tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58986481029640209292024-02-19T10:47:05.792-06:00Reading in TreesRamblings of a Pop Culture JunkieReading In Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886679447623730644noreply@blogger.comBlogger132125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898648102964020929.post-71610054792393796362016-08-30T12:06:00.000-05:002016-08-30T12:06:09.627-05:00Hey all you b'hoys and g'hals - great read for the historical fiction lovers<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26196357-billy-gogan-american" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px;"><img alt="Billy Gogan, American: A Novel" border="0" src="https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1447140905m/26196357.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26196357-billy-gogan-american">Billy Gogan, American: A Novel</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9864754.Roger_Higgins">Roger Higgins</a><br />
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1736601411">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I came to this one not knowing quite what to expect, honestly thinking of the Five Points of Gangs of New York fame - which was the extent of my knowledge of the period. It delivered a much better look at the Five Points and so much more. The novel takes young Billy Gogan from a respectable upbringing in a respectable school from a respectable family to a lone fifteen year old boy shipped to America to make his way in the world on his own. He has to grow up fast, but Billy becomes the little brother to the chosen criminals in New York who he has befriended so he retains some of his innocence and teenage angst you would expect from a coming of age story. His smarts<br /><br />We don't get to see New York at first though,because the first half of the book is Billy's fall from grace and subsequent shipping to America. He befriends a young widow and her daughter and they make the voyage together across the hard sea, becoming closer and closer so that he arrives in America with an adopted older sister of sorts and young niece who he feels responsible for. When he finally lands in New York, he has already had a hard journey but has a strong back and a willingness to work along with some luck and ends up making things work for himself. You can look forward to his friendship, in a Forest Gump turn of events, with the local bosses, including a young Bill Tweed of future Tammany Hall fame - who take advantage of his education/smarts and in turn show him the ropes of the Five Points.<br /><br />What is great is that while there's great character development and a good story here - you also get a good history lesson because you can tell reading it that there was a great amount of research to get the culture of the era right - from the history of the time, to the clothing, to the ships' inner-workings, to the language. The language is what really takes you back though and drops you right in the middle of the masses who fled Ireland to land on American shores from the point of view of an educated youth who can talk you through the process of translating and learning about the Five Points while he's learning it himself. There's an interesting denouement that makes it clear there is more of Billy Gogan's story, and I can't wait to read it!<br />
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Reading In Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886679447623730644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898648102964020929.post-53212774691785853322014-12-26T19:35:00.001-06:002014-12-26T19:35:21.458-06:00Mamoms Pecan Pie (Sandra) 1/2 cup butter<br />
1/2 cup sugar<br />
3/4 cup white corn syrup<br />
3 eggs - slightly beaten<br />
1 tsp vanilla<br />
1 cup pecans (she uses pecan pieces, easier to slice than whole ones)<br />
1 deep dish pie crust<br />
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* Work 1/2 cup butter til creamy.<br />
* Add 1/2 cup sugar slowly.<br />
* Stir in 3/4 cup of white corn syrup. & 3/4 cup maple syrup.<br />
* Add 3 eggs- slightly beaten.<br />
* Add 1 tsp. Vanilla<br />
* Add 1 cup pecans.<br />
* 325° for 1 hour<br />
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<br />Reading In Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886679447623730644noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898648102964020929.post-66194295358070737692014-12-23T22:56:00.000-06:002014-12-26T19:44:16.578-06:00Sauteed Shrimp in Herb Butter (Adrienne)1 lb. raw shrimp<br />
1/4 cup butter<br />
2 tbsp. lemon juice<br />
1 tsp. parsley flakes<br />
1 tsp. chives<br />
1/2 tsp. chives<br />
1/2 tsp. tarragon<br />
1/2 tsp. dry mustard<br />
3/4 tsp. season-all<br />
1/8 tsp. cayenne<br />
1/8 tsp. garlic powder<br />
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* Cook shrimp in all ingredients until pink and done. Serve over rice pilaf.
