When in Beijing, we embarked on an introductory flight of baijiu, the ubiquitous Chinese spirit for all celebrations, at Capital Spirits.
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Journey into Prague #1: Art Nouveau palace
My first visit to Prague was more than five years ago. I thought it looked like it was made up of giant, colourful wedding cakes and imagined that Disneyland must have been inspired by Prague. It was interesting to have visited the city but I didn’t think I would return. Recently, work brought me back…
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Closing time
This week’s photo challenge on The Daily Post is all about doors. I was tempted to post a series of photos of doors, but since I’m currently travelling and have limited access to my image archive, I shall instead share my most recent ‘door’ picture! This was taken last week in Paris, outside Cannibale Cafe in the 11th…
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Maria Loca à Paris
I finally made my way to Negatif+ to develop a few rolls of film that were taken earlier this year. About half of the images were taken in spring/summer and, as always, it was a surprise to see some of them as I had forgotten about taking them! Look through them, I was reminded of our…
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Belleville, my Parisian Chinatown
“Maïs chaud, chaud maïs” (literally, “corn hot, hot corn”) Ah, the familiar cry of yet another African man selling roasted corn. Always in winter, always right outside the Quick fast food restaurant that is above the Belleville metro station. Sometimes, there are up to three or four of them at that busy corner where rue…
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Antwerp: Las Mañas
I had known Debbie since my Banyan Tree days when she contacted the PR department for some information for a story. That was back in 2007, I think. We never met until earlier this year when AB and I were in Antwerp for a weekend. Fortunately she was in town, instead of trotting around the…
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To the very last drop…
Of wine or whisky. You pick. Le 11ème Domaine @ 83 rue de Jean-Pierre Timbaud, Paris is a cave à vin that happens to also serve whisky on the tap (as shown in the diptych above). We liked the wines that we tried and the assiette mixe (mixed platter of chacuterie and cheese) was good! Meanwhile,…
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Space Invader @ Rue Denoyez, Belleville
Rue Denoyez is one of the most colourful streets in Paris with its ever-changing walls of street art and graffiti. Everything is coated in layers of spray paints and hand-drawn illustrations as artists work on their craft every day in the streets.Every time I walk along Rue Denoyez, I feel particularly uplifted and jolly. Perhaps…
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Wine Bars in Brussels
Have been walking around Brussels a lot this week, enjoying the cool warmth of Spring and longer daylight hours. What a difference a week makes! On Wednesday, instead of staying in and making dinner, we walked to Place du Châtelain after I got off work to see what the fuss was about the weekly evening…
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Angelina Hue 