coronavirus The 7th War Loan drive in 1945. Duke Ellington, America’s great jazz bandleader, helped to promote this drive through radio concerts. So did my own grandfather Stanley Field, who served as a producer for Armed Forces Radio in WWII. http://behindthescenes.nyhistory.org/duke-ellington-wants-you-to-buy-war-bonds/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584029152364-KEEV80TYZ43DILG3L9IO/Adjustments.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Take Heart! The Jazz Orchestra Known as the USA Will Prevail Against the Coronavirus My grandfather Stanley Field, who served in Armed Forces Radio as a writer and producer, bringing entertainment to troops across the world in WWII. Grandpa Stan was from an immigrant Jewish family that fled Russia in WWI to make their home in the USA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584028333101-2BOW1H29MV78AZ538HTZ/Adjustments.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Take Heart! The Jazz Orchestra Known as the USA Will Prevail Against the Coronavirus America’s great jazz bandleader Duke Ellington in 1945, who pitched in for the war effort, and later became one of our greatest cultural ambassadors to the world. https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/fsa/8d13000/8d13200/8d13230r.jpg http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2020/3/7/97psmosq7lf9wue7umoejf70iw0rlj monthly 0.5 2020-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1583601599157-96JGZLQNSP7BLB8U5N6B/IMG_3988.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - To Blame or Not to Blame? 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The author in his hometown of Acton, Mass. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2020/2/27/1cpy8s7j2dxnujta05sgoni439t7af monthly 0.5 2020-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1582829363128-A0C0ZTM32B6USPTNSNLF/IMG_4400.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Why We Left China: Seeking Refuge Abroad During the Coronavirus Crisis On board a flight from Shanghai to Seoul, on Feb 10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1582829921348-G1F287VOW56LIAOP0JHF/IMG_4795.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Why We Left China: Seeking Refuge Abroad During the Coronavirus Crisis On the path down to McClure Beach in Point Reyes National Shoreline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1582830113044-JFBM4BL9W6YUPKB09EFL/image-asset.png Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Why We Left China: Seeking Refuge Abroad During the Coronavirus Crisis Meeting online with my Duke Kunshan students via the platform known as Zoom. 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Almost everyone wears masks, regardless of the circumstances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1581170997024-UO4XZ737N38ZRLKKQTKP/IMG_4286.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Coping with the Coronavirus Crisis in Shanghai My favorite neighborhood watering hole is closed for the time being. Don’t know when I’ll have my next good craft beer. 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A Field Trip to the Shanghai Museum Bi Disc, Liangzhu Culture (c 3200-2200 BC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1569481693546-DB1EYL4T5TRNN9MOVQIN/IMG_1539.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Holy Bronzes! A Field Trip to the Shanghai Museum Diety, Shijiahe Culture (2500-2000 BC) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1569481736718-3GVEMO3XZ1DF36Q3HA1O/IMG_1552.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Holy Bronzes! A Field Trip to the Shanghai Museum Ornaments on Funerary Face Covering, Late Western Zhou (9th c-771 BC) http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/8/3/camp-dartmouth-a-five-star-summer-experience-in-hanover monthly 0.5 2019-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1564850172749-0JFQRMZZE02EU0WQ7Q34/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover Hannah and Sarah on campus between meals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1564849933581-EJY1T175Y0AGSQ52VUS9/IMG_0542.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover The girls had fun dressing up one of the counselors during a friendly ice-breaker the first night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1564850006467-KY0MOGVGPA7XPPGSSVMN/IMG_0549.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover Meeting the other campers in Occom Commons for a fun fashion event on day 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1564850054492-SZQHBNOEUTJ1KFLM6V6O/IMG_0564.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover Hannah in her dorm room in Bildner Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1564850097525-9VVH7WYD8RN94FE8WS15/IMG_0574.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover Hannah and her Biblical namesake at the newly renovated Hood Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1564850140785-I29JVAKBVIOG25G5ECXN/IMG_0582.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover Catching up with Professors Susan Blader and Pamela Crossley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1564850203170-WXUQV7NOKV57B951UEOK/IMG_0600.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover Counselor Sarah Palmer and the girls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1564850338926-EHINSRA64WQ6MYUCH740/IMG_0629.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover On the fire tower on Gile Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1564850233766-SMY8L0D5E62M167Q1XYL/IMG_0641.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover Canoeing on the Connecticut River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1564850255612-GRDTG5P9HMHV46YZX4DZ/IMG_0652.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1564850717923-NINBJ8BDZGGJLLIFIRVR/IMG_0655.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover With counselor Margaret at Ledyard http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/7/20/learning-from-the-long-sands-a-conference-trip-to-changsha-and-the-rule-of-thirds monthly 0.5 2019-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563662924420-C4Y4UB1O77RM7808KGY8/IMG_0387.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds 杜甫江阁 The Dufu Pavilion on the Changsha riverside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563663012766-X0OBE011EMIXV5HUIV1E/IMG_0260.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds Looking up towards the Fenglin Hotel from the road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563663057351-ZYH0EE3H7SRKA8DULF4J/IMG_0262.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds The Hunan Provincial Museum in Changsha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563663111160-GQ8TU104OUH3GK9V7QEJ/IMG_0324.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds One of many fine silk fabrics that are on display at the Mawangdui exhibition in the museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563663160454-ZEUWNNDO25CMWJNN5BDC/IMG_0348.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds One of thousands of texts found in the Mawangdui tombs in the form of silk pages—these finds enabled historians to “rewrite” the history of philosophy in ancient China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563663246747-7XC4ZNDZL0RLI819ZYGF/IMG_0356.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds A full-scale replica of the tomb that contained the coffin of Lady Dai, part of the Mawangdui exhibition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563663309518-92VKF0XKXMT1FDEETE6U/IMG_0364.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds Enjoying a fine Hunanese meal with my co-panelists Renren, Junting, and Cedric https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563663400370-BDGM53K8S0ITBGKJDGQP/IMG_0391.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds A brief nighttime riverside walk with some DKU students who were in Changsha for a special project. The young woman in the white dress in the center, Lisa Da, is a native of Changsha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563664496835-ZU4K2YH2JIRZT0HAL2QN/67144659_10161916501760065_8867870279435550720_n.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds Group photo apres dinner with Lucas, Heidi, Tammy, and Cedric https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563663470572-0PR51DJH7KHXIF2ZB74K/IMG_0400.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds Giving my Kunshan Soundscapes talk at the conference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563663549345-2LUE1T5CSDHWZDDFETXC/IMG_0396.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1563663578722-VCSSQ3HM5FG7WSAYQ4P2/IMG_0403.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds Waiting in line for the chair lift up the mountain http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/7/12/touring-zhangjiajie-the-fantastical-mountainscape-of-chinas-avatar-disneyland monthly 0.5 2019-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983333011-9RVLFYNFM6EP4V1Y33GD/IMG_0056.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” The view from Tianzishan in Zhangjiajie https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983384277-7CMGKQIMJFBYGP4T1789/IMG_0007.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” Mushroom soup, anyone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983442114-AGUBC9SAX6AVN7OFVHL2/IMG_0034.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” Watch your food, or somebody might just snatch it away! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983482631-ZQPSLMFZQR76DFI6MY0Y/IMG_0043.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” Dr. Seuss would be at home here… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983523543-UO2F1R8GOW6OJH82G4F2/IMG_0060.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” The magical, mystical view from Tianzishan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983569045-RYVC9IHXCZH3R8VYU1BL/IMG_0075+%281%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” Looking out from on the glass bridge overlooking Grand Canyon. Can you tell I’m a bit nervous? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983612151-9HBF29KTBPP1S4GO5E38/IMG_0076.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” The glass bridge is a fun walk if you don’t mind crowds! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983656032-FXFVMQ1XSLEW94DDIFXQ/IMG_0097.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” Was I really all the way up there? Seems like dream now… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983689658-7813P0ZCLMA5SIVF4A06/IMG_0128.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” So nice to be back on solid ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983799771-S3CW86EKIKS9OQEO0KBC/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” Our group at the base of Tianmenshan, where we boarded the buses to go up the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983731165-BSYGUJOZHQQR3HVP68DY/IMG_0167.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” The platform and staircase on Tianmenshan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983965942-DGP93QMM5JL25LUT0BE2/IMG_0171.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” On the wooden walkway running along the cliffside. You can see from my position where I am most comfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1562983862806-VZNHHOX20HSUIXQE0MXW/IMG_0210.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” The cable car down the mountain—now that was a nice ride! http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/6/2/international-educators-unite-surviving-my-first-nafsa-conference-in-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1559502638800-6CFHBEZB1Y5FDGMZHFLX/IMG_3157.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - International Educators Unite! Surviving My First NAFSA Conference in 2019 Let the rumpus begin! Thousands of educators arrive for the start of the NAFSA conference in DC on May 28 2019 and hit the Expo, a vast underground hall filled with booths representing international education orgs from around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1559502719476-G8H2KQPJK6Z1GGJF3H9C/IMG_3163.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - International Educators Unite! Surviving My First NAFSA Conference in 2019 Prepared for battle: This is me getting ready to hit the sessions, meetings, and Expo hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1559502809924-U24V59NHAR5196O2MWML/IMG_3169.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - International Educators Unite! Surviving My First NAFSA Conference in 2019 What’s it like to meet and greet thousands of international educators from around the world? Come to NAFSA and find out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1559502873205-UHJ49FT29FJ9NIA9O6OB/IMG_3166.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - International Educators Unite! Surviving My First NAFSA Conference in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1559503389901-J7ATCABWM0MRGEDPYQGZ/IMG_3326.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - International Educators Unite! Surviving My First NAFSA Conference in 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1559502957892-4RGY8W0BGL6WSOQLYGCK/IMG_3178.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - International Educators Unite! Surviving My First NAFSA Conference in 2019 Waiting for the African American History Museum to open https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1559503109591-ASV3G27GCVAGMXVZLHY3/IMG_3315.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - International Educators Unite! Surviving My First NAFSA Conference in 2019 Wearing the purple first-timer badge with pride http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/5/5/what-is-this-thing-called-jazz-a-talk-and-performance-with-benny-benack-quartet-at-jazz-at-lincoln-center-shanghai monthly 0.5 2019-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1557029870870-678DMFTFAKVSSM8FZOK6/IMG_2587.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - What Is This Thing Called Jazz? A Talk and Performance with Benny Benack Quartet at Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai The Benny Benack Quartet with guest musician Walter Blanding, at Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai April 30 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1557029946560-1HW7PXXRWT0O9TMI17VT/IMG_2569.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - What Is This Thing Called Jazz? 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A Talk and Performance with Benny Benack Quartet at Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/4/14/the-long-march-of-the-flaneurs-celebrating-the-tenth-anniversary-of-shanghai-flaneur monthly 0.5 2019-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1555238783802-31PA9JG19RWV3JU3EJY0/DSCF1114.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - The Long March of the Flaneurs: Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Shanghai Flaneur On the Long March of the Flaneurs: left to right are Remi, Mickey, Annette, Duncan, ?, and Han Zheng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1555238507686-MG7ZIDMUEGLQIRALPY73/DSCF1071.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - The Long March of the Flaneurs: Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Shanghai Flaneur Annette introducing Maja while Katja looks on and behind them is the former home of Shi Liangcai on Tongren Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1555238581376-IKD7231QH8FMT7DXWE7S/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - The Long March of the Flaneurs: Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Shanghai Flaneur I give my talk on Whitey Smith and the Majestic Ballroom, where China first learned to dance in the 1920s, to Yolanda (on my left) and other Flaneurs . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1555238652638-VT9XKTF4F0H43CBIU5F1/DSCF1118.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - The Long March of the Flaneurs: Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Shanghai Flaneur The old apartment building on the corner of Nanjing Road and Shimen Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1555238699378-AUJMKL42FF4ULMI7Z9RU/DSCF1129.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - The Long March of the Flaneurs: Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Shanghai Flaneur It was too dark to take a photo that evening so next morning I went with my daughter Hannah back to the Sun Court courtyard, which is just a few blocks from where we live in Shanghai. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/4/8/7940vmkkzuybfrjxqeb1cmxdy5hnar monthly 0.5 2019-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1554771219805-6CNF7Q7NL65IGML65B4R/IMG_1814.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 宁波 Ningbo, a Chinese City on the Tranquil Waves of Time A fisherman casting his net along the Ningbo riverside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1554771258074-AF6DGVHSNHFZU6RSPCQB/IMG_1736.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 宁波 Ningbo, a Chinese City on the Tranquil Waves of Time On the Hangzhou Bay Bridge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1554771289997-ULBMXI8IJHPUG2FXL3QS/IMG_1749.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 宁波 Ningbo, a Chinese City on the Tranquil Waves of Time The view from the 30th floor of the Marriott https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1554771346555-JT4ACT61GRCNMP5IVKKP/IMG_7578.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 宁波 Ningbo, a Chinese City on the Tranquil Waves of Time Exhibition of a scholarly study at Tianyige https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1554771386864-6925DQBNVZO50IHGJZPQ/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 宁波 Ningbo, a Chinese City on the Tranquil Waves of Time A pond in the middle of the Tianyige complex https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1554771439356-0C6B6914T0ZN4VMZQ52A/IMG_7707.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 宁波 Ningbo, a Chinese City on the Tranquil Waves of Time A view of the temple buildings and surrounding mountains from atop Tiantong Temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1554771506889-WVT9G1GMMY9NHWFFRB63/IMG_1838.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 宁波 Ningbo, a Chinese City on the Tranquil Waves of Time Tourists on the rooftop of the Ningbo Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1554771560396-S99TGW5WNVWGY5AZ0XHU/IMG_1872.