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Frank Lloyd Wright built his home & studio (<a href="http://www.oprf.com/flw/H&S.html"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><strong>951 Chicago Ave, Oak Park</strong></span></a>- #1 on the tour) out in the burbs and the family stayed there from 1899 to 1909. Well, techinically he built his home in the burbs while he was working for the famous architect and his mentor, Louis Sullivan and got tired of the commute so he when he opened shop for himself, he added his studio space later. Some of the design elements that his homes are so famous for are evident in their beginnings here. He changed his space around for his growing family and for their convenience to fit into the natural settings of the area... set on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prairie_Houses">Prarie</a>. He would ride his horse outside and built views of that vista.</div><br />
I can't say enough about the details of this home and the care with which it has been restored. Anyone in the area would be well-served to take a trip out to the burbs to see it if they have a free weekend day.<br />
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These are my cohorts for the day, Ric and Dale... two super nice guys who are both big fans of architectures and this era. It was a great way to tour the area (plus I didn't get lost- which is great for a directionally challenged person!)<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From our tour of the home, we decided to take a walk, taking in some of the other FLW homes in the area. The Oak Park Visitors Center has great <a href="http://www.oprf.com/flw/index-walk.html">map of the area</a> detailing where a lot of the homes are. Or you can buy a map in the gift shop as well. The route we took took us first past a home unrelated to FLW, but still interesting for historical significance... the unassuming boyhood home of Ernest Hemmingway. He was born in Oak Park in 1899, the same year that FLW built his home there.</div><br />
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# 16 on the walk: Down the street you get to see one of the houses from 1911. Kind of an unassuming home, but beautiful and easily identified as a FLW home. The windows, different levels and planter in the yard were definite tip-offs as we walked up to it, even without the map.<br />
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Next we walked over to the Harry S. Adams house up the street.<br />
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#17 on the Walk: Again, the oganic levels, beautiful detailing in the door, windows and the signature FLW planters out front all add beauty to this home.<br />
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As we walked around we clearly got a good view of some other Prairie School homes that were built around the same time. <a href="http://www.dgunning.org/opdb/byadd.php?stnum=630&dir=N&street=Euclid">The Ashley C. Smith House (630 N Euclid)</a><br />
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The excellent home of <a href="http://www.oak-park.us/public/pdfs/Historic%20Preservation/landmarks/Euclid_231_N.pdf">Edward and Caroline McCready House [1907]</a> on 231 Euclid Ave by architect Spencer & Powers has a lovely doorway and other great design elements that caught our eyes.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We actually didn't go into the church, just enjoyed the view from the outside- there was a concert going on inside so that will have to be another trip. It is an interesting view from the outside. I liked standard Christian cross on the planter. His family emblem is the cross with the circle and you can see the planters outside his own home had that implant built in. The church's planter was essentially the same thing, but just the cross alone. The building is made of a rough concrete in place of masonry. The design elements still lend an air of sophistication and beauty that might be missing otherwise.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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# 8 on the walking tour, the Hills-DeCaro house (DeCaros recuonstructed it after a 1976 fire, when it lost some of its original detailing apparently. It is a pretty house regardless.<br />
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We had to backtrack to Elizabeth Court because we walked right past it with the excitement of seeing the other FLW houses in obvious plain view. Go back. It is a great little street with lots of interesting houses. Of course we were headed to #11 on the walking tour<br />
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I really like the unassuming nature of this house. One of the smaller ones we saw, it still had some of the classic FLW presence, but in a more understated way. I think it is more obvious as you look at a SE view of the house. Planters on the 2nd floor must have been a pain the dupah to maintain.<br />
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We walked around the block and made our way back to Chicago Ave, which is where we had parked in front of the the FLW home & studio. The last of the three houses we saw were the so-called "bootleg houses" which were rogue designs done against the will of his employer Louis Sullivan who forbade FLW to take outside commissions.<br />
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#4 on the walking tour: This was my favorite of the 3 bootlegs, a Queen Anne design with some hints of FLW. I think I was drawn mostly to the windows and wood panelling. <br />
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#2 on the walking tour: Lastly, the first of the pair to the other house, not really as interesting as anything else we had seen up to that point, though a perfectly fine house.<br />
