Aug 04 2008
A friend just came back from China. He has an apartment in Shanghai for five years or so. Initially it was managed by a British company from Hong Kong. This year, it changed to a local firm. For not much cheaper. But the small residential community in Xuhui changed a lot. There was a dry [...]
Aug 04 2008
34 E 51 St btw Park and Madison Av, (parking starts 6pm) 10022
(212) 688-5447
The last time I was at Tse Yang, must have been 18 or 20 years ago. It still looks the same. The waiters were all very warm and hanging around our table, talking non stop. We were the only Chinese there. The waiting [...]
Aug 04 2008
The Palace Hotel is red hot right now due to the Gossip Girls, the Gilt bar and the Madison Room .. It claims the old world elegance and new world opulence. Actually it does have old charm and new world modernity. I didn’t feel the oldness I felt at Waldorf=Astoria, which is a great thing. [...]