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 宁波 Ningbo, a Chinese City on the Tranquil Waves of Time Before it became Ningbo it was known as Mingzhou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1554771608785-CDM1ZRS3UAP49KRRSODQ/IMG_1892.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 宁波 Ningbo, a Chinese City on the Tranquil Waves of Time The busy, but not too busy, food street of Nantang Laojie http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/3/26/talking-about-the-beatles-5-albums-backwards-and-forwards monthly 0.5 2019-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1553624714083-U3BTN1FV8OQPP4WKM6FH/Beatles.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Talking About the Beatles: 5 Albums Backwards and Forwards The Fab Four http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/3/23/a-magical-evening-of-jazz-at-lincoln-center-shanghai-with-wynton-marsalis-and-his-big-band-march-14-2019 monthly 0.5 2019-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1553397515089-SFZC7IWB1Q55EJS8PW3X/IMG_1340.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Magical Evening of Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai with Wynton Marsalis and His Big Band (March 14 2019) That’s a mighty big horn section! 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Yotei. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1551002096358-BC0ZV907BKFYWPQI1H9F/IMG_1039.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Niseko Green: A Dartmouth Alumni Gathering in Snowy Hokkaido A cabin in the snowy woods near Hanazono https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1551002154407-5F3KSPGHSTD3C5G18KXZ/IMG_1110.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Niseko Green: A Dartmouth Alumni Gathering in Snowy Hokkaido Cliff and his biz partner Roy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1551002272645-DUTVKOKRBT93DU4NMEG9/IMG_1070.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Niseko Green: A Dartmouth Alumni Gathering in Snowy Hokkaido The Dartmouth alums listen to a speech over dinner at Ki Niseko https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1551002449805-M9Q0PAYPHF4FR92RZW0B/IMG_1116.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Niseko Green: A Dartmouth Alumni Gathering in Snowy Hokkaido Still crazy after all these years: Cliff, Euysung and I getting together at Niseko. The last time the three of us were in one place was over 30 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1551002537756-R9JRPMCXRFO88ECU3EUZ/IMG_1120.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Niseko Green: A Dartmouth Alumni Gathering in Snowy Hokkaido Snowboarders at Hirafu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1551002365938-CDBNBGOMLGRIQS1CCUW3/IMG_1079.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Niseko Green: A Dartmouth Alumni Gathering in Snowy Hokkaido Slip slidin’ away: navigating the icy roads of Hirafu as we searched for beer http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/2/22/working-through-the-pain-to-victory-memories-of-coach-jeff-johnson-and-the-abrhs-boys-swim-team-1983-1987 monthly 0.5 2019-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1550817153129-024M1KCK633FEBRCFYIO/ABRHSboys-swim-team-1987.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Working Through the Pain to Victory: Memories of Coach Jeff Johnson and the ABRHS Boys’ Swim Team, 1983-1987 The Acton Boxborough Regional High School Boys’ Swim Team in 1987. Coach Johnson is far right in last row. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/2/11/mapping-shanghais-entertainment-world-christian-henriot-and-virtualshanghainet monthly 0.5 2019-02-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1549935348554-Z5DXVMWBN8N08GZ25L5A/Christian+Henriot+mapping+Shanghai+entertainment+world Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Mapping Shanghai’s Entertainment World: Christian Henriot and Virtualshanghai.net A screenshot of Dr. Christian Henriot’s talk at Stanford University on his latest project, from a video posted on his own website ankeqiang.org http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/2/7/songs-about-shanghai-from-the-early-jazz-age monthly 0.5 2019-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1549528022936-H8ECSPUZYXWWT1Z9W8RW/oriental_jazz_orchestra.png Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Songs About Shanghai from the Early Jazz Age This was one of many early jazz bands with an Oriental theme. 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A New Year display at the Lantern Festival in the City God Temple area of Shanghai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1549422336412-0YTYGVRH6SRVYWS544SO/IMG_0825.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 新年快乐，恭喜发财！Happy Chinese New Year from ShanghaiSojourns! A classic Shanghai-style New Year’s dinner cooked by my father-in-law: spring rolls, duck, chicken, fish, eggs, kaofu, pork chops, and chicken feet! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1549422419189-GIZJW375SOB1ASNYMCWI/IMG_0856.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 新年快乐，恭喜发财！Happy Chinese New Year from ShanghaiSojourns! Three little pigs, a New Year display at the Waldorf Astoria on the Bund https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1549422378431-R3B2XMTSQUBGU9N8JL5X/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 新年快乐，恭喜发财！Happy Chinese New Year from ShanghaiSojourns! Looking northward out over the Bund from atop 3 on the Bund https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1549422481721-01JRE7764XX31G8AHCM5/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 新年快乐，恭喜发财！Happy Chinese New Year from ShanghaiSojourns! The buildings of Pudong, all tarted up for the New Year holiday https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1549422523688-AQULTQT34RHSYBXIC4XC/DSCF0837.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 新年快乐，恭喜发财！Happy Chinese New Year from ShanghaiSojourns! The neon signs of Nanjing East Road http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/1/19/the-china-challenge-from-quantity-to-quality monthly 0.5 2019-01-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1547917456046-4U6L48W3D0HQS4XQD2CP/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - The China Challenge: From Quantity to Quality to Inequality Corner of Fenyang Road and Huaihai Road in Shanghai, taken on Jan 19 2019 http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/1/5/the-best-of-shanghai-sojourns-the-ten-most-popular-posts-in-2018 monthly 0.5 2019-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1546745742938-ZXRWHLYWFSHVGIH4UNY0/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - The Best of Shanghai Sojourns: The Ten Most Popular Posts in 2018 http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2019/1/1/walking-on-the-wild-side-of-life-laura-dassow-walls-bio-of-henry-thoreau monthly 0.5 2019-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1546336146463-H8SWQWH36Y3P3QI1SIB9/Thoreau.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking on the Wild Side of Life: Reading Laura Dassow Walls’ Bio of Henry Thoreau Henry David Thoreau in a daguerreotype taken in 1856 by Benjamin D. 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Maxham/Thoreau Society and the Walden Woods Project (NY Times) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1546336315238-X5WX37DA1VQVKPGC07QQ/IMG_9309.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking on the Wild Side of Life: Reading Laura Dassow Walls’ Bio of Henry Thoreau A selfie in front of a sign for the Thoreau 200th anniversary exhibition at the Concord Free Library in summer 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1546336384412-26RVOJUGUPNJ074K1AQH/IMG_9310.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking on the Wild Side of Life: Reading Laura Dassow Walls’ Bio of Henry Thoreau A panorama of the Thoreau exhibition in 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1546336465279-VVVP22GTIFCH8S1BLJQW/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking on the Wild Side of Life: Reading Laura Dassow Walls’ Bio of Henry Thoreau A photo of Concord’s main street in the mid-19th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1546336501050-TUKH3SKDSFHD7ZA88D8Z/IMG_9319.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking on the Wild Side of Life: Reading Laura Dassow Walls’ Bio of Henry Thoreau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1546336521634-HFYTTKER7MYEGSSA297E/IMG_9320.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking on the Wild Side of Life: Reading Laura Dassow Walls’ Bio of Henry Thoreau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1546336579731-708TOV7ZLO38LEJJYMMT/IMG_9312.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking on the Wild Side of Life: Reading Laura Dassow Walls’ Bio of Henry Thoreau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1546336616149-VRLEJXMK475EAB1FB6UF/IMG_9439.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking on the Wild Side of Life: Reading Laura Dassow Walls’ Bio of Henry Thoreau Pencils were his trademark—Thoreau’s gravestone in the “author’s ridge” of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1546336672788-184F25EZN7XQSQL6136G/IMG_6200.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking on the Wild Side of Life: Reading Laura Dassow Walls’ Bio of Henry Thoreau Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Concord, one of my favorite places to visit when I’m in town. Thoreau envisioned having national parks and wildlife refuges across America—a vision that eventually came into being after his death. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/12/27/a-brahmsian-world-on-finishing-jan-swaffords-brahms-bio monthly 0.5 2019-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1545912780497-B7HIB45S1K15D2VI1M9F/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Brahmsian World: On Finishing Jan Swafford’s Brahms Bio http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/12/10/sa-bai-dee-attending-the-rustic-pathways-ed-net-conference-in-luang-prabang monthly 0.5 2018-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544488656867-Z2HT72RP4GCSU8GZR824/DSCF0040.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference A boat moored on the edge of the Mekong River, near where the Rustic Pathways Base Camp is located. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544489269487-NWAQYM6SX4MTE92TE94I/laos_map.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544490376567-QP5MF4CIQZYW6W67QEL6/DSCF0092.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Lao House on Rustic Pathways Base Camp, where I and a few other teachers stayed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544490460186-QZRL8D6JW8XQF6RWGKHL/DSCF0074.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference First night dinner at Coconut Restaurant in midtown Luang Prabang. Les is second from right and next to him is Nathalia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544490750286-H591FA26HD0ZICRUN1IN/IMG_0274.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Our fearless leader Les debriefing us in the riverside lodge after the service learning experience (see below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544490851829-7ZVHIV82KUBAA5R3RQNV/DSCF0275.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Some children in the village. One of our vans is behind them on the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544490956798-QDQD9GGYYL6FOCQ3VA76/DSCF0294.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference This is the school that Rustic Pathways helped the village to build through their service learning project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544496043935-R4ZZ5L0D3RLVEOCPINDC/DSCF0437.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference I spent a few minutes shoveling stones into buckets to be passed along a human chain of villagers to the mixing spot, before a more muscularly equipped teacher named Nate took over the task. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544491030943-GP8T9DUTRZ7CLCEXHFTR/DSCF0372.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Pitching in with the others to help mix cement. Even though I did relatively little of the work, my back and neck sure felt it the next day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544491648353-09POVD3AXNZZMSFEUP7K/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Making posts for a platform that will surround the community center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544491145968-DX2TTSM80QAQQPUL91BV/DSCF0347.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference One of the teachers in our group, Dustin, seemed to know what he was doing. Here he applies some carpentry skills to help build foundational posts for a platform that will surround the community center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544491253442-ZOG25M2JKI70DHEQGE8K/DSCF0520.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Two of our teachers, Tom and Nate, use their ample muscles to help some of the villagers to mix cement for the platform. This was tough work! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544491367370-D50SW61SKHZA79CZREBD/DSCF0528.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Caught loafing on the job while “chatting” in Khmu with some villagers! They were teaching me how to say “handle” and “shovel” (dam and suen as I recall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544491481629-7F5HEXYAS7WSZGR3KKZI/DSCF0586.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Group photo of the work crew. Behind us is the community center, which will take a while longer to complete. Each group that comes up here makes a modest contribution to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544496353685-17CY0L2QC33Y5QWKK8I8/DSCF0218.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference This reclining Buddha on the hillside of Mount Phu Is captures well the relaxed and meditative atmosphere of the ancient Lao capital of Luang Prabang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544492448515-0HS9RPCLIWWF3K2F8DQT/DSCF0102.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Local townspeople selling fresh vegetables at a food market just outside the town center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544496195323-VJ2QMBNNSOWB4XQXYDRV/Luang-Prabang-Artisans-Map-1024x830.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference A map of Luang Prabang showing its location on a peninsula wedged in between two rivers, the Mekong and the Nam Khan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544492521236-U64S1C96JY3NEMDBKIXS/DSCF0168.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference A pair of tourists take in the view from atop Mount Phu Si, looking out over the Mekong River and the town below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544492601616-RJTUEMKQ31N1LU5BA5J7/DSCF0659.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference The “tree of life” mosaic on the back of the main temple in Wat Xieng Thong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544492677182-Y2HL5ZY5B21QIHRSO6N0/DSCF0661.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544496419980-LPEPCOAC6S41I9MIW7SR/DSCF0679.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference A real tree of life along the banks of the Mekong River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544495371848-8SJLFRM7KDTVU1DZF5M8/IMG_0296.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Hanging at the coffee shop with Les and Keegan prior to my return trip to Shanghai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544495479637-EE3VN1J4MBXNRPYIIR3B/DSCF0081.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference At night the Main Street running through Luang Prabang becomes a big night market featuring stalls like these. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544495574181-PM90F9234ZU8EBTPZPZT/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference While some folks still ride bicycles to market, most seem to prefer motorbikes for getting around town. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/12/2/seven-tips-for-travelers monthly 0.5 2018-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1543743215479-IQ0M1AAAQKZBRPBU0799/IMG_9859.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Seven Tips for Travelers The author on the rooftop of CaixaForum in Barcelona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1543743117294-MTLYKB5J090JDFS2SED7/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Seven Tips for Travelers The old town center in Vic near Barcelona http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/11/13/discovering-barcelona monthly 0.5 2018-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542282215134-GRKSM58GF8KBV2Z0KJ6Q/view_from_park_guell.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide The gorgeous view of Barcelona from Park Guell, where you can see the cranes above Sagrada Familia as well as the Barcelona Arts Hotel facing the Mediterranean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542282588987-ELKXA52KPMJDTQ0CULC7/supermercat.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide A supermercat in Barcelona run by a Sikh, and next to it a work of graffiti on the shutter of the shop which is very typical of Barcelona street art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542282749537-V6RFQXV2HTQF2ODNRUWA/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide Sunrise over the Mediterranean Sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542282944417-X4OZSAIIQ89SYV28305C/2tq7VkpDQmC7cldn%25UrlNw.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide The University of Barcelona’s oldest campus, and oasis of learning in the middle of the city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542145133201-Z6DSAWDKIPTNWATSUXN0/Casa_Batllo.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide The hilt of St. Jordi’s sword plunged into the dragon’s back on the rooftop of Casa Battlo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542283176636-GQMRBWNJGIW3ZHEODFDU/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide A sculpture on the rooftop the Joan Miro museum on Montjuic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542283345393-ZLNB5O8XK0SH9SP7MAZ7/Sagrada_interior.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide The interior of La Sagrada Familia. Note the blue and green light emanating from the far windows on the nativity side, and the reflections of red, orange and yellow light on the pillars from the windows on the passion side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542283247706-VT8265QTKHP32R3IAM0A/Sagrada_Familia.