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It is evident from the design that nature is really heart of the design this home, with the cantilevered levels of the house literally coming out of the mountain. Most of what I learned and noticed was explained by our excellent guide. The <a href="http://www.paconserve.org/">Western Pennsylvania Conservancy</a> has really done a wonderful job maintaining the home and its staff is educated and competent.<br />
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The Kaufmanns' son, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. had been a pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright's after reading his book, and it was his interest in architecture that led the Kaufmann's to Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright, who would visit a home he designed and move a vase back to where he had originally thought it should be had renowned battles with Mr. Kaufmann who had hired engineers to advise on what seemed like a crazy idea to build the home. They advised steel beams to support the framing and Mr. Wright was not too happy about either their idea or the fact that Kaufmann went behind his back on the design element.<br />
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You have to drive through the mountains to get to the house. Alone it is a pretty drive, taking you through the Laurel Highlands of Pennsylvania and it puts you in the mood to embrace nature as you're enjoying the scenic views the drive offers.<br />
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</div><div>If you like a book that you want to tout or if you just like to review books, here's your chance! </div>Reading In Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886679447623730644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898648102964020929.post-89780608702159619732010-08-29T22:16:00.000-05:002010-08-29T22:16:39.400-05:00Yummy Quinoa SaladOne of my favorite recipes right now is the Curry Lime Biryani salad recipe that my sister sent to me. I make a big bowl for the week and then can nosh off it as a dinner or lunch side all week with a little extra chicken and/or some veggies... or sometimes just alone. Quinoa is great if you haven't tried it and was a popular food for the Incas and has a very high protein content. <div><br />
</div><div>Also, you should know that a <a href="http://gogeometry.com/incas/quinoa_inca_nutrition.html">bitter seed coating called saponin</a> is on the grain- this protects it from being eaten by birds in the fields but it is bitter. If you buy it boxed- <a href="http://www.quinoa.net/"><i>Ancient Harvest</i></a> seems to have a great line, it will be rinsed already but I rinse what I buy from the Whole Foods bulk bins and it is much better. I also love the pasta that you can buy boxed that is made from quinoa- and it is gluten-free.<br />
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<b>1 1/4</b> c water<br />
<b>3</b> Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><b>6 </b>Tbsp Lime Juice (they recommend to juice/zest 2 limes but this is way easier)</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 7px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">curry seasoning (<b>1</b> tsp of curry powder, <b>1/8</b> tsp of ground ginger, and <b>1/8</b> tsp of cinnamon)<br />
<b>3/4</b> tsp sea salt<br />
<b>1</b> package (10 oz) shredded carrots (I shred my own carrots in the food processor, the bagged shredded IS easy though)<br />
<b>1</b> c no-salt-added canned chickpeas (garbanzo beans), rinsed and drained<br />
<b>1 1/2</b> c thinly sliced scallions<br />
<b>1/4 </b>c sliced almonds, toasted- I'll just toss the roasted almonds I but at the supermarket into the food processor before I do the carrots)<br />
<b>1/4</b> c dried currants or golden raisins<br />
<b>3/8</b> tsp pepper<br />
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<b>1.</b> In a saucepan, combine 3 tablespoons lime juice, quinoa, water, 1 tablespoon olive oil, curry seasoning, and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until quinoa turns transparent and liquid is absorbed. Cool and place in a large bowl.<br />
<b>2.</b> Add carrots, chickpeas, scallions, almonds, and currants. Toss.<br />
<b>3.</b> In a small bowl, combine remaining 3 tablespoons lime juice, remaining 2 tablespoons oil, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 3/8 teaspoon pepper; whisk until well blended. Pour over quinoa mixture and toss. Divide evenly into four salad bowls.<br />
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So, I'm gathering all the info I can and will start catching up shortly... mostly for my own edification.Reading In Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886679447623730644noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898648102964020929.post-78956010386511269862010-07-11T01:07:00.001-05:002010-07-15T18:29:57.526-05:00SHANGHAI June 2010 Trip/ PicsI posted a couple of days of pictures here, so I thought I'd combine them to make it easier to click back and forth between days. Anyway here's my nice relaxing trip where I got to see/experience a lot of new things and hang out and drink with my amazing friend Angie.She might only occasionally surprise herself, but she continues to surprise me!<br />
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(June 14/15) Day 1/2- Travel there and Karaoke with Qin.<br />
<ul><li> <a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-1-getting-to-china.html">Getting to China</a></li>
<li><a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-2-karaoke-with-qin.html">Karaoke with Qin</a> </li>
</ul>(June 16) Day 3- YuYuan Market, Gardens, Pudong<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-3a-shanghaiese-lunch-and.html">Lunch Shanghaiese Style and a very Euro Dinner</a></li>
