Not all those who wander are lost

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Xintiandi

Last night we needed a celebratory drink after ourhard day of house hunting. So we went to a famousnightlife area called “Xintiandi,” which is arenovated historic center in downtown Shanghai. Thearea is full of open air bars and western cafes. Tapasrestaurants, french bistros and coffee houses abound.Sounds great, right? Mmmmm…no. Beautiful, yes, butthe walking paths …

Yay! Dog Food.

Yay! Dog Food. Originally uploaded by beuk. No, the cricket is not the dog food, but close to it. We stepped outside the Marriott Apartment exit and found ourselves on the “Petco” street of Shanghai. It had 2 dog/cat stores, 5-6 fish stores and 100 cricket stores. They were so LOUD! Apparently, crickets in cages …

Service

So, I am sitting at the chicago fire/real madrid game at soldier field today.  A beautiful day, stadium, and time.  I love the layout of the stadium, no matter where you are you feel like you are right on the field.  So, with everything so perfect and it being halftime in the game we stand …

Food Poisoning at McD’s

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Grab a McDonald’s at Ohare (AA concourse). Eat it. Take a 5 hour flight to California. Well, that would have worked had it not been for the food poisonong. Boy, my stomache is just now (a day later) recovering. Here’s a tip. Don’t drink the coke …

$3?

American is now charging for meals in flight. You got to be kidding me. $3 for a meal on a 5 hour flight? It is $600 plus to fly across the country and yet I STILL have to pay for my food? Who thought this was a good idea? It might make sense if it …

11 Tips for doing Buisness in China

1. BRING BUSINESS CARDS – you will need a lot of these and will need to hand them out to everyone at work situations. It is good to hand them to everyone even though you will see some managers only hand them to a few people. Handing out many shows you are no better then …