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide Looking up at the passion side of La Sagrada Familia from the lovely park next to it https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542283558668-5CXUDPVLBXBCY0DJK5C1/La_Catedral.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide La Catedral in late afternoon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542284822113-7FPMEMJY5WXB1V5NE103/La_Catedral2.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide Interior of La Catedral, a gothic church in the heart of Barri Gothic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542283710828-LH9TBNVENM7S31T4073M/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide Passing through the remains of a Roman settlement and church from an earlier age of Barcelona’s long history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542283960944-4UJMYUOFURL6671BN7HP/0SR2csm2QKKvNZj0PZy0CA.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide Barcelona is one gigantic museum dedicated to street art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542284035525-OSVUJITZZKIAEWHDPYFI/Las_Ramblas.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide Las Ramblas—watch out for pickpockets, or so we are told https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542284155297-GIEMD1ZDB5CHILI8GBJC/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide Jazzsi Club Taller de Musics, where a group of phenomenal musicians are playing mostly covers of canonical Anglo-American pop and rock tunes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542284286546-2NE3ANLYZYNM2L2HNZNZ/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide The lizard of Park Guell. Replicas of this fella are to be found in shops all over the city—there must be millions of them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542284439505-NRY5AKU8JA149J34O7C5/qCXVTGWgSmek0I77WR97yw.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide At the exit of the Picasso Museum, which was once a nobleman’s castle in the heart of Barcelona. No photos are allowed inside the museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1542284715210-18AQITUZ1MTPQCMKQVYY/ulT2kpTeT3i539eiFhTZ9g.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide An old tower in the heart of Vic, a lovely town located an hour outside of Barcelona in the mountains http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/11/11/bravo-ciee-por-una-fantstica-conferencia-en-barcelona monthly 0.5 2018-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544501931185-JGPTMX0ZA3OX1EOMLGQN/9LTBscXURLCIhXlhihrheg.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bravo CIEE por una fantástica conferencia en Barcelona University of Barcelona: These boys know how to Par-tay! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541930108672-5QBRGHSC386TTPD1U4TY/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bravo CIEE por una fantástica conferencia en Barcelona The numbers say it all https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541930028752-YI8ZZFHE0ZDH8SCFEALQ/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bravo CIEE por una fantástica conferencia en Barcelona Seeing the Mediterranean with my own eyes for the first time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541929162426-5ZJQN7DS2XD64H82486C/PyRQF94JSpOXtpxK7aU4BA.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bravo CIEE por una fantástica conferencia en Barcelona With our tour guide Tony and Sandra Rodriguez Pareja, one of the CIEE staff members in Barcelona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541929491000-X8SUYUN7XLLW0QSR63KN/aYa6L4UuRFuptFfgMYNnLA.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bravo CIEE por una fantástica conferencia en Barcelona Eddie Obeng energized us all during his keynote speech https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541929715610-2ODTWI4C3MOB9CKYPCA7/MKVQatTPTaKrxDBQazyq1w.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bravo CIEE por una fantástica conferencia en Barcelona Architect Benedetta Taglibue showed us the love she has for this city https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541929617320-PYADMRDIHL9N0LSJ0MUO/DZv%25ITPLTfuI7Rrd4eOCYg.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bravo CIEE por una fantástica conferencia en Barcelona These lads got the party rocking at University of Barcelona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541929836529-U33K4DZM6RX30UVYWZO8/ptCfvy0VQQC%258OTwx9rmtQ.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bravo CIEE por una fantástica conferencia en Barcelona A tour of the cava by “train” —this young woman was our driver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541929894957-G3I15LP2MW8JV6YE7NYQ/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bravo CIEE por una fantástica conferencia en Barcelona Having barrels of fun at the conference, and feeling slightly dizzy from the combination of fizzy wine and winding rides into the catacombs. Poe would love this journey. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/11/3/getting-back-to-the-heart-of-southeast-asia-another-quick-trip-to-kuala-lumpur-and-singapore monthly 0.5 2018-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541299194528-DGUS16QKXNXOF2GHHD9V/KL+Sing+map.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541299393249-AAHY63MHKX822688BDBN/south-east-asia-map.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore It’s mostly islands: a map of Southeast Asia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541299981170-4VNVSUJNIFDBD7PGP9X3/regiomap.gif Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541303510149-CQMVBBKAS2KRAXT78ZBX/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Enjoying a seafood meal at the Jalan Alor food street in Bukit Bintang KL with SAS Board members Sue and Christina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541303931991-BL54TKYUCJU7OVIKPFGO/IMG_9450.GIF Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore The fabled spice trade which catalyzed the European colonization of Southeast Asia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541304167641-64GLEIHJFLH4WPKJCSIG/A3981E1B-70AC-41A9-A4DD-3AE06A91CCC2.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Visiting a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541307421654-X9ECC6HF90NQMGXZQGKE/IMG_9168.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore At the art gallery of U Malaya with Sheena Singh, Assoc. Director of International Relations. They were exhibiting artworks by young people with disabilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541300556031-E5ACF4A7SJKPI1A9Y89E/IMG_6435.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541308918338-Z0O7VNK5HCZ1X5BXW1GG/IMG_9239.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Ical Mosh, Malaysian rapper, at the Bee club in KL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541307639916-B9Q9P4HRFX7PG0LY8L2A/IMG_9248.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore The Little Mermaid performing on stage at Suzie Wong’s nightclub in KL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541309022140-GA1A0DBPJ5CJ8LR0JHJQ/IMG_9432.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Tea at Bugits with Adeline Foo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541309250003-NL6HHLIRMQ1VYVZCQTFE/IMG_9427.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Madame Wellington Koo was Peranakan too (Peranakan Museum in Singapore) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541309353626-YNHUCH1G2VY69HANH9N4/IMG_9435.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore A local shrine in Geylang. Sin and salvation go hand in hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541309432062-7QJNX338I4PXE5CQLLPB/IMG_9285.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Clark Quay and Riverside Point in Singapore http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/9/1/reflections-on-the-duke-kunshan-cultural-crossroads-festival-held-on-campus-on-august-18-2018 monthly 0.5 2018-11-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535798459998-SHXKAZSE61GDN93LCS6D/198346A3-1D2A-4AF6-A092-8D01DF28C699.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535798161464-ILAUX3QFTPBR03A2GY6K/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 Taking a moment during the festival to pose with co-organizers Tim Smith and Brian Offenther https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535798641719-RMHOZU5K8Y7JOQ45W42P/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 Chinese tea ceremony, part of the traditional arts exhibition at the Water Pavilion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535799283781-6TMGUG2R0RVAM3O7W087/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 Drummer Thomas with folk musicians Wendusa and Sheky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535798863726-XIAB7WFTFERO5ESA9OKT/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 Sitar player Sal performing and talking to the students about the instrument and his philosophy of music https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535798554385-WE1SC85AKLUTL1DYC916/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 Tim Smith briefing students on the value of cross-cultural learning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535799480195-K7EGI6U2BEDTM69HNFH6/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 The jazz band with Alec, Xiaozhou, Brian, and Matt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535799716444-H1PEXP2W26SA5P9FSGEY/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 The Royal Hombres: Jorland, Charlie, Iko, and Eddy (Francesco out of the picture on left) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535799202175-6UG0CB1GS6IECLM33X6M/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 The Classic Heads: Ama, Marvin, Charles, and Mark, with Royal Hombres bassist Jorland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535799099664-RJIH1IH3DVQJLPWHVI90/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 Marvin of the Classic Heads showcasing his amazing guitar skills to the audience https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535799005035-Z79LKBU1T9LAYZUWGEA1/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - ​Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 Posing with the jazz band in the ballroom: Matt Panayides, Chen Xiaozhou, Brian Hurley, Alec Haavik http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/8/16/dr-nathans-top-50-sci-fi-films-of-all-time monthly 0.5 2018-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1534472443711-4DH8TQ8CSEM0J65F1OFO/The-100-Best-Sci-Fi-Films-Of-All-Time.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Dr. Nathan's Top 50 Sci-Fi Films of All Time ripped this image from another top 100 sci fi film list... http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/8/7/a-musical-holiday-in-america-radiohead-thomas-dolby-and-the-musical-missionaries-of-shanghai monthly 0.5 2018-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1544502262773-WHPMJXT3AIXV3B92DJTY/IMG_7162.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Musical Holiday in America: Radiohead, Thomas Dolby, and the Musical Missionaries of Shanghai The Radiohead concert in Boston. Simply mind-blowing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1533675792369-JIZ5WWRG7T17PM1AEN7P/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Musical Holiday in America: Radiohead, Thomas Dolby, and the Musical Missionaries of Shanghai Radiohead in action: Thom Yorke sings while Johnny Greenwood plays on a keyboard, and you can see one of the drummers in the back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1533675617805-JKAN8N1VX8GMGE882J9X/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Musical Holiday in America: Radiohead, Thomas Dolby, and the Musical Missionaries of Shanghai The Natick Arts Center, a former 19th century fire station, where the Dolby event was held https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1533673725658-8M29TAP2EGK1QZZWELGI/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Musical Holiday in America: Radiohead, Thomas Dolby, and the Musical Missionaries of Shanghai The artist did not permit photos or videos of his performance — thankfully as it enabled us all to focus on him and his music and storytelling. During the intermission, I snapped a shot of the audience and stage from where we were sitting during Dolby’s event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1533673426971-6L79X37MSBGOVEFMIZOI/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Musical Holiday in America: Radiohead, Thomas Dolby, and the Musical Missionaries of Shanghai http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/7/17/ode-to-thomas-dolby-the-man-who-blinded-us-with-science-not-to-mention-technology-music-and-poetry monthly 0.5 2018-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1531895133679-L80PNX8FPCA635X316BY/FullSizeRender.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ode to Thomas Dolby, The Man Who Blinded Us With Science, Not To Mention Technology, Music, and Poetry This flat old earth is all we need https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1531895205807-I29NQD0KXBOH31LKK5IW/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ode to Thomas Dolby, The Man Who Blinded Us With Science, Not To Mention Technology, Music, and Poetry My priceless copy of the album Wireless http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/7/4/a-whirlwind-tour-of-tokyo-ever-an-a-maze-ing-city monthly 0.5 2018-12-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530718434866-UBICBAQ4N00747RGU269/IMG_1486.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Whirlwind Tour of Tokyo: Ever an A-Maze-ing City! Outside Shinjuku Station, one of the most labyrinthine and crowded stations in the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530718501183-9KTA9EMVVKTX1RK0A7V4/IMG_1487.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Whirlwind Tour of Tokyo: Ever an A-Maze-ing City! How tourists who don’t read Japanese decipher this subway-train map, I will never know https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530718614922-UMVOQAZE5J4IUGDUV1YW/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Whirlwind Tour of Tokyo: Ever an A-Maze-ing City! Dr. James Farrer of Sophia University, Grand Master of the Tokyo Maze and author of https://www.nishiogiology.org/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530718304148-W4LMX25L766KXA7EEANP/IMG_1488.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - A Whirlwind Tour of Tokyo: Ever an A-Maze-ing City! 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Why I Remain in China After All These Years: Some Brief Thoughts and Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of My Engagement with the P.R.C. A much younger me, traveling through China in winter 1989. Here I am at a temple in Hangzhou. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/4/10/my-top-five-bands-from-my-junior-high-days monthly 0.5 2018-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523409542536-J91PIV2DQ59GVM2YEPXD/8837DE9B-3D7E-4A16-8C8B-D3697C713A1C.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My Top Six Bands from My Junior High Days (1981-83) At Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, c. 1982: my sister Robin and I are sporting our favorite band Ts while flying a kite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523411060886-OXK5SGAIS3TAPBV06BQS/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My Top Six Bands from My Junior High Days (1981-83) My junior high pal Scott Egan, taken in my bedroom on Windsor Ave in 1982. I still have that cat ink painting on my wall today.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523409739961-YRJIGCBV3OZQK41NF0OE/551DE5AF-7FEB-4C07-AF8E-5CE1ECA58263.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My Top Six Bands from My Junior High Days (1981-83) My step-dad, Andy Bodge, in his bearded days, canoeing along a Massachusetts river with my Uncle Dick and Aunt Jutta in the background, early 1980s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523411558823-HH39XG0ECEB86PNMXRB4/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My Top Six Bands from My Junior High Days (1981-83) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523411695430-SUZA8E9E4DIFIGR6CWQJ/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My Top Six Bands from My Junior High Days (1981-83) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523411755039-S6LHUWAQ2Y07PXK7T6L3/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My Top Six Bands from My Junior High Days (1981-83) These three Led Zep albums (top to bottom: 1, Houses, In) are still part of my record album collection today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523411128366-2SFE1C6PRBOF7IT6KFCP/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My Top Six Bands from My Junior High Days (1981-83) Marc (above) and Pete (below) my best chums in those years, taken during a bike ride to somewhere...  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523411184133-GSTVYE7T7I795DASCSR0/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My Top Six Bands from My Junior High Days (1981-83) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523412251675-KZ3PC5DOAPUJ0FOL9159/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My Top Six Bands from My Junior High Days (1981-83) Sadly this is the only Who album that remains in my collection after all these years (my mother gave away most of our albums to my uncle when I went to college...) http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/4/6/walking-historical-shanghai-the-hotel-and-theater-district-around-thibet-and-nanjing-roads-part-ii monthly 0.5 2018-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523009633841-53AUEVI1S9QEHVSMNIMD/IMG_5372.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) The Great World, which once featured Chinese opera, acrobatics and other live performances, does so once again. Today a large crowd gathered to watch the acrobatics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523009804275-NNMMNCKE6HFG0W27W4FN/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) Looking down on the acrobatics from the third floor above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523009855843-ESG69TKPIQ6AHYA8P8WK/IMG_5392.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523009896225-7DRPL09XVJLAY83OTX54/IMG_5397.