<li><a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-3b-bazaar-at-yu-yuan-garden.html">Bazaar at YuYuan Garden</a></li>
<li><a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-3c-yu-yuan-garden.html">YuYuan Garden </a></li>
<li><a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-3d-huxinting-teahouse.html">Huxinting Teahouse</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-3f-pudong-financial-district.html">Pudong Financial District</a> </li>
</ul><a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-3e-getting-around.html">Random Shanghai Observations....</a><br />
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(June 17) Day 4 - <a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-4-world-expo.html">World Expo</a><br />
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(June 18) Day 5- French Concession Day<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-5a-french-concession.html">French Concession</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-5b-market-and-lunch-at-thai.html">Taikang Lu Marketplace</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-5c-firefly-le-semaine.html">Firefly, Le Semaine Francaise, and World Cup Soccer</a> </li>
</ul>(June 19) Day 6- <a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-6-movies-little-face.html">Cool off/Relax Day</a>- it was our vacation after all!<br />
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(June 20) Day 7- Checked out <a href="http://readingintrees.blogspot.com/2010/07/shanghai-7-bund.html">the Bund</a> and head back to the States.Reading In Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886679447623730644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898648102964020929.post-81820473840953658252010-07-11T00:44:00.000-05:002010-07-11T00:44:47.728-05:00Shanghai (7): The Bund<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>June 20, 2010:</b></span><br />
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The last day we took a walk down <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bund">the Bund</a>, which houses all these old European-styled banks and hotels from when there area was filled with wharves. I wanted to go before we had to go finish packing and head to the Airport. Apparently, the Bund <a href="http://chinayouren.com/en/2010/03/29/3466">wasn't always</a> such a pleasant flowered walkway...they recently rebuilt and reopened it, in time for the Expo.<br />
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From our hotel we walked over this bridge and toward the Bund, which our room overlooked.<br />
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A huge boat was docking in the river.<br />
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The Pudong Financial District overlooks the Bund (the old financial district). You can see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_the_People's_Heroes_(Shanghai)">People's Heroes Memorial</a> from here too.<br />
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There's apparently a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSBC_Building,_Shanghai">story about the lions</a>... HSBC Bank, one is roaring to symbolize protection and one is calm to represent security... these are replicas after the real ones were saved after the war...<br />
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Here's the <a href="http://www.art-and-archaeology.com/china/shanghai/bu04.html">Bund Lighthouse</a> at the Southern end of the Bund. There's a bar/restaurant on top.<br />
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The flowers were really nice, and the wall lit up (those discs you see are lights) at night.<br />
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We spent a little bit of time down by the Bund because I had to exchange some money, but because it was SO hot and sticky outside... in the mid-90s and HU-mid!...we finally decided to go see a movie.<br />
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We went to the Chinese restaurant in the hotel for lunch before we did anything. Angie had the <a href="http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/eat/how-eat-shanghai-hairy-crabs-973904">Hairy Crabs</a>... I'm not kidding... I went with a safe Pad Thai just because it was so nasty outside hot and humid in the high 90s...<br />
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Then we cleaned ourselves up and went back out into the open to go see a movie. The movie we ended up seeing was BACK in the French Concession, which was fine with us because we really liked that area...<br />
We ended up seeing this movie called <i><b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092634/">Shanghai</a></b></i> that had John Cusack in it and was beautifully filmed.<br />
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Before we went in, we ran into a tour group... yes all dressed alike... taking pictures of this building...NO IDEA what it was though.<br />
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We ended the day by going to this restaurant called <b><i><a href="http://www.facebars.com/">Little Face</a></i></b>... the owners used to have a very popular place called Face Bar in the French Concession but it closed after a dispute about the rent I believe... they also have places in Beijing, Bangkok and Jakarta. I recommend them if you're ever in any of those places.<br />
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</div>Reading In Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886679447623730644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898648102964020929.post-31370224342958513642010-07-11T00:43:00.004-05:002010-07-11T01:03:00.784-05:00Shanghai (5B)- Market and lunch at Thai Restaurant<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">June 17, 2010:</span></span></b><br />
