la creperie

today was my second time to visit la creperie, i love crepe and had the best crepes on robson in vancouver many years ago. anyway, i think the food here is pretty good and authentic. i started with a cup of apple cider, it was truly fruity, then i ordered la marin from the menu, it's buckwheat crepe with mushrooms, scallops, cheese and egg. it was wonderful and i like the crepe thin and crispy!

cabbage soup diet

after having all the great foods in shanghai, i think i really need to slim down a little bit. I had been looking for a diet plan which will help me get into shape fast and I think the cabbage soup diet may be it! the diet is a quite strict and very low calorie. you eat mainly cabbage soup, fruit, other veg and some meat, but shouldn't stay on it for more than a week. You can lose up to 10 pounds!!

DAY 1: All fruits except bananas.

DAY 2: All vegetables, raw or cooked. This includes baked potato with a little butter.

DAY 3: Fruits and vegetables, but no potatoes or bananas.

DAY 4: Bananas and skim milk--eat as many as 8 bananas and drink as many as 8 glasses of skim milk.

DAY 5: Beef, skinless chicken, and/or fish--as much as 20 ounces, total. You can also eat 6 tomatoes. And you must drink 8 glasses of water. Don't forget at least one bowl of soup.

DAY 6: Beef, skinless chicken, or fish and vegetables. Drink 8 glasses of water and eat at least one bowl of soup.

ingredients:

• 1 medium head cabbage, chopped
• 1 bell pepper, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 large carrots, chopped
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 3 tomatoes, chopped
• 1 pack of mushrooms
• 1 canned tomato paste
• 8 cups water

silk screen tee

i hand screened this tee for aiden last year, glad that it still fits well!

art deco beauty

we visited the 1933 Shanghai on the last day of our trip, it was a former slaughterhouse has now been reconverted into a hip art center. the intermediary area between the peripheral building and the circular center is composed by a multitude of beautiful massive concrete pathways that were originally paced by the cattles. it's one of my favourite buildings in shanghai, very well worth a visit, beautiful old architecture, very unique and a wide open space with beautiful views, i just can't stop shooting pictures!

shanghai day 4