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523009999772-FOWGPRD6V6YCKBZ7G34L/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) The facade of the Yantgze Hotel, partly blocked by some bizarre work of art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523010079738-RDXIJC3C4QC5YRCTFLDE/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) The old YMCA Building on Nanjing Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523010108338-S05A6VG5MWQD0X86PFUG/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) The Park Hotel, Hudec's glorious masterpiece from the 1930s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523010153484-O32N1ZLIP534F3JY64XI/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523010209516-KM3FFOP68RDHNAYX9OG2/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523010223750-3QPGG7VV7UKOO2RKAEDU/IMG_5433.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) The clock tower of the former Shanghai Race Club, now the Shanghai Historical Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1523010266523-9TJ33R49FB8LVVLSAIUR/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) Looking down on the park from the 38th floor of JW Marriott http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/4/5/walking-historical-shanghai-the-hotel-and-theater-district-around-tibet-road-part-1 monthly 0.5 2018-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522920688174-JIPL4BPWT9L78ZTMN06K/IMG_5280.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) The Great World Amusement Center on the corner of Yan'an and Xizang (Tibet) Roads, reopened for business but lacking the fun and pizzazz of the old days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522920852363-4JQOK990RD6BOHY8BWSG/TheaterDistrict.gif Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) The theater district, which I mapped out for my dissertation. This map is published in my book Shanghai's Dancing World. t stands for theater, d for dance hall, c for cinema, h for hotel. G is for Great World, N is for New World, and the big department stores on Nanjing Road are S (Sun Co.), Si (Sincere's) and Su (Sun Sun). In this map, Tibet Road or Xizang Road is just to the right of the Recreation Ground and Nanjing Road runs above it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921049665-GY7B5T31EZPWGD28K8BA/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) Looking eastward towards the Shanghai Concert Hall from among a colonnade of cherry trees blossoming in the nearby park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921202516-OBV6JEGGWTUD1YUHI60M/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) The front entrance of the Shanghai Concert Hall as viewed from Yan'an Road side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921245773-0ZW29NJEXPML3J7ADX0F/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921269233-W08O1XK2BEHFOEV6TZ97/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921298414-NVJV8YXFMIDLTMRMQFUA/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) Looking down on the interior of the Great World from the fourth floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921337923-VVROUNCTLE8LT8ZOLY7R/IMG_5309.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) Wu Yuezi 吴越子, one of many artists at the exhibition of folk crafts in the Great World, whose specialty is painting fans https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921482709-W8ZAZH37D98U0FO8ULCH/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) An exhibition of Tibetan weaving techniques and cloth, which was perhaps the best exhibition in the Great World when I visited today (April 5 2018) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921546442-92IBQ5EL8SV4NANM3KO9/IMG_5274.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) The facade of the Far Eastern Hotel fronted by gorgeous cherry blossoms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921590674-KJXHU60E0YYP2483CZGY/IMG_5270.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) Main entrance to the Far Eastern hotel, now an office building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921645753-7ID0UPSP6A03CXGBCSZF/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) Shanghai Workers Culture Palace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921674296-JWNKLJBXJP2WSKQQK3VT/IMG_5262.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) Visitors to the Workers Culture Palace leave notes to honor the CCP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522922661440-1TWQG3JNA3WMRQI6TNWA/Screen+Shot+2018-04-05+at+6.03.22+PM.png Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) Courteans and male customers gather for a dinner party at a fancy western restaurant (note the plates, knives and forks and the square table) at the Yipinxiang or "sweet fragrance" hotel on Fuzhou Road, from an illustrated newspaper of the late Qing period (see Catherine Vance Yeh, Shanghai Love) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921780015-BT87DYUXC2C1S4P2Y6A2/76877_original.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) The C. 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Dance Hall inside the Juelu Hotel otherwise known as Chai Loh, taken in 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522921882120-N9982ZQ7BUCCTLRBOPB0/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) A calling card for the Chai Loh cabaret on Yu Ya Cheng Road, which was known as Thibet Road prior to the 1930s and now known as Xizang Road http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/3/31/unraveling-a-murder-mystery-on-shanghais-duolun-road monthly 0.5 2018-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522542473162-O6BJ98XKJJVSOHO7D0H6/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 三十年代多伦路上的暗杀案 Unraveling a Murder Mystery on Shanghai’s Duolun (Darroch) Road A church on Duolun Road and inside is a bust commemorating the missionary Darroch, whose name was also the original name of this road in Shanghai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522542828055-XL5CQHGD9L9W1EEPT9EE/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 三十年代多伦路上的暗杀案 Unraveling a Murder Mystery on Shanghai’s Duolun (Darroch) Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522542278359-QZG8XDKDQLZXKYGKIFSP/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 三十年代多伦路上的暗杀案 Unraveling a Murder Mystery on Shanghai’s Duolun (Darroch) Road A statue on Duolun Road honoring the literary figure Mao Dun 矛盾  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522541995658-2A2WCGT787ZKJVAE2DR6/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 三十年代多伦路上的暗杀案 Unraveling a Murder Mystery on Shanghai’s Duolun (Darroch) Road A statue honoring the Japanese book shop owner Uchiyama Kanzo  内山完造 a good friend of Lu Xun, who is described here as a “foreign friend to the Chinese people” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522543021491-3GGFQMU05Z4KGV4CP2IT/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 三十年代多伦路上的暗杀案 Unraveling a Murder Mystery on Shanghai’s Duolun (Darroch) Road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522543164941-E9M4896J0KNN5S55NAKX/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 三十年代多伦路上的暗杀案 Unraveling a Murder Mystery on Shanghai’s Duolun (Darroch) Road http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/3/28/my-first-apaie-conference monthly 0.5 2018-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522211176600-8CEQ9E9VRWU0V1JZYX9T/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My first APAIE conference Study Inca civilization in Lima Peru and visit Machu Picchu—one of many amazing opportunities for study abroad that were being showcased at APAIE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522211064319-I799TAGS2UL9HWQZWEY5/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My first APAIE conference https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522211593442-1ZR7DWKZYE2A453ARX2A/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - My first APAIE conference Posing after our panel with fellow panelists Clay Hensley of College Board and Gavin Newton Tanser and also David Weeks of Sunrise International https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1522211890049-G6HZK5UU76T4Z8WQIZAU/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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Climbing Into the Way Back Machine: Another Night of Music in Shanghai, Traveling Backwards From 1950s Rock’n’Roll to 1930s Big Band Jazz Brian Offenther aka B.O. spinning olden goldies at the Hoy Hoy Bar in Shanghai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1521994512520-DBTKG97CAQNJ678VOTVP/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Climbing Into the Way Back Machine: Another Night of Music in Shanghai, Traveling Backwards From 1950s Rock’n’Roll to 1930s Big Band Jazz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1521993705836-CCBIBL73CXYF7C1UIDNF/IMG_3570.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Climbing Into the Way Back Machine: Another Night of Music in Shanghai, Traveling Backwards From 1950s Rock’n’Roll to 1930s Big Band Jazz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1521993513070-P4LXC29IFZMVW4C94B4O/FullSizeRender.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Climbing Into the Way Back Machine: Another Night of Music in Shanghai, Traveling Backwards From 1950s Rock’n’Roll to 1930s Big Band Jazz This dude don’t mess around with mixed drinks   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1521993881719-06VBRTDXYOM7KOMZ9YV2/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Climbing Into the Way Back Machine: Another Night of Music in Shanghai, Traveling Backwards From 1950s Rock’n’Roll to 1930s Big Band Jazz Alec Haavik leading the charge of the JZ Big Band https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1521994184127-O67WV4NO7R2KWLAAAU5B/FullSizeRender.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Climbing Into the Way Back Machine: Another Night of Music in Shanghai, Traveling Backwards From 1950s Rock’n’Roll to 1930s Big Band Jazz http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/3/10/walking-shanghai-from-the-oldest-part-of-town-to-some-brand-new-nightlife-hotspots monthly 0.5 2018-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1520661767261-9YTLQAZ3WC6466S822K1/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Walking Shanghai: From the Oldest Part of Town to Some Brand New Nightlife Hotspots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1520662035556-ZX8KDP6QFFC9ZDFJ9UUH/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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Sunday Journal: Surviving the Cold War in Shanghai, filming a BBC doc, exploring Kunshan Nightscapes, and city walks Marvin, Ama and the band at Eagle Bar in Kunshan: "And as we wind on down the road" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1517724343662-IJMVEA472A8F2H6L7VG4/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sunday Journal: Surviving the Cold War in Shanghai, filming a BBC doc, exploring Kunshan Nightscapes, and city walks Getting down with the DJ at Mix Club in Kunshan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1517724727102-IJNX4HAHFNGUROOQND6S/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Sunday Journal: Surviving the Cold War in Shanghai, filming a BBC doc, exploring Kunshan Nightscapes, and city walks http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/1/12/someday-soon-you-will-all-be-speaking-chinesetrue-or-false monthly 0.5 2018-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1515815653188-Y8D36DJ1NO0Y3D0RXFQ1/chinese.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - “Someday Soon, You Will All Be Speaking Chinese”—True or False? This image, which I lifted off the NTU website, seems to capture the spirit of my essay. Source: http://tul.blog.ntu.edu.tw/archives/13860 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1515815810499-ZXWEOFZJM5UUP9LRFVVW/IMG_6519.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - “Someday Soon, You Will All Be Speaking Chinese”—True or False? One of countless solar energy farms I saw while on the high-speed train from Wuhan to Kunshan in March 2017 http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2018/1/7/a-musical-double-header-in-shanghai-whai-at-yuyintang-and-the-jz-big-band monthly 0.5 2018-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1515303169492-0GE6XRCF2VEWNBLCSU4V/IMG_4166.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Catching Up with the Rock and Jazz Scenes in Shanghai: WHAI at Yuyintang and the JZ Big Band https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1515303610264-KSOP4TBDE0BYO85D0T9M/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Catching Up with the Rock and Jazz Scenes in Shanghai: WHAI at Yuyintang and the JZ Big Band https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1515303207106-MHA1Y33XL6AYMP0RXOBX/IMG_4178.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Catching Up with the Rock and Jazz Scenes in Shanghai: WHAI at Yuyintang and the JZ Big Band https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1515303236009-1Q4L89C6KUZHL7CIBAUF/IMG_4205.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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新年快乐, 上海！Welcoming 2018 in Shanghai with a Walk On the Sunny Side of the Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514790162797-5TRUIDPHHHO5KMFAK6I1/IMAGE.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 新年快乐, 上海！Welcoming 2018 in Shanghai with a Walk On the Sunny Side of the Street a pano of the view from our balcony showing the area where we take our walks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514790556329-0RYCGUSC6ECR0X7X448F/IMG_0704.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 新年快乐, 上海！Welcoming 2018 in Shanghai with a Walk On the Sunny Side of the Street I took this photo of the 158 area earlier in December , when the gingkoes were at their most glorious stage before they shed their leaves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514788092726-JUAVPLZQOPE3S95CARSN/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 新年快乐, 上海！Welcoming 2018 in Shanghai with a Walk On the Sunny Side of the Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514788307696-C2PVMKR7TAIBAGTFDS3C/IMG_1725.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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新年快乐, 上海！Welcoming 2018 in Shanghai with a Walk On the Sunny Side of the Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514788466570-4XEM1VTWP71XNE3UV9D8/IMG_1739.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 新年快乐, 上海！Welcoming 2018 in Shanghai with a Walk On the Sunny Side of the Street Sitting pretty: a neighbor's teddy bear poodle http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2017/12/30/the-cafe-to-end-all-cafes-the-new-starbucks-reserve-roastery-in-shanghai monthly 0.5 2017-12-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514636722887-8J0ID2II2VWPWUXDHM8H/IMG_4136.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - The Cafe to End All Cafes: The New Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514636502359-Y0RIW710DSJ0QOVKEBMH/IMG_4095.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - The Cafe to End All Cafes: The New Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514636972408-UH61OOMDAGKESQNT9YIU/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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The Cafe to End All Cafes: The New Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2017/12/28/so-long-old-west-gate-the-demise-of-an-old-shanghai-neighborhood monthly 0.5 2018-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514463096124-R4RZK268RA7ERPQMCZ3I/IMG_3866.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - So Long, Old West Gate! The Demise of an Old Shanghai Neighborhood The Wen Miao 文庙 looks to be in a state of disrepair, east of the Lao Xi Men area inside the Old Town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514463213824-VMDST8XIEMHDCHB3TSY5/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - So Long, Old West Gate! The Demise of an Old Shanghai Neighborhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514463535042-I7YAIAYS47AIWART8PHL/IMG_3826.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - So Long, Old West Gate! The Demise of an Old Shanghai Neighborhood Build a national civilized urban area, together build a harmonious and beautiful home! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514463431682-2JWVO4ZQP4AINPTFNS3I/IMG_4028.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - So Long, Old West Gate! The Demise of an Old Shanghai Neighborhood There are plenty of workers in orange moving around these areas, presumably preparing them for demolition... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514463279513-GAFV2SRZB9P5AG6ZYYIX/IMG_3834.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - So Long, Old West Gate! The Demise of an Old Shanghai Neighborhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514463282517-I0UA2W96M9283PUQC9B3/IMG_3835.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - So Long, Old West Gate! The Demise of an Old Shanghai Neighborhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514463292177-QTI5GZQC57NP9RV2JHMZ/IMG_3840.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - So Long, Old West Gate! The Demise of an Old Shanghai Neighborhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514463302943-R06E36W6S1EKQ8M0R79A/IMG_3932.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - So Long, Old West Gate! 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The Demise of an Old Shanghai Neighborhood While walking around the neighborhood of the Wen Miao, I just had to stop into Kong Yi Ji 孔乙己, a restaurant that serves Old Shanghai style food. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2017/12/27/six-important-points-about-china-worth-remembering monthly 0.5 2018-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1514427610329-QW974VKVWYXIHNEEBK1N/3E02CAF5-C505-44FB-83EE-27B01322AAAE.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Six Important Points About China Worth Remembering * Found this image while googling “China glamour”. Seems applicable to this piece. 