We had a big weekend. Stayed in Shanghai on the Bund, spent a lot of time in the French Concession and saw lots of friends. A brief recap for those of you scoring at home:
-Saw the traveling Salvadore Dali exhibit at the Shanghai Museum of Art. Mostly his later commercial works: illustrations for books, ideas for theater costume designs, his work on Spellbound with Hitchcock. Not terribly awesome. The Shanghai Museum of Art also failed miserably in designing the layout of what is probably the biggest exhibit its had. Rather than dedicating sufficient space to the works, they were all cramped together on the first floor, while floors 2-5 remained sparsely filled with Chinese propoganda art and caligraphy. Not impressed.
-Woke up early on Saturday hoping to catch the last few innings of the Yankees' game. Ended up watching for close to 5 hours. Great work by the best team in baseball all weekend.
-Spent most of Saturday afternoon at the Boxing Cat Brewery, where they actively encourage over-drinking and barfing. We witnessed more than a few expulsions of semi-digested alcohol during the Canadian/German attempt at the 12 rounds. Fairly gross. I feel bad for the waitress who got partially barfed on. Yikes.
-Saturday night we ended up at a fancy pants bar called Glamour that was on the Bund. Saw some Middlebury people, Sophia's coworkers, and our good friend Micah. Numerous 1951 martinis were consumed. Gin was spilt on the wrist, evaporation stances were employed, and my words were filled with passion, my olives filled with anchovies. Strong evening.
Monday, August 10, 2009
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