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Next we headed into the Taikang Lu Market, which you get to after taking an entrance from the street into a spiderweb of back alleys that are now all connected. We never would have found it but we ran into a French woman who taught at a local school and she guided us there. Such a sweet woman... she was going back to France the next day after having lived in Shanghai for 14 years.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's a story about this good luck cat which you see everywhere, apparently after a shopkeeper kept shooing away a cat, he finally let it stay and the cat would sun himself in the window. So many people stopped in to see the adorable cat in the window, that his business picked up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">June 17, 2010</span></b>:<br />
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So after walking around the French Concession all day, Angie and I decided to go get ourselves a nice massage. If you're ever in a city with one of these spas, go to Firefly. They're the best! I got a one-hour Chinese-style massage vs. the Japanese shiatsu and then spent time getting a mani/pedi. Angie got an hour long foot massage and an hour long massage also... we were very relaxed after a long day walking around in the heat...<br />
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I left feeling refreshed but Angie had been released 10 minutes earlier so I figured I'd stroll around and see what there was to see, and eventually I would run into her... so I took a look and two blocks from Firefly was a little street that had been blocked off for "French Week" I looped back and found her and we made our way back to the tents where I had just missed her...<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since I like <a href="http://chicago.metromix.com/restaurants/french/la-creperie-chicago/135768/content">La Creperie</a> in Chicago so much, it warmed my heart to see one at this festival... though the Shanghai version....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Used to work at CCH with a guy named Dodd... good guy... don't know where he landed... this is the Chinese Fairy Princess version of Dodd apparently...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div>We watched some World Cup, stayed til it was dark, made a new friend, "Steve" and hung out for quite a while. Then we took off and ended up going to Bistro 30 around the block from our hotel where they were showing the USA game and got pizzas and maybe a little beer.<br />
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Oh, and this Restaurant/Hotel was around the corner from our hotel... and they had these poor valets dressed like Scots... restaurant doesn't look too busy. I really wanted to know if he had seen the Skittles commercial.<br />
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</div>Reading In Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886679447623730644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898648102964020929.post-84458383355702411862010-07-11T00:43:00.000-05:002010-07-11T00:43:06.888-05:00Shanghai (5A) -French ConcessionJune 17, 2010:<br />
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Thursday we headed over to the French Concession and did the start of a Tour.<br />
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Apparently, in the early 1900s (1800s?) the Europeans moved into Shanghai, took over a part of town and said "THIS IS OURS" and the Shanghai people apparently conceded... there used to be these Concessions for the British, German, etc.The French Concession, or as our hotel concierge calls it, the "Former French Concession" is a cute little neighborhood, artsy, seems to be up and coming sort of a neighborhood.<br />
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We started out at the Old Book Shop co-owned by a Dutch(?) photog and his partner, an American ex-pat woman who own it as sort of a book shop meets tea house. Angie and I both bought books from the owner of aerial photographs he took of the city:<br />
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You can kind of see that area to the back and to the left.... it is an opening to a fountain...<br />
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Vienna isn't exactly French... but it appears to fit into the feel of the hood...<br />
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Solves a parking problem...<br />
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This was an old French Police Station and then a Chinese one, I think it is empty now, but it goes back pretty far and looks like it is huge from the inside.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Check this out....</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3o3a-uTvV1IuXut53zO18o8OMpH3oJOz0E_W_ZDjp0FhsUrdGMpGpu-VI4K9s2Da4mrgDw508OSC0haK8T-kZHcZ9LGQjNzMXc8lceASGR5MKZc4QQSQ7qUb9GOVR6nnhGU6pv_WId3o/s1600/CHINA-Shanghai+June+14-20+2010+245.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH3o3a-uTvV1IuXut53zO18o8OMpH3oJOz0E_W_ZDjp0FhsUrdGMpGpu-VI4K9s2Da4mrgDw508OSC0haK8T-kZHcZ9LGQjNzMXc8lceASGR5MKZc4QQSQ7qUb9GOVR6nnhGU6pv_WId3o/s640/CHINA-Shanghai+June+14-20+2010+245.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Seemed to be quite a few jazz/blues clubs around the city</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Apparently this was a house of an important Chinese Government Official... not sure... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Right about this time, I was thirsty and I needed a band aid for a blister... we got both beer and a band aid at this little place. A group of geeky teenage kids came in about half-way through their drink but they were definitely more interested in themselves than us, which was a nice change from some of the attention we had gotten at the Expo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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More fun translations...<br />
