Category Archives: People’s Square

Our Daughter Hits Shanghai

Posted on October 22, 2016 by The Pearl

It was over a year before our daughter Rosalind made it out to see us in Shanghai.  For the first half of our first year that we had been living as expats in China Rozy had been doing her final … Continue reading →

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Normally It Would Go Straight Up

Posted on December 28, 2015 by The Pearl

In the New World Dawan Department Store on the corner of Nanjing East Road and Henan Middle Road, next to Exit 7 of East Nanjing Road Metro station is this vast atrium with its array of exposed copper coloured lifts, which travel up … Continue reading →

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The Brits Abroad Christmas Party

Posted on December 24, 2015 by The Pearl

The Brits Abroad here in Shanghai have built themselves quite a reputation for having a fun time and their Brits Famous Christmas Party in the first week of December at the Four Seasons Hotel in Puxi was no exception.  I … Continue reading →

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A Return to the Hot Pot Restaurant Hai Di Lao and The Ya’an Zhong Lu Park

Posted on August 27, 2015 by The Pearl

With Charlie and Ella in Shanghai for 2 weeks at the beginning of August we tried to cram in as much as we possibly could.  This was especially difficult in the hottest weather of the year.  It also meant that … Continue reading →

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Dumplings, Gelati and Brunch

Posted on June 16, 2015 by The Pearl

In the past week the weather has got noticeably hotter and more humid.  The English-language Japanese news channel we watch has told us that the rainy season has arrived ( a couple of days earlier than normal) so this seems … Continue reading →

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Ballet at The Shanghai Grand Theatre

Posted on June 2, 2015 by The Pearl

Time for a bit of western culture.  We had been told a couple of months ago that an American Ballet Company  – The Richmond Ballet Company of Virginia would be in Shanghai at the end of May.  As the time drew … Continue reading →

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Silk King

Posted on May 27, 2015 by The Pearl

A couple of weekends before we left for the UK I went in search of some Chinese silk to be made into blouses.  I had brought a couple of one-sized silk blouses out with me to Shanghai as a general cover-up … Continue reading →

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