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Still Taiwan After All These Years Helmets galore: motorcyclists on a street in Hsinchu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507024381207-0GO2FERY2K3VXHISPMKV/Taiwan+%284%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Lighting incense at the Dong Ning Gong temple in Hsinchu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507024427091-ZBVOYEKN7WKP3QA4M87E/Taiwan+%281%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Looking up at the domed ceiling inside the City God Temple in Hsinchu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507024464409-WXX9JV24POXMTD1X8MP4/Taiwan+%282%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years One of many food stalls inside the City God Temple, this one sells pork dumplings that are a local specialty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507075260868-6YNPG0CSETNNEVKYAEO5/Taiwan+%2821%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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Still Taiwan After All These Years A stall at the Feng Chia Market in Taichung https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507024872625-SGUTHJYOUY5YE2IRPN9Q/Taiwan+%289%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Neon signs for shops at the Feng Chia Market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507075503137-7YCYQFI15YOU7FRAMW3E/IMG_0119.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Carl Thelin and I had a nice meal at the local car wash in Kaohsiung https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507075598615-WKAOFF9FLR87Q0BMBF3J/IMG_0125.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years At the craft beer bar in Kaohsiung hanging with the owner around midnight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507075692994-UUOGAT4YBGI8RC8GFAJ9/Taiwan+%288%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years A pair of twin pagodas at Lotus Pond, featuring a dragon-tiger tunnel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507076460689-O29XNPKZZLW5TXIOEJLP/IMG_0134.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Bark restaurant in Kaohsiung, run by Carl and his wife Wendy out of her family home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507076539868-DANYVQ2UMAQP0O9PKIM0/Taiwan+%2820%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Mazu temple in Shi Lin Night Market, honoring the goddess of the seas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507076743145-OIIAAWFL7TAAGEQNRP3Y/IMG_0145.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years At the Shi Lin Night Market in Taipei, late afternoon, just as it's starting to pick up but before the tourist rush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507076887592-58ZUTLGNMQ490YHFOJKG/IMG_0201.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Young hip foreigners and Taiwanese hanging out outside the entrance to Revolver, a popular live music bar in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507076953645-LWHZU2JGNVNV6A7BXBQR/IMG_0202.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507076977907-RJV8DYXU68MU58VLEDG7/IMG_0206.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years The Roxy, a restaurant and bar that was popular among the foreign student crowd in Taipei in the 1980s. It's still in the same location on Heping Road but apparently will move soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507077084539-V36GOPQOZ08HOTCFOWUR/Taiwan+%2813%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years The main hall of the Bao An Gong temple in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507077117174-TSJ049XWQFHDIOTA01TL/Taiwan+%2814%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Dragons and other creatures decorate the eaves of the Bao An Gong temple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507077159882-A53SFD3FNK4F5R1WNCRO/Taiwan+%2815%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Looking down over the rooftops of the Bao An Gong temple in Taipei https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507077220815-BAPNKXHKXDUW3F9QVPSJ/Taiwan+%2817%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Parents, grandparents, and children stroll on the grounds of the Confucius temple in Taipei (Kong Miao) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507077259746-V1CHQL2ECWX1UWBSPYRF/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507077311182-B7YVVHYUFFKU4JKLC8PV/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years My last school visit on the Asia tour: the Jianguo high school for boys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507077410758-1P48U5FSA6SEW6SOGL2X/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years The trio at the Sappho jazz bar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507077600193-MXL6J847ML27NPH0E4M0/IMG_0308.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Dihua Road, which sells all sorts of goodies including dried fruits, Chinese medicine, and moon cakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1507077678565-21RYB7EDUCYI69IX6U6V/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Still Taiwan After All These Years Dragon and lion posing with Lee Bakery owner, Mr. Lee, after they blessed his shop with a dance http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2017/9/17/bombay-or-bust-my-first-journey-to-india-and-the-beginning-of-a-beautiful-friendship monthly 0.5 2017-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505651246104-9HBHLB0EYSY9TTUQDGBW/India+%285%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship Looking out over the Arabian Sea in Bombay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505651357726-TAH01C1EQXUSEUTQ4EWS/IMG_9988.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship A selfie in the lobby of the Taj in Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505651681295-6MY8Q5H49LIXP79T28VF/IMG_9993.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship A room with a view: from the window of the Taj looking out on Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505651715813-PS82NJBZPMU91D4F8EW3/India+%281%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship The musicians perform at the Bangla Sahib in Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505651760036-ED6N83BM8YC121HKBB6Y/India+%282%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship The pool next to the Sikh temple around sunset https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505651813047-ORJ3FU0JMQXF8J7ONYBC/India+%283%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship The Bangla Sahib temple and its reflection in the pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505651863437-ECD7ZJLQ7RN2DV2Z4073/India+copy.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship Muslim men at prayer at the Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505651935063-5M077WCILRLPIBI6ED1Z/India+%284%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship Quiet prayer inside the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Delhi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505652216523-68QVBKRLZIQ1YW6TXIZV/India2+%281%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship The night crowd at the Gate of India https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505652250007-AG220KA82T8S7FWZ9AH9/IMG_0942.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship Vin and I at Varq at the Taj https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505652011306-IZT43IEVRO588R77ZHZC/IMG_0058.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship Teddy Weatherford and other jazzmen at the Taj Mahal in Bombay, c. 1936 (courtesy of Naresh Fernandes, Taj Mahal Foxtrot) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505652076969-JDZ5MB6PYM7OHXOIV8P5/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship Naresh and I getting in some late-night fitness at the local gymkhana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505652138311-RJ3F2JYE5534FKMEZQ1Q/India+%286%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship One of many colorful if rundown areas that I saw on my daytime journey by car around Bombay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505652377988-Q2CXNPGQWSTRW1C1DWY2/India2+%282%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship ISKCON temple in Bombay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505652826524-4ASQORBACP6ZHIBDD7EF/India2+%283%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship The founder of the movement, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505652808907-YXPU7XFPVTWZ1HJZFVVM/India2+%284%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship At a Hindu temple in Bombay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505652503276-C6QJUJ7TFBAS9NL8CG90/India+%287%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship Inside the Holy Mother's Temple in Ramakrishna temple area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505652586822-L6AZNG3MCUGCYUL0W80Z/India+%289%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship George was here--the Taj Mahal Hotel in South Bombay http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2017/9/16/bangkok-redux-exploring-the-golden-city monthly 0.5 2017-09-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505617426445-QN90FWQK6MIR6CLFCBLT/Bangkok+%2812%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City Golden guardian at Wat Phrat Kaew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505617474057-P0JUE4N9S8P41QL5J7OB/Bangkok+%286%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City Touring the Jim Thompson House (no photos allowed inside) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505617522812-P79Y8XOT4JKGHTTT6C3R/Bangkok+%285%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City A Thai woman demonstrates the ancient art of silk weaving at the Jim Thompson House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505618692009-P4QMPU8CI3VD8JWA8IAB/IMG_9929.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City Beefing up my collection of Asia books at Kinokuniya in Siam Paragon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505617593881-AP94NSV3Y9XKX82O8TZ3/Bangkok+copy.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City Map of the local shrines in Ratchaprasong District https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505617656522-YCRCPES1PH8EQRETJJNP/Bangkok+%281%29+copy.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City Dance and prayer at the Erawan Shrine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505617789109-6KX4UGMLD60T91MY23JM/Bangkok+%283%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City A young Thai lady prays for love at the Trimurtri Shrine near the Isetan store in midtown https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505617849324-2J7FV1FCY3J0QZBVX3JY/Bangkok+%282%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City Sunset over the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok from the docks of the Asiatique shopping area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505617898713-EFT7A9JRSEMQ61JDXB39/Bangkok+%284%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City The jazz band at Brown Sugar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505618104387-S06AIP4U664A11I2Y2A1/Bangkok+%2814%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City A colorful crowd enters the temple complex at Wat Phrat Kaew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505618180112-Q8LJZHSLAG4NBA54X8P0/Bangkok.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City Thai boys enjoying a swim in the canal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505618270434-QDK7NQZK7R21CN895J5B/Bangkok+%289%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City Approaching Wat Arun from the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505618312356-TN6TBV2Q3KBNDU3F1ZJP/Bangkok+%2811%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City The Reclining Buddha in Wat Pho--a must see in Bangkok https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505618357743-ND6545ADEK9UIV6300XK/Bangkok+%287%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - 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Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam The "Tortoise Tower" in the middle of "Sword Lake" in Hanoi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505530714036-04QV0WK4T7AMXPR2LMVL/Hanoi+%285%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam A boatman in Westlake near the Intercontinental Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505530037617-B4HAQ5CJJQDO3Q48Y1N2/Hanoi+%2812%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam The National Museum of History, modern section, which used to be a French municipal building during the colonial era https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505530093296-POXKAD45P9D0L9AK1YCG/Hanoi+%2813%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam The ancient history section of the National Museum of History in Hanoi. Excellent collection, highly recommended https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505530176996-4AJOV9X3HLXPA6GEZ57R/Hanoi+%289%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam St. Joseph's Cathedral in the Old Town area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505530214971-59FWSQ28F9NXA8KEQ3GP/Hanoi+%287%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam A shop on medicine street selling Chinese medicine and Korean ginseng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505530628391-H5LQB01POT1VT1VZ4GZO/Hanoi+%288%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam The entrance to one of many small Chinese-style temples in the Old Town of Hanoi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505530340886-TDLVK8STM06HCAPZXQXF/Hanoi+%286%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam A plaque inside the Fujianese guild hall in the Old Town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505530547830-ALPIZFF7SPWKL11W9CNL/Hanoi+%284%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam A Vietnamese man showing his skills in Chinese calligraphy at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505530268192-UV97L2INXBR2ZJ2W40F9/Hanoi+%281%29+copy.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam A family rides on a motorbike--a typical scene in Hanoi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1505530417006-EVJI6OTTGAOTDQID8EQJ/Hanoi+%282%29.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam Folks in Hanoi like to hang out and eat meals in the shade of the alleyways. Small plastic stools come in very handy for the purpose. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2017/9/5/why-asia-needs-more-liberal-arts-and-sciences monthly 0.5 2017-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1504621185004-HXLG24EBOJTRJCWXCL57/IMG_2491.jpg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Why Asia Needs More Liberal Arts (and Sciences) Students in my Shanghai History class at Duke Kunshan University posing with guest speaker Betty Barr Wang, who told them about her experiences in a Japanese internment camp in Shanghai in the 1940s. http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2017/9/3/night-train-to-singapore monthly 0.5 2017-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1504452333268-3KUT6RC5DRE0LKDN2VHE/IMG_9525.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Night Train to Singapore Singapore skyline from Marina Bay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1504452429864-BZ3XVWYSSM2XUMB3SO0D/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Night Train to Singapore Lau Pa Sat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1504452577621-TVY0Y2RZNTB1K43TGAPN/IMG_9487.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Night Train to Singapore Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1504452740824-YH2HIRZP2CYJRD3ER71H/IMG_9562.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Night Train to Singapore the light show of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1504452961218-4SNUTFL8LTG4HMTL1IY5/IMG_9713.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Night Train to Singapore Georgette Chen, self portrait, National Gallery Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1504453035381-CTZF1ZCO2H3SIFXZNUOW/IMG_9760.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Night Train to Singapore Good friends and good beer always go together: with Rob Kos and the proprietress of On Tap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1504453246300-NPLN4S5UM881MYTHM19M/IMG_9652.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Night Train to Singapore Gandhara Bodhisattva, one of many masterpieces at the Asian Civilizations Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1504453470681-GE1C1TR1WY6LTGWTWR1I/IMG_9696.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Night Train to Singapore Jam session at Blu Jaz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1504453597197-45S3LO0OUAB8NYVFN69X/IMG_9780.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Night Train to Singapore The lovely campus of Yale NUS http://shanghaisojourns.net/blog/2017/7/28/quick-asian-impressions-from-a-whirlwind-recruiting-tour-part-1-of-2 monthly 0.5 2017-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501274613107-DUOBTWSH46TT6O8BJXSE/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Welcome to my new neighborhood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501268552260-6FJ8OH8HODLXHA3JMSI5/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501268762743-80MDUD0ALQ7MNCOW82D8/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) A group photo in Jakarta with my gracious hosts from IIEF and other stakeholders in higher education and other fields. Boy were they happy to break fast that evening! : ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501268636195-O815TBKZWNWPW2PMD99Y/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) A guy selling water in heavy traffic in Jakarta. The cars are going so slowly that people sell all sorts of stuff by standing in the middle of the highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501269240111-HXB5YLX8UH4DKGAYBWYA/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) The view from my hotel in downtown Jakarta. There was a fancy mall nearby and also a building housing some bars and restaurants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501269338958-WKX5C2F5623P7ASBXZQV/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) The Speakeasy bar in downtown Jakarta. Nice spot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501269462371-S5805NQ76M3IG3SQV69Z/IMG_8472.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Bali. Bikes are the way to get around for most folks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501270121586-OXJZ1OYPT2U9K6PC8B72/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) It is considered de rigeur to don a sarong when entering a Hindu temple such as Ulu Watu, especially if one's legs are not covered to begin with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501270066480-UHEFJILYUW10GGLVIZGC/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) The beginning of the Kecak Fire Dance at Ulu Watu Temple in Bali https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501269531723-IQ5HXU9DFR7A2Y9Y05PP/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) The memorial for the 2002 terrorist bombing incident near Kuta Beach with a plaque for the names of the people killed or injured. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501269666901-KE8C1J5AJ619XWCQYOC6/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) An inhabitant of the Monkey Forest in Ubud, Bali https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501270480060-PSJF1JN62QS3Z46OCV2C/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Looking out toward Kintamani Volcano and Batur Lake in the middle of Bali https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501270274435-7KB7P66OFV0XKZ2CWP9Q/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) People from all parts of the world bathe in the holy waters of Tirta Empul in Bali, one of the most beautiful temples I've been to in Asia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501270652557-K0ZDAJUPUSWJQ7MKP7GJ/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Saying a prayer for family at Tirta Empul, and yes I bathed there too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501270819384-9YQDQGEUGLCLCFLI8KL9/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Me and my guide Sudirma at a restaurant overlooking Batur Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501270916984-KCSPVH1HSIGRYZWOYOBY/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Flying over the Pacific en route from Bali to Bangkok, We flew over these small isolated islands. Using the GPS I was able to identify them as Natuna islands, home to around 80,000 people, mostly Malay. Seems like a good place for birdwatchers…. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501271029622-FCRMS6QMFHETAV5INQWW/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) You never know who you will run into in Bangkok. Great to catch up with my old highschool classmate Han Kim and meet his students from Westminster college in Salt Lake City, who are in Thailand now learning about about health issues and many other things. And on the best rooftop bar in the city: Octave on 49th fl of the Marriott. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501271176195-OYJ6XNEHZ9QSXDEMMK97/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) This is Wat Phra Singh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501271254650-QP1U1EGV6Y631YZJ0NA3/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Wat Umong, a 700 year old temple in Chiang Mai, known for its tunnels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501271408047-5JEJYNZVKX3QVWE2FF6V/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Phuket's funky Old Town with its patinas of colonial history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501271488780-44ZSZFC7T61EZWL4JALG/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Wat Chalong Temple in Phuket https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501271562624-0JIVCS0MAMK5MA92MW7O/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) The Big Buddha looking out serenely from a mountaintop on Phuket Island https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501271670763-J045CG21HW2POYREW1WE/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) One of the many stunning beaches on Phuket's western side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501271818496-4VD9L1EX0N6FVK9XJAZD/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) A woman walking in George Town's India Town on Penang Island, Malaysia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501271916764-SBHTLYVOF4081O15OUQR/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) The view from my hotel window at Traders of the Petronas Towers in the heart of Kuala Lumpur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501272048010-Q4WTAVI0IHJVWXIN42IQ/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Practicing my yoga, and my levitation skills, in the Batu Caves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501272308279-BN753S4LRT6WAN7EQ6HX/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Morgan, our driver, proved to be an outstanding guide and taught me many things about Malaysian society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501272523657-2LQHB4WEZL9WDVG3MCG2/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Ruins of St. Paul's in Macau https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501272717395-9WDL574D5KXC66FNQ8KA/fullsizeoutput_6282.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Looking out at Hong Kong Island across the harbor from Kowloon. A must-see for any HK visit! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501272828940-CELNTT16NQC00OHRWV95/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) The glorious view of Stanley harbor from St. Stephen's College in Hong Kong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501272901021-1BCUES03FWJ1KDYMCRZK/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) The jazz band at Ned Kelly's Last Stand in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501273108346-1L5J42IVVHKDY1YNKQLI/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) one of hundreds of electronics stalls in the street markets of Sham Shui Po in Kowloon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501273005822-P7SN6Q7LT85SY103J612/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Catching up with old zhongguo tong mate Avron Boretz in a craft beer pub in Mong Kok, Kowloon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501273206645-Z4V31RPJLSVKM65P3VU0/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) I have been told that Indonesians, who make up a large percentage of the domestic labor force in Hong Kong, congregate in the Causeway Bay area on Sundays. Apparently so! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501273443434-PEY3QU8TUOBUSPNWUDK2/fullsizeoutput_6445.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Had a nice haute cuisine meal and caught up with fellow Dartmouth '91 Kevin Woo this eve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501273668205-35ALYEYNHSVC3VJ64Q6L/IMG_8854.JPG Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) At Minjok School outside of Seoul Korea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501273818394-HDV3EW2TGQW46PI4EE3I/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) This week in Seoul is turning Green. Had dinner today with Dartmouth Japanese History Prof Steve Ericson and Mike Kim '90, Professor of History at Yonsei University in Seoul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501273923155-AGSH31VQI8XWRLGFWP0Q/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Treated myself to an evening at the best jazz club in Seoul: All That Jazz in Itaewon. Great Seoul funk band in the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501274015689-K8SPT52Z940AUM5FKI9I/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Church goers at the gorgeous Myeongdong Cathedral in Seoul. Perhaps some of these folks are praying for their children and grandchildren to be admitted into top universities? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501274089977-AX8HU46RJT5HIP074PVA/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Some big event going on in front of 光化门 Kangwha Mun in Seoul. Wish I knew Korean! (later my Seoul mates told me it was a labor protest) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501274430882-8AYR5B1IHUAXE8J2OGKR/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Praying at the Jyogaesa Temple in downtown Seoul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501274200453-UBSTJAKPMFVSET1R4Y5T/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) One of the palaces in the Gyeongbokgung Palace complex in the middle of Seoul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1501274515631-Q46GN9KDXZQMJIFTBLQ4/image-asset.jpeg Travels, Thoughts & Reflections - Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Sunset on the beach in Phuket. Quite possibly my favorite moment of my five week Asia tour. A time for deep contemplation. Will have to go back sometime soon. Among the many places I visited this past month, Thailand was the most magical of all. 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A Q&A with James Carter, China/World Historian and Author of the New Book Champions Day Author and Historian Dr. James Carter http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2020/7/24/a-white-russian-mail-order-bride-and-a-cabaret-in-1930s-tientsin-tianjin-the-story-of-tania-manooiloff-cosman monthly 0.5 2020-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1595638597385-60YQHX4G9IO7YS3T1HM3/Adjustments.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - A White Russian Mail-Order Bride and a Cabaret in 1930s Tientsin (Tianjin): The Story of Tania Manooiloff Cosman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1595638620863-07R8955PCF0H78BLIBJG/Adjustments.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - A White Russian Mail-Order Bride and a Cabaret in 1930s Tientsin (Tianjin): The Story of Tania Manooiloff Cosman http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2020/7/19/the-piano-shop-on-nanking-road-a-brief-history-of-s-moutrie-and-co monthly 0.5 2020-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1595201300111-K95YZ8V7TVU5GJFYEKX6/%E8%B0%8B%E5%BE%97%E5%88%A9%E5%B9%BF%E5%91%8A1912.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Piano Shop on Nanking Road: A Brief History of S. Moutrie and Co. This Chinese ad for Moutrie’s appears in the Times or Shishi xinbao 时事新报 in July 1907. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1595201496578-M93MRY2TXROT6CEC7C7K/Moutrie%27s+ad+Shanghai+Times+May+31+1919.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Piano Shop on Nanking Road: A Brief History of S. Moutrie and Co. From the Shanghai Times, 31 May 1919 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1595201535808-KNFUKU9VL9OAMLA1E3ND/Moutrie%27s+ad+CP+May+16+1929.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Piano Shop on Nanking Road: A Brief History of S. Moutrie and Co. From the China Press, 16 May 1929 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2020/7/15/introducing-the-tango-to-shanghai-1913-1914 monthly 0.5 2020-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1594845784006-A6VQUUYMSRSN5XY68IEE/new_1913+El+Tango+en+Paris.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Introducing the Tango to Shanghai (1913-1914) Dancing the tango in Paris in 1913. Source: Tangology101.com http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2020/6/18/the-nightlife-of-peking-peiping-in-1935 monthly 0.5 2020-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1592531339340-IPUWGAQZ7HIJY3X3LT2S/Peking+1935+%28Getty+Images%29.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Nightlife of Peking (Peiping) in 1935 Peking in 1935 (Getty Images) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2020/3/28/underground-nightlife-in-wartime-chungking-chongqing monthly 0.5 2020-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1585403044868-4ZJE1BJIPVEBNU1VPUTQ/wartime+Chongqing+%28chinaww2.com%29.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Underground Nightlife in Wartime Chungking (Chongqing) An image of Chongqing during the wartime period. Chongqing was subject to repeated bombings by the Japanese. Source: chinaww2.com http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2020/3/26/interned-pootung-hep-cats-form-hottest-dance-band monthly 0.5 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1585274575081-GL69HO4Q6DTNYIM967DK/hep-cats+thrive+on+pootung+jive 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Interned Pootung Hep-Cats Form Hottest Dance Band the article that original appeared in the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury, found on archive.org http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2020/3/22/the-jazz-scene-at-wwii-japanese-prison-camps-in-chinanbsp monthly 0.5 2020-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910171330-18A6TCL29B75G3XSRIEL/Desmond+Power+1940s.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  Desmond Power in 1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910207875-FGZ2SLPN2U6NU0NO47E7/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910243764-G0KR1GKCH8MSX6IOE2KS/Pootung+Camp.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  Pootung Prison Camp https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910300616-TC0SX9EED69BMRGBDN0V/skywalk+at+Pootung+camp.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910398835-ALCJUJUXM26XRGGSI5Y3/The+Life+of+the+Band.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910435330-FKJ7WOCV6F6X3ECVE3BJ/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910470892-ESDZAXBZGLUES4GX6LZJ/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910501950-FNLD6HUH2I3X1TSPU0VI/Earl+Whaley%27s+Red+Hot+Syncopators.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910534303-9FPZA6LZPVCT3RY2UYQ5/Earl+West+and+his+Night+Owls.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910558461-4S7ZEIO9IZH07O5I2AB6/Jonesy.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  Jonesy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910607482-D3WPAYYUQE8FIGCSI6A4/Earl+West.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910655428-M4UY8JG4AJIVCZ3HWJ3S/Prison+Camp+Hospital.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910686490-7J3N3O3B89I3LI1FFU3C/Parachute+drops.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910748137-L95DANZ1XEPDWTI1KVX8/Train+at+Tsingtao+Station.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910769663-J56DV7JULLHN4L9HG5WJ/Jonesy+portrait+2.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910827047-P3GFEIN54RUKRZP1BCQW/Cave+Supper+Club.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910861114-23IOOI38TBEXL0EEIQWZ/truckload+of+internees+from+Weihsien+prison+camp.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910903264-J7OH0CQGLMWBWP617IDC/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  Deirdre West (wife of Earl West) and the couple’s son Earl Leland and daughter Fern taken in 1950 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1584910958704-V0H327YWWQYNZTZNI8NF/Desmond+Power+playing+Earl+West%27s+guitar.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Jazz Scene at WWII Japanese Prison Camps in China.  http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2020/2/4/wa6iz11o7s0a3isygs7if6uo5cjc0q monthly 0.5 2020-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1580813668319-1GP69HDSM4W5PFLS59RI/IMG_1893.png 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Social Life of Foreigners in Shanghai in 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1580813921178-GE0T3E3J03QXX90GPVZF/IMG_1896.png 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Social Life of Foreigners in Shanghai in 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1580814061856-SU3Q432TC8L278H8PN6C/IMG_1895.png 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Social Life of Foreigners in Shanghai in 1924 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2020/1/3/in-search-of-the-lost-ballrooms-of-old-shanghai monthly 0.5 2020-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1578102997573-KEKFWE9Z1GUSTH01SUP2/Earl+Whaley+Orchestra+St.+Anna%27s+1930s.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - In Search of the Lost Ballrooms of Old Shanghai The Earl Whaley Orchestra at Santa Anna Ballroom in 1930s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1578102377510-0UB4YOM7427CZXF7Q3SA/Canidrome+2000.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - In Search of the Lost Ballrooms of Old Shanghai I shot this image of the former site of the Canidrome Ballroom and race track in the year 2000. These buildings were destroyed in 2006 to make way for a new construction. Now there is a performing arts center in this space, which is the block between Fuxing Road and Yongjia Road, Shaanxi South Road and Maoming South Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1578102682708-XB2HERGJ6CRD73GNXCOM/Canidrome_Hotel%28Buck+Clayton%29.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - In Search of the Lost Ballrooms of Old Shanghai A photo of the Canidrome Hotel in the 1930s from the Buck Clayton archive of the UMKC library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1578102485428-AOHB6PFSS4B1008SJU1Z/Buck+Clayton+Orch+in+Canidrome.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - In Search of the Lost Ballrooms of Old Shanghai Buck Clayton’s orchestra in the Canidrome Ballroom, 1934 (from the collection of Buck Clayton photos in the UMKC archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1578101354238-2NO7700FWT428TWXKOBJ/Hotel+Plaza+Shanghai+1930s.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - In Search of the Lost Ballrooms of Old Shanghai Hotel Plaza (far right) in 1930s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1578101832429-OM9W3THZ2G9BNYN03FZG/Jack_Carter_Teddy_Valaida_Plaza_1926.12.23.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - In Search of the Lost Ballrooms of Old Shanghai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1578101591202-V3524MQIQ5TRPHG3KITR/CP1927.1.23+Hotel+Plaza+Ad+.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - In Search of the Lost Ballrooms of Old Shanghai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1578102093481-2AWMT72YM2C87KTZS9KH/Ladow%27s+Tavern+CP1927.05.29.png 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - In Search of the Lost Ballrooms of Old Shanghai This ad appears in the China Press on May 29 1927 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1578102296676-UQXPZ7EMOHI5SVRQDMVR/SavoyAd.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - In Search of the Lost Ballrooms of Old Shanghai http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2019/10/5/building-shanghais-dreamworld-five-elite-ballrooms-of-the-1920s-1930s monthly 0.5 2019-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570333921646-OQ1SILKQ6UG8DJ5DH5DN/MajesticBallroom.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s The Majestic Hotel Ballroom, one of the great ballrooms of the 1920s, which unfortunately was destroyed along with the hotel in the 1930s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570334962994-6UD7V04Y1TIVK3NW76HP/IMG_7047.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s Paramount Ballroom in 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570335063283-KN40XP3G6RLYV56R5VFX/IMG_7516.