A brief history of Soho, Hong Kong
Yesterday I stopped by my friend Nadia’s new shop, Select 18, in Hong Kong’s Soho neighborhood. As the proprietor of a clothing shop, and…
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Typhoon season!
Here it comes again… that time of the year when it rains like crazy. It’s a good chance to catch up on movies, practice…
Happy Chinese New Year!
‘Kung Hei Fat Choy’! It’s Chinese New Year again – the biggest holiday of the year. Yesterday marked the beginning of year of the pig. So how does life change in Hong Kong during the Chinese New Year holiday?
Umbrella Repair – going, going, almost gone…
The problem: What do you do when you purchase a fancy umbrella, only to have it de-spoke on you in a sudden gust of…
Hong Kong’s Christmas lights – a key economic indicator?
Several people have told me that you can judge the current state of Hong Kong’s economy by the vibrancy of the yearly Christmas displays. Entire sections of the city are draped with multiple-story lights in celebration of Christmas and Chinese New Year.
Rock Music – still alive in Hong Kong?
Friday night was a busy one. At 8:30 I went to EDGE to check out an underground band show. My friend J.T.’s new group,…
Halloween H.K. Style 2006
Halloween seems to be getting bigger and bigger each year in Hong Kong. Because it fell on a Tuesday this year, the bars and…
ROCKIT, H.K.’s outdoor music festival!
Rockit, Hong Kong’s only large outdoor music festival touched down last weekend for its fourth straight year. This time it lasted two days, rather…
Mid-Autumn Festival
Last week was a major holiday, Mid-Autumn Festival. Apart from its origin as a harvest celebration when the moon is at its fullest, in…
The Flower Market & Bird Market, Prince Edward, Kowloon
Two of my favorite places to take tourists are the Flower Market and Bird Market in Prince Edward. It’s easy to get there and…
World Cup Fever!
As a former British colony, in addition to inheriting a love of the Rolls Royce, Hong Kong inherited a love of “football” from the…
M1NT, a new club concept
With the economy booming in Hong Kong, there have been many new clubs popping up. One particularly interesting new entry has not opened yet….
Boat Trips in Hong Kong
Hong Kong, made famous in part for its harbor, is located on the South China Sea. When the weather gets warm it’s time for…
Guns Galore in Mongkok!
I was walking through a part of Mongkok that I haven’t been to in a while when I saw a window loaded with assault…
Victoria Prison decommissioned
In Hong Kong’s Central neighborhood, above the famous nightlife area Lan Kwai Fong and on the fringe of the Soho neighborhood lies Victoria Prison….
‘Band Room’ Birthday BBQ
Chances are if you see round, white colored food on the skewers, those ain’t marshmallows!
Ap Liu Street, Sham Shui Po
Ap Liu Street in the Sham Shui Po neighborhood of Kowloon is part flea market, part electronics graveyard, and part junkyard. You can find…
The MTR – H.K.’s Subway System
I’ve mentioned the MTR in several of my previous posts. The MTR (Mass Transit Railway,) is Hong Kong’s subway system that stretches to 53…
Vanishing Dai Pai Dongs
If you’re walking around Hong Kong and you see what looks like an improvised food stall built into a ramshackle little hut, you’ve just…
Chinese New Year Fireworks!
I’m a sucker for fireworks. I headed up to The Peak to check out the view from the top of Hong Kong Island. I…
Chinese New Year Lion Dance at Dragon-i!
For the second year in a row I attended Dragon-i’s Chinese New Year celebration. This year they also featured a lion dance and music…
New Year Market and Fair, Causeway Bay
Every year there is a huge fair and flower market set up in Victoria Park in Causeway Bay. It features hundreds of vendors in…
Christmas lights on buildings in H.K.
Hong Kong’s modern architecture is impressive enough on its own to make other cities jealous, but during the holiday season – sometime between December…
Garbage Picker or Sanitation Provider?
Was on my home from a long night around 3 or 4am. It’s typhoon season here and it started pouring rain. I walked up…
Waiting for egg-tarts…
Here you can see people ‘queing’ (as the British say) at the re-opening of the famous egg-tart store on Lyndhurst Terrace. The lines were…