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The Huxingting Teahouse is apparently one of the oldest teahouses standing in Shanghai. It really is lovely.... and jam-packed with tourists...<br />
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Leave it to Starbucks to capitalize on the cache of an old teahouse in China....<br />
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Made our way to the Expo before the Shanghai workers were off for the weekend.<br />
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We got to a remote part of the Expo in a taxi and took the Metro in... aside from the security, they checked our bags and wanded us like we were going through an airport... it was a pretty easy process to get there.<br />
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Let me first say that my camera ran out of juice partway through, which I was definitely sad about, we made it through to a see a lot of the Exhibits in Sections A (Euro-centric) and C (where more of the Asian Countries were). The buildings were gorgeous... from the outside. The only building we went into was Nepal. The lines were immense... for example on the way in there was an announcement that the wait for the Saudi Arabia building to get inside was 5 hours long. Just one Exhibit.<br />
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Let me recommend to you the Expo Site at <a href="http://www.expo.shanghaidaily.com/">www.expo.shanghaidaily.com</a> if you're at all interested in seeing what is there... the buildings are amazing and because my camera died I can only show you a portion... Angie had her camera and took more pictures later so I'll post those if I ever get them.<br />
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Shanghai Daily explains:<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China, is a landmark international gathering showcasing urban innovation and cultural diversity in the 21st century. Held between May 1 and October 31, 2010, it will feature exhibitions from nearly than 200 participating countries and 50 international organizations.</span><br />
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You can see people waiting in line here/craziness:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Given the state of the economy in Greece, not surprised that this was a little boring... was supposed to represent a human city or POLIS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I watched one of the videos on <i>Shanghai Daily</i> and they talked about the four elements as being represented by the four parts of the building... more<a href="http://www.swedenexpo.cn/en/"> info here</a>...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*<a href="http://expo.shanghaidaily.com/pavilions_detail.asp?id=4">TURKEY</a>*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From <i>Shanghai Daily</i>: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">On the exterior of the 2000-square-meter Turkish Pavilion, three-dimensional images represent scenes found engraved on the walls of houses in Catalhoyuk (7400BC-6000BC) in southern Anatolia, which was a cultural centre during the Neolithic period.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Part of the luck of the Irish? They had grass as part of their building, complete with "KEEP OFF THE GRASS" signs...we thought about going in here but it was closed for an event.<br />
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</div>The theme for this pavillion was "Happy Street" and kind of reminded me of a Dr. Seuss town street...<br />
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<div></div>Reading In Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886679447623730644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898648102964020929.post-76979078562720341052010-07-11T00:42:00.001-05:002010-07-11T00:42:19.767-05:00Shanghai (3E)- Getting Around<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Getting Around:</b></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>Nooks and Crannies</b></span> of the city:<br />
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Just pretty things are scattered about the city in apparently random format... but I appreciated them nevertheless...<br />
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The Chinese apartments I saw from the outside all seemed to have little decks where people would hang their laundry... hard to see here but there were shirts hanging off of many of them.<br />
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Light up the roadways! Felt very Speed Racer...<br />
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These are some places/things we saw on our last morning on Fuxing Road off of the Bund:<br />
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The Sandals and Foot Stockings Trend... was let me say, baffling...it could be the cutest outfit... and then those stockings... or young or old... I'm not sure where the trend came from... I tried to get a full outfit... but we saw it all over, especially when we went to places not as heavily Westernized. The poor ladies looked like their legs were sausages every time I saw them.<br />
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</div>Reading In Treeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17886679447623730644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5898648102964020929.post-46252869609503920542010-07-11T00:41:00.004-05:002010-07-11T00:41:53.870-05:00Shanghai (3C)- Yu Yuan Garden<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;"><b>June 15, 2010</b></span><br />