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s Paramount ballroom marquee by night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570332988249-7OO65KL0BIBBWSAUB519/IMG_0005+%281%29.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s Nighttime exterior of Astor House taken in 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570333056710-XXEZG0I04T9S3WC5H239/IMG_0980+%281%29.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s Ground floor ballroom with Arabesque ceiling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570333149113-P50I9TKETS6EN56WMPQM/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s Center of original dance floor built in 1923, which still could be seen as of 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570333269222-HASUIXHEBFDINJ5AXOD6/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s The front entrance to the Garden Hotel from Maoming South Road, which used to be the French Club in the 1920s-1940s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570333511733-OOGGU60TX31158A5N54Y/IMG_3723.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s The grand hall leading to the second floor ballroom of the former French Club has kept its original design, including the caryatids (nude female bas relief figures) on the pillars holding up the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570333727711-U4XCKPDLGYCFOURTAM0E/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s The ballroom is being gussied up for a private wedding party. Unfortunately the original sprung dance floor is hidden by a thick rug. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570333594230-WSZ7J60233TDP6UA0410/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s The most stunning feature of the French Club ballroom is the stain glass light fixture on the ceiling, whose oval shape mirrors the dance floor below https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570333652789-L4GQ7VJQ37IJZNP2PYNU/IMG_8887.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s This is one of many bas relief figures that grace the ballroom, which are still there today after nearly a century of revolutionary history in Shanghai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570334260749-OGUOLN8JTM9CQ4IA8E4I/IMG_8687.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s The Peace Hotel with its famous tower as seen from the Bund at night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570334295230-MXOU9894UJ01NHTVGUF1/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s The Peace Hotel ballroom, taken in 2019, whose floor is now hidden by a thick rug https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570334346604-DABY9I43VP3ONSLURK40/IMG_3995.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s A Lalique female figurine ensconced in the pillar of the ballroom, atop a striking Deco feature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570334879626-8H1VLVOD6YT7K08UXTPM/Shanghai_Park_Hotel_2007.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s The Park Hotel in 2007 (source: Wikimedia) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570334441306-BZSMUI7EV6UD7VV07T4S/IMG_1912.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s The skylight feature on the ceiling of the Park Hotel ballroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570334654504-Y71HJLUPXWF0IXL4BX96/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s Some jazzy Deco bas relief figures lining the space below the ceiling of the ballroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570334690507-1XG9H1GKZQJ8TSRYAQ1E/IMG_1917.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Building Shanghai's Dreamworld: Elite Ballrooms of the 1920s-1930s The ballroom being used for a private party in 2019—note the original wooden dance floor http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2019/10/3/new-astor-house-ball-room monthly 0.5 2019-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570147384304-RAR03TE4BLR08777MA0L/PeacockLoungeBand.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Designing and Building the Astor House Ballroom (1917-1923) An ensemble of musicians posing in front of the peacock fan orchestral shell at the Astor House (1930s) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570147202569-3PNJX3W1U001OAZXFMR0/Astor+House+Ballroom.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Designing and Building the Astor House Ballroom (1917-1923) The Astor House ballroom featuring its peacock-fan shaped orchestral shell, built in the 1920s (this photo was taken from a guide to Shanghai published in 1932) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1570148858020-OYDXMDG4GHT751IV9WHO/IMG_0973.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Designing and Building the Astor House Ballroom (1917-1923) The original floor of the Astor House Ballroom can still be found in the space today. The ingenious design of this floor is described in Alvaro Leonardo’s article (see link above) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2019/4/18/an-exquisite-synopsis-of-the-cultural-history-of-dancing-in-shanghai-from-a-chinese-article monthly 0.5 2019-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1555569811235-S4T2T33FN2QPLXTH95OV/shanghai+dancers.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - An Exquisite Synopsis of the Cultural History of Dancing in Shanghai (from a Chinese article) An image of Shanghai dancers (1980s?) appearing on the website from the original Chinese article http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2019/2/8/mapping-shanghais-entertainment-world-in-the-1920s-1940s monthly 0.5 2019-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1549678767834-MI843PAH0MSX1HU1LVL2/ChinaShanghaiMap.gif 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Mapping Shanghai's Entertainment World in the 1920s-1940s A map I created of Shanghai in the 1930s-1940s, showing the two foreign settlements surrounded by the Greater Shanghai Special Municipality which the Guomindang established in 1928. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1549678799385-C6J3882A9PXGT5B71T1R/ShanghaiEntMaps.gif 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Mapping Shanghai's Entertainment World in the 1920s-1940s This map shows the locations of the sub-districts within the entertainment district: a) theater, b) shopping, c) hotel. This map shows where the different districts were located in the city. R is for residence, E for entertainment, B for business, and M for manufacturing. Of course, this is a very general scheme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1549678916508-YS2ODN9Y6SYNPKMNCEI2/EntSubDists.gif 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Mapping Shanghai's Entertainment World in the 1920s-1940s This map consolidates the three sub-districts and provides a key to the labeling of the various entertainment facilities. http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/11/2/-re-tooling-shanghais-great-world-for-the-urban-masses-1953 monthly 0.5 2018-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1541217278699-3KVA2Y776Y7CGXZJ26C8/Great+World+.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - 上海大世界 Re-Tooling Shanghai's Great World for the Urban Masses (1953) The Great World as it appears on a poster from the 1960s http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/10/27/where-to-dine-and-dance-on-a-saturday-night-in-shanghai-1933 monthly 0.5 2018-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1540633645369-LSWJVNOA0Y79MYKVVGGA/Screen+Shot+2018-10-27+at+5.47.04+PM.png 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Where to Dine and Dance on a Saturday Night in Shanghai (1933) Ad for the Little Club on Bubbling Well Road appearing in Jan 1933 in the China Press http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/10/10/freddy-kaufmann-shanghai-club-impresario-and-master-of-the-cathay-hotel-tower-club-1935-1938 monthly 0.5 2018-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1539175677442-ALQFX5KCW8P5DVF61ODQ/Freddy+Kaufmann+Jockey+Club+Berlin.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Freddy Kaufmann, Shanghai Club Impresario and Master of the Cathay Hotel Tower Club (1935-1938) Source: Dirk H, “ZieberBengel”, (Hamburg 2015) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1539176040125-0VGUC239341B155RKC0V/Fredy+Kaufman.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Freddy Kaufmann, Shanghai Club Impresario and Master of the Cathay Hotel Tower Club (1935-1938) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1539175861091-SKHDDNXOQQ642EVOWTHW/Tower+Club+ad+Nov+24+1935.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Freddy Kaufmann, Shanghai Club Impresario and Master of the Cathay Hotel Tower Club (1935-1938) This is the first ad to appear for the Tower Club, in the China Press on Nov 24 1935 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1539175912246-3AT1WWCPEKQIGGNB5L4Q/Freddy+Kaufmann+Nov+5+1936.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Freddy Kaufmann, Shanghai Club Impresario and Master of the Cathay Hotel Tower Club (1935-1938) Kaufmann in 1936 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1539175958929-OQTQDX7KHWIRN3Q8THUY/Cathay+Hotel+Tower+Club+Ad+Apr+5+1936.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Freddy Kaufmann, Shanghai Club Impresario and Master of the Cathay Hotel Tower Club (1935-1938) Source: China Press April 5 1936 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1539175986496-XKOA23ILQYBLDSSBGD71/Freddy+Kaufmann+Dec+27+1938+%28death%29.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Freddy Kaufmann, Shanghai Club Impresario and Master of the Cathay Hotel Tower Club (1935-1938) The last image of Kaufmann to appear in the press at the time of his death http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/9/22/three-perspectives-on-the-night-that-buck-and-jack-had-a-tussle-at-the-canidrome-1934 monthly 0.5 2018-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1537589794105-CRW8WYRT3LOPG5ZNTL2W/Buck+Clayton+Orch+in+Canidrome.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Three Perspectives on The Night that Buck and Jack Had a Tussle at the Canidrome (1934) Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen performing at the Canidrome ballroom sometime in autumn of 1934 (from Buck Clayton collection of U Missouri Digital Libraries http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/9/16/the-story-of-buck-claytons-harlem-gentlemen-and-the-famous-fight-with-jack-riley-at-the-canidrome-ballroom monthly 0.5 2020-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1537083868610-J78J0MLUA7419NP238NC/Buck-Clayton-Shanghai0017.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Story of Buck Clayton's Harlem Gentlemen and the Famous Fight with Jack Riley at the Canidrome Ballroom Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen posing for a photo at the Canidrome Ballroom in Shanghai’s French Concession in 1934. From the Buck Clayton Collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1537083575518-Q4QNVA3TKKTNFMMQ1VMP/Buck+Clayton+Canidrome+Ad+April+15+1934.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Story of Buck Clayton's Harlem Gentlemen and the Famous Fight with Jack Riley at the Canidrome Ballroom This ad appears in the China Press on April 15, 1934 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1537084413447-EFC6G5QQR56VYYVLAX7V/Casanova.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Story of Buck Clayton's Harlem Gentlemen and the Famous Fight with Jack Riley at the Canidrome Ballroom The Casanova Ballroom on Ave. Edward VII https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1537084482873-FHP46LCBLGKR4T6KY0G3/CasanovaDance.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Story of Buck Clayton's Harlem Gentlemen and the Famous Fight with Jack Riley at the Canidrome Ballroom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1537083645756-U7N4HNVTCJ9LPF5TFM44/Buck+Clayton+Casanova+ad+May+2+1935.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Story of Buck Clayton's Harlem Gentlemen and the Famous Fight with Jack Riley at the Canidrome Ballroom This ad appears in The China Press on May 2, 1935. This is the last mention of Buck Clayton in the China Press while he was still performing in Shanghai. http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/31/re-discovering-the-del-monte-shanghais-late-night-club-in-the-1930s monthly 0.5 2018-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535759408077-B15M0NFUXTMQC5YT8CLG/IMG_1551.PNG 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Re-Discovering the Del Monte: Shanghai’s Late Night Club in the 1930s The Del Monte from one of many ads that appeared in the China Press in the 1930s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535759268665-V611VILNXAVUMA79FTZZ/IMAGE.JPG 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Re-Discovering the Del Monte: Shanghai’s Late Night Club in the 1930s The original building that once housed the Del Monte night club in Shanghai, now part of the Shanghai Theater Academy and known as the Xiong Foxi Building (there is no mention of the Del Monte on the plaque that describes the history of the building) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535759511054-DHVPNTW2S5MMAVNYD0JV/IMG_1552.JPG 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Re-Discovering the Del Monte: Shanghai’s Late Night Club in the 1930s A menu from the Del Monte that includes the famous dish of “ham and eggs” http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/26/the-black-cat-cabaret-and-the-suicide-attempt-of-fudan-university-student-huang-peiying-1930 monthly 0.5 2018-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535263482530-E6TAJSH3YYPJ7YNLDA21/HuangBaiying.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Black Cat Cabaret and the Suicide Attempt of Fudan University Student Huang Baiying (1930) A photo of Miss Huang Baiying which appeared in the magazine Liangyou in 1930 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1535940728556-ICUC687LV87DZ0UEFSHE/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Black Cat Cabaret and the Suicide Attempt of Fudan University Student Huang Baiying (1930) Ad for the Black Cat cabaret from the China Press http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/21/shanghais-white-russians-1937 monthly 0.5 2018-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1534863916569-2WY37VRODSL3CK9W12NI/IMG_1541.PNG 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Shanghai’s White Russians (1937) A photo showing a Russian hair salon on the streets of Shanghai—as for the nationalities of the passers by, your guess is as good as mine (source: Katya Knyazeva’s blog https://avezink.livejournal.com/26762.html) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/14/shanghais-girl-guides-1936 monthly 0.5 2018-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1534225957989-8Q9BEP4OANBXSLMZFBP9/Dancers_Stage.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Shanghai's Girl Guides (1936) Female dancers performing on a Shanghai stage (didn't have any images of the Girl Guides to share!) Source: Shanghai Manhua 上海漫画 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/12/the-chinese-theatres-of-shanghaia-universal-art-on-the-other-side-of-the-globe-1925 monthly 0.5 2018-08-12 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/11/b1g2fox3apmxbs6ghwjjlsiye8a45l monthly 0.5 2018-08-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1534038585896-905Q7VBO5MEQLAHADK95/IMG_1538.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Shanghai—“The Paris of Asia” is a Haven of Pleasure for Thousands of Tourists (1926) Tourists arrive in Shanghai by ship in 1926 (from the original article) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/6/the-americans-in-shanghai-journalist-edgar-snows-take-on-western-imperialism-in-china-1930 monthly 0.5 2018-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1533573924280-K6WPGTNMWZBQUGCGGOIN/IMG_1535.JPG 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Americans in Shanghai: Journalist Edgar Snow’s Take on Western Imperialism in China (1930) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/6/the-americanization-of-shanghai-1925 monthly 0.5 2018-08-06 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/5/chinese-singsong-girls-vs-russian-cabaret-hostesses-a-policemans-account-of-the-nightlife-of-shanghai-in-1929 monthly 0.5 2018-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1533481859676-ZEWVEEOL0WTNKB4N86C4/singsong+girls.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Chinese Singsong Girls vs. Russian Cabaret Hostesses: A Policeman's Account of the Nightlife of Shanghai in 1929 This image of singsong girls or courtesans in Shanghai can be found along with many others in Catherine Vance Yeh, Shanghai Love and also many photos of courtesans appear in Gail Hershatter, Dangerous Pleasures. http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/4/the-rise-and-fall-of-jack-aka-jackpot-riley-in-shanghais-gambling-world-1941 monthly 0.5 2018-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1533404972787-C29I8ZBHV7C2WBF7L30M/Jack+Riley.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Rise and Fall of Jack aka "Jackpot" Riley in Shanghai's Gambling World (1941) Jack Riley in 1930s Shanghai http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/4/a-night-in-the-city-of-devils-shanghai-on-the-eve-of-war-1937 monthly 0.5 2018-08-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1533403257512-4JCYKIA9Q2XEQD7E1RWB/Jul1912-p81-Bar.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - A Night in the "City of Devils": Shanghai on the Eve of War (1937) The famous Long Bar of the British Shanghai Club on the Bund in the 1920s (source: wikipedia) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/2/a-good-summary-account-of-shanghais-dance-hall-industry-in-1937 monthly 0.5 2018-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1533264872081-E9MHXBMTM958673DXQ2C/IMG_1533.JPG 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - A Good Summary Account of Shanghai’s Dance Hall Industry in 1937 Shanghai dance hostesses from a dance hall magazine of the 1930s http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/8/1/russian-women-from-royal-ballerinas-to-shanghai-cabaret-girls-1937 monthly 0.5 2018-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1533155502727-1K1ML8TJEVC0BHFR3FXU/Misstep.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Russian Women: From Royal Ballerinas to Shanghai Cabaret Girls (1937) A cartoon in Walla Walla Magazine, the magazine of the US 4th Marines http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/30/sad-sin-in-shanghai-a-richly-evocative-portrait-of-a-night-on-the-town-1937 monthly 0.5 2018-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532966782894-LA9PU5ZWYR88ZZEYV35S/SadSin.