Weekend plans? (One day, someone will respond to me in the comments section below, and they will be my favorite.)
We have a couple of social engagements (yay for friends!), but other than that, we'll most likely recuperate from last weekend's hosting duties. With a bit of practice recently, we're getting our tour of Shanghai down. Here's what you can expect when you come to visit:
- A walk on the bund to see the famous Shanghai skyline, down to the Nanjing pedestrian walkway
- A trip to the fabric market to get shirts made and buy silk souvenirs
- A soup dumpling taste-test to try out different kinds from various locales
- A drink (or five) at Senator Saloon, our favorite (Prohibition Era) bar that's right around the corner from our place
- A self-guided tour through the Shanghai Art Museum (check out my most recent Instagram pics here) and/or the Urban Planning Museum (which is a lot cooler, and more fun, than its name denotes)
- A stroll through Xintiandi, the bougiest part of town (fun fact: we lived here for six weeks upon our arrival)
- A visit to the Yuyuan Garden, a tourist must
- A weekend morning crepurrito
- A stop at the Jing'an Temple for some peace amidst chaos
- And more shopping (at the fake market, the pearl market, the antiques market, the ceramics market) and more eating (Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan, American, Italian, San Francisco-an)
As time goes by, we're discovering more awesome spots to add to the list. That's been the fun part.
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