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So you can see the pictures, basically these gardens were beautiful and you can see the creators turning over in their graves there are so many people trouncing through there.<br />
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But, the attention to detail is amazing and there are so many twists and turns... even with all the people there, you get a sense of the serenity that must have existed. The big thing here is the ROCKERY... these giant rocks they brought in... of course, I kept thinking "SHRUBBERY"... as in "Bring Me a Shrubbery!" from Monty Python.... but anyway... enjoy... oh, the other thing that you'll see lots of are 1) The dragon heads (whose backs top the walls around the garden in an undulating fashion)- the big thing with those is that the 5 claws were snipped down to 4 after it was built so as not to offend the Emporer by signaling more power than him. and then also there are 2) these little creatures on the corners of all the buildings to help ward away fire apparently also 3) check out the roofs... they actually had to mow them in the past.... there is grass up there!<br />
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There were gorgeous buildings tucked throughout for contemplation, reading, etc...<br />
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The Crooked Bridges were made that way to ward off spirits... who apparently are so dumb in the afterlife that zigzags confuse them.... just designed to be a more peaceful place in general.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">The marketplace outside the YuYuan Gardens is basically a tourist trap with LOTS of bodies and let's face it, a lot of crap.... I used to go to the beach at the same place every year in Emerald Isle, NC (mental note--- go back!) and there were all these beach stores just full of CRAP... so they were dubbed... "The Insane Crap Palace"... this whole area puts the Insane Crap Palace to shame.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">Weird to see older styles mixed in with all the new... coexisting in what seems like a parallel universe sometimes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #351c75;">On our first day, I slept in and then we made our way to lunch having decided to dive right in and picked a place from one of the Tour books we have called <b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1261945/">Bao Luo</a></b> (271 Fumin Lu)... the book says that if you blink you'll miss the place and that's completely true... a closed in front hall way in what appears to be a smaller place opens into a huge space with several floors. Apparently it is known for cheap and classic Shanghaiese dishes. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now Sing Along... the Karaoke night...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We kind of crashed as soon as we got there. We didn't unpack, we didn't do anything... just slept and the alarm went off to go meet Qin, or as she goes by now, Nancy...for KARAOKE!! at 7pm because she had d a reservation there. There is a 13 hour time difference between Chicago and Shanghai and the flight was supposed to be 14 1/2 hours... it kind of messes with your internal clock. Qin was in Angie's Tax LLM program at Northwestern and is just about as smart as they come. I met her a few times when she was still in the States and she was always a great girl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Anyway, the place Qin sent us to is called Holiday... (what she told us) but was really <a href="http://www.allaboutsh.com/Entertainments/KTV/HaoLeDi.html">Hao Le Di</a> KTV (Karaoke TV?) at what I think was the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><strong>Jiang Ning Road Branch </strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">(江宁路店) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">Address: 4F, No.167 Jinag Ning Road, close to West Bei Jing Road(江宁路167号食博汇4楼,近北京西路). </span>We saw several of these while we were there so we figured out there were branches.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Having just seen the <i><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1261945/">Sex in the City 2</a> </i>movie, I was a little worried we were going to be put up on a stage and probably mocked, but it was much less painless than that. Essentially, there's a buffet for dinner in a shared area (you can buy tokens to get more expensive parts of the dinner) and then you were escorted into a little room and picked songs from a screen and sang along with the video... The lyrics came up while a video or screenshots came up in the background. You just sang with the people in your little room, that had been reserved in our case, but I'm not sure if everyone has to have a reservation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Qin has a beautiful voice and Angie and I... well not so much... I know I was terrible, but I was barely keeping my eyes open and really just can't sing. Her favorites were the Carpenters and we convinced her to sing a song in Chinese. So, there you go... and that's one of the reasons you won't see video... it was a blur of a few hours really. I will say the translations weren't great, words changed, were missing, etc. and as Qin graciously said... we don't practice as much as they do... so that's why we weren't good. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As a side note, we Americans thought that some beer might bolster our nerves but we didn't find any until nearly the end of the experience... in which case, and I'm only speaking for myself, the one beer I drank (a Corona) just made me more sleepy.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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