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Sad Sin in Shanghai--A Richly Evocative Portrait of a Night on the Town (1937) This image accompanies the article published in Collier's in 1937 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532966947514-UUJA9WB4T4K8E5BKWY28/Jimmy%27sBrochure.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Sad Sin in Shanghai--A Richly Evocative Portrait of a Night on the Town (1937) A brochure for the St. George's cabaret run by Jimmy James, who also ran a restaurant in town (source: scrapbook of US 4th Marine from US Navy Yard) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532966990993-0FZTCO6X1WZXOQ2I4F26/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Sad Sin in Shanghai--A Richly Evocative Portrait of a Night on the Town (1937) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/28/nude-shows-springing-up-in-shanghai-badlands-district1939 monthly 0.5 2018-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532784323001-57R8RWS2QNHSG1EEX0YC/NudeDancersAd.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Nude Shows Springing up in Shanghai Badlands District (1939) An ad in a Chinese newspaper for a nude show at the Paris Nightclub along with an image of two foreign women doing a dance in the nude http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/27/night-sounds-in-shanghai-from-sing-song-girls-to-coolies-on-the-bund-1921 monthly 0.5 2018-07-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532707724566-J0SH1BJGCFYI9RZJ99XL/01._CourtesanMahjong1890-1911_1.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Night Sounds in Shanghai: From Sing-Song Girls to Coolies on the Bund (1921) Chinese courtesans playing mahjong (Source: VirtualShanghai.net) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/26/musical-awakening-the-rise-of-oriental-bands-and-chinese-singers-in-wartime-shanghai-1943 monthly 0.5 2018-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532607422291-BHTNTK27TY4ZYT5920RY/ContrerasBand.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Musical Awakening: The Rise of Oriental Bands and Chinese Singers in Wartime Shanghai (1943) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/24/finding-interracial-harmony-in-jessfield-park-shanghai-1929 monthly 0.5 2018-07-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532443264410-53RXPVH1HG3OH3DH2NYW/Jessfield_Park_%28Shanghai%29.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Finding Interracial Harmony in Jessfield Park, Shanghai (1929) Jessfield Park in early 20th century (source: wiki commons) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/24/a-wild-night-in-shanghai-doing-the-nightlife-rounds-with-the-us-marines-1932 monthly 0.5 2018-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532442463668-20NYUTVC2Z4R0F7P8Q80/ChaiLohCard.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - A Wild Night in Shanghai, Doing the Nightlife Rounds with the US Marines (1932) A card for the Chai Loh (Chai Lob below) on Tibet Road, from a Marine's scrapbook https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532442524336-NUS8GDZHJWIHOJKSZ0J8/GriffinBaxter.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - A Wild Night in Shanghai, Doing the Nightlife Rounds with the US Marines (1932) A cartoon published in Walla Walla, the magazine of the 4th Marines in Shanghai http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/23/blood-alley-should-be-made-into-retail-district-1938 monthly 0.5 2018-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532388690939-P37EW48VB8J1IGRJ1G7F/BloodAlley.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - “BLOOD-ALLEY" SHOULD BE MADE INTO RETAIL DISTRICT (1938) Blood Alley at night, during the 1930s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532388737511-J8QH4899YO4QI823V0VQ/BloodAlleySailors1.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - “BLOOD-ALLEY" SHOULD BE MADE INTO RETAIL DISTRICT (1938) Sailors dancing with international hostesses in a Blood Alley bar http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/19/shanghai-gamblers-defy-mayor-chens-clean-up-1940 monthly 0.5 2018-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532052660022-CHXC0MXXZ0R9J8ERYE50/IMG_1529.JPG 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Shanghai Gamblers Defy Mayor Chen’s “Clean-Up” (1940) Chen Gongbo, Mayor of Shanghai 1940-1944 (source: wikipedia.org) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1532052983450-EJW2VTX0JD6IPOHNYS7S/FullSizeRender.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Shanghai Gamblers Defy Mayor Chen’s “Clean-Up” (1940) Ad for Farren’s nightclub appearing in the China Press on 27 June 1937 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/17/shanghais-under-cover-vices-1930 monthly 0.5 2018-07-23 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/16/joe-farren-shanghai-nightlife-impresario-1939 monthly 0.5 2018-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1531892739970-4VGSWKAEG02EWWWTUT43/Joe+Farren.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Joe Farren, Shanghai Nightlife Impresario (1939) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1531868597279-1JSFVIX9YFZGDCXI6VT9/FullSizeRender.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Joe Farren, Shanghai Nightlife Impresario (1939) An ad for Farren’s that appears in the China Press 27 June 1937 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/16/the-defense-of-jack-riley-1941 monthly 0.5 2018-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1531795337438-N3UIOIZU7OPVR6CAL8R6/FullSizeRender.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Defense of Jack Riley (1941) D.D’s nightclub, in which Riley had an investment. Source: Shanghai Mercury and Evening Post 1941 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/16/the-capture-of-jack-riley-1941 monthly 0.5 2018-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1531749840246-MQQ1WZ4TE2CUQV5JDTRD/Screen+Shot+2018-07-16+at+9.59.20+PM.png 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Capture of Jack Riley (1941) Riley Finally Rearrested After hiding from the United States authorities for almost four months. Jack Riley was finally rearrested on March 28, when detectives from the S.M.P., accompanied by Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Sam Titlebaum and members of the Japanese Consular Police and Gendarmerie, raided a boarding house in Young Allen Court where they found the wanted man hiding in a Japanese woman's room. Said Riley; “O.K., boys, all's up,” when ordered to surrender. The photo shows Mr. Titlebaum, Riley, hiding behind his hat, and InspectorJ. G. Crighton, who was in charge of the detective party. (N.C.D.N. photo) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/14/a-rundown-of-the-best-colored-jazz-bands-of-1920s-1930s-shanghai monthly 0.5 2018-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1531617936583-VPR83GPRLW4BDBX0E0VS/Buck-Clayton-Shanghai0017.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - A Rundown of the Best "Colored" Jazz Bands of 1920s-1930s Shanghai Buck Clayton and his Harlem Gentlemen who played at the Canidrome Ballroom in 1934 (source: Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection UMKC http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/13/the-nightlife-of-old-peking-1937 monthly 0.5 2018-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1531468082880-PBRVTKA80IW10F5RVOZE/Peking_Lady_Hedda_Morrison-thumb-200x228.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Nightlife of Old Peking (1937) A Peking Lady from the 1930s, photo by Hedda Morrison (source: danwei.org) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/12/exit-sing-song-enter-cabaret-jazz monthly 0.5 2018-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1531380114076-HCUTGP8R4PDIGHVKRRA1/DancingHostesses.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - EXIT SING-SONG; ENTER CABARET JAZZ! Early Chinese dance hostesses, from the precious book 舞星艳影 or "Beautiful Photos of Dancing Stars" published in 1928, edited by Zhou Shoujuan of Mandarin Ducks and Butterfly lit fame. The original is in the Shanghai Library. http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/7/canidrome-ballroom-offers-excellent-entertainments-to-shanghai-merrymakers monthly 0.5 2018-07-09 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/7/puttin-on-blackface-for-the-shanghailanders-at-the-canidrome-ballroom-1930 monthly 0.5 2018-07-09 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/7/7/the-greatest-jazz-aggregation-ever-to-appear-in-the-orient-1929 monthly 0.5 2018-07-09 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/6/29/the-fate-of-jack-riley-shanghais-notorious-slot-machine-king monthly 0.5 2018-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530325133660-JGFEG7GNS99F9P8ZFJBD/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Fate of Jack Riley, Shanghai's Notorious Slot Machine King Left Image: "Lucky" Jack Riley (photo by North-China Daily News). Right Image: Slot machines in the nightspot Arcadia, circa. 1940. Photo courtesy Katya Knyazeva) Source: Vice http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/6/27/the-fate-of-the-low-key-bill-hegamin-jazz-pianist-in-shanghai monthly 0.5 2018-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530081372163-9CC4G38K7F0B450KZDO4/Bill+Hegamin+and+family+1945.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Fate of Bill Hegamin, Jazz Pianist and Bandleader in Shanghai from 1925-1945 GLAD TO BE IN THE GOOD OLD U. S. A. are Mr. and Mrs. William (Bill) Hegamin and their two sons, Jerome 16, (left), and Robert 17, (right) after two years and seven months of privation and cruelty In a Japanese concentration camp in Shanghai, China. Hegamin, a well-known New York pianist and composer, went to Shanghai 20 years ago where he amassed a small fortune in the music business only to have it ruthlessly confiscated by the Japs. Homeless, the family, some of the last of the repatriated Americans, left Shanghai on the hospital ship USS Refuge to Okinawa, then by the CSS Santuary to San Francisco, arriving in New York City last week, where they plan to live and educate their sons. According to their blood curdling story of death, destruction and atrocities in Shanghai during the Japanese occupation they are indeed fortunate to be alive and together. http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/6/27/enter-bill-hegamin-and-jack-carter-the-beginning-of-their-asian-jazz-journeys monthly 0.5 2018-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530079697354-0B2ZGBIEH4H348DI9U97/Little+Club+Ad+3.4.1927.png 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Enter Bill Hegamin and Jack Carter: The Beginning of their Asian Jazz Journeys An ad for the Little Club published in China Press on March 4 1927 featuring William Hegamin's Little Club Orchestra http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/6/26/its-all-about-teddy-the-master-text-on-teddy-weatherford-asias-great-jazz-ambassador monthly 0.5 2018-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530068653269-ZHR233J6M9CZTCC74IJJ/Teddy_Weatherford_1926.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - It's All About Teddy: The Master Text on Teddy Weatherford, Asia's Great Jazz Ambassador A rare photo of Teddy Weatherford published in the China Press in Shanghai in 1926 when he was performing with the Jack Carter orchestra at the Plaza Hotel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530067934542-P22ML2T2GBJ1RMH6CUSA/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - It's All About Teddy: The Master Text on Teddy Weatherford, Asia's Great Jazz Ambassador Teddy Weatherford Orchestra, Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay India 1938. Left to Right: Cricket Smith, ppt (American); Teddy Weatherford, pno (American); George Leonard, tbn/vln (French); Luis Moreno, tpt (Spanish); Josico Menezes, alto (Goanese Indian); Luis Pedroso, dms (Cuban), Roy Butler, alto (American); Rudy Jackson, tenor (American); Henry Green, bass (Anglo-Indian)--quite an international personnel! Photo courtesy of Roy Butler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530067705815-RIETE2W6NJ88HP2PNI10/Sam+Weatherford.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - It's All About Teddy: The Master Text on Teddy Weatherford, Asia's Great Jazz Ambassador Above: Sam Weatherford on the porch of Teddy’s birthplace, Pocohontas, Virginia in July 1975. Photo Ralph Gulliver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530067807554-RXLUC09KXN31GUU9ULWJ/image-asset.jpeg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - It's All About Teddy: The Master Text on Teddy Weatherford, Asia's Great Jazz Ambassador Above: Jimmy Wade’s Syncopators, Chicago, 1922. L to R: Back Bill Dover, tbn; Teddy Weatherford, pno; Edwin Jackson, dms. Front: Vernon Roulette, sax; Eddie South, vln; Jimmy Wade, tpt. Photo courtesy of Edwin Jackson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530068234187-HDRA01EGPCQTOQ73W4US/Teddy+Weatherford+concert+bill.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - It's All About Teddy: The Master Text on Teddy Weatherford, Asia's Great Jazz Ambassador Above: A programme of Galle Face Hotel, Colombo In 1939 which shows clearly the variety of music which was expected of Teddy’s bands during his period in the Far East. Courtesy Mario Booth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530068353734-AJBVRQ12EOE632X0P69J/Plantation+Quartet.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - It's All About Teddy: The Master Text on Teddy Weatherford, Asia's Great Jazz Ambassador Above: “The Plantation Quartet” probably taken in the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo, Ceylon in 1939. L to R: Crickett Smith. Teddy Weatherford, Rudy Jackson, Roy Butler. Photo courtesy Luis Moreno. http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/6/26/jack-carters-asian-jazz-odyssey-an-article-published-in-storyville-in-1976 monthly 0.5 2018-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1530000691979-HE4R5N238S81OVS2H6DF/Noble+Sissle+Orchestra+with+Jack+Carter+1934.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Jack Carter's Asian Jazz Odyssey (An Article published in Storyville in 1976) http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/6/26/another-good-article-on-the-rise-of-shanghais-cabaret-industry-in-the-trenches-of-hongkew monthly 0.5 2018-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1529991824288-QXIXGSHSTWR76OEFINJL/Sailor+in+Trenches.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Another good article on the rise of Shanghai's cabaret industry in "The Trenches" of Hongkew A sailor and Russian bar hostesses in the Trenches, this image accompanied the original article in China Press http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/6/25/pvyde5f3jfbbdz0ajqi04enej411ry monthly 0.5 2018-06-30 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/6/24/closing-down-the-carlton-cafe-with-a-big-shindig-1928 monthly 0.5 2018-06-30 http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/6/23/one-of-shanghais-legendary-jazz-bands-from-the-1920s monthly 0.5 2018-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1529735519359-1NHGVCLG7ABMKLVUURLE/FullSizeRender.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Jack Carter: the Arrival of One of Shanghai’s legendary jazz bandleaders from the 1920s http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/6/22/the-master-list-of-1920s-1930s-shanghai-jazz-bandleaders monthly 0.5 2018-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1529644455874-FPBR8WKFAR6DPEQQYJOD/Whitey%27sBand.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - The Master List of 1920s-1930s Shanghai Jazz Bandleaders Whitey Smith's band in the 1920s--"the man who taught China to dance" -- from his memoir I Didn't Make a Million http://shanghaisojourns.net/shanghais-dancing-world/2018/6/20/paramount-ballroom-to-open-here-soonnov-1933 monthly 0.5 2018-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1529552783045-813OYJ5DPIR3HKHF6GDL/Paramount+Main+Dance+Floor.jpg 海上舞界 Shanghai's Dancing World (Nightlife in the 1920s-40s) - Paramount Ballroom To Open Here Soon (Nov 1933) The main dance floor of the Paramount Ballroom, which was built on cantilevered springs. 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Through performances by some of China's top indie rock bands and interviews with band members, rock club managers, concert organizers and record producers, the film highlights the music and the struggles that indie rock musicians are undergoing as they challenge the dominant values of mainstream Chinese society. Bands profiled in the film include Lonely China Day, Hedgehog, Carsick Cars, Re-TROS, Flying Fruit, PK-14, Brain Failure, and SUBS. 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The characters above the dancers are two numbers: 1.28 and 9.18, signifying two Japanese attacks on Chinese territory: the January 28th 1932 Incident in Shanghai and the Mukden Incident in 1931. Source： 中华（上海）1934. 胡同光作 http://shanghaisojourns.net/a-century-of-jazz-in-shanghai-documentary-film daily 0.75 2021-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1632127388853-OLPM4KJC57B6DX9ANL59/Jasmine+at+Wooden+Box.png A Century of Jazz in Shanghai (documentary film) Jasmine Chen at the Wooden Box with Leo Susi and Tinho Pereira https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1632128116251-YPGQODJBKWIMNB3AOL0P/Greg+and+Matt+at+JZ+Festival+2.png A Century of Jazz in Shanghai (documentary film) Greg Smith and Matthew Harding playing at the JZ Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1632127543135-SLC14KHJCQBR7DXZAI72/Big+Band+at+JZ+1.png A Century of Jazz in Shanghai (documentary film) The JZ Big Band conducted by Mats Holmquist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1632128194780-KYV8ZWZ09KMAZZFJGXV1/Buck+Clayton+Harlem+Gentlemen.jpeg A Century of Jazz in Shanghai (documentary film) Buck Clayton and the Harlem Gentlemen at the Canidrome Ballroom in 1934 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1632127292879-25KZ62LJJE3U60PT2OY5/Coco+and+Alec+at+ST.png A Century of Jazz in Shanghai (documentary film) Danny Zanker, Coco Zhao, and Alec Haavik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5435f72ae4b09dbd92eb43ad/1632127214506-HX87QY2SGE0RWKXZBR4S/Bao+Zhengzhen+interview+1.png A Century of Jazz in Shanghai (documentary film) Bao Zhengzhen, one of the members of the original “Old Man Jazz Band” at the Peace Hotel http://shanghaisojourns.net/latest-posts daily 0.75 2023-09-19