I was only in #803 for one night. Now I’m all fancy in #2001. Here’s the view: How do you change rooms here at 60 West? You pack up all your stuff and “check out” at noon. Leave your stuff in the lobby if you like, but get lost until 2pm when you can check … Continue reading
Hulu and Netflix in Hong Kong
Yeah, that ain’t happening. What is happening? This is. An almost- 3-minute sample of what’s on TV. (The good stuff happens around 0:48.) You’re welcome.
Room 803
I’ve got just over an hour before I have to check out of room 803 and check in to room 2001. (Just 1 night in 803.) Here it is:
Best thing I’ve eaten so far.
Ok, this sandwich was pretty darn good. Especially for being in a box in the fridge all night. Thankful that supervisor-guy had some cash and had this sandwich on him.
If someone tells you repeatedly to “relax” instead of giving you instructions, don’t relax.
Plane. Train. Taxi.
For a short while the seat-screens stopped working. Thank goodness there was a duck-looking penguin sitting there to assure everyone. (There, Barco. There’s your penguin I snapped for you.) We got these menus before we took off: Catch this part at the bottom? About beer and wine being complimentary? It was box wine. Jerri Tudor, … Continue reading
High hopes for the 16 hour flight
It was going to be great: I was going to read my new book, Pretty Woman Spitting, watch in-flight movies, design and lead a challenging, calorie-burning, confined space workout for the entire plane, interview and photograph everyone on their thoughts on HK and the US, update the blog and start a non-profit for… something with animals. … Continue reading
Finally made it to my hotel, thanks to a supervisor with cash in his wallet.
You’d think a place called “central” would have money exchange, but no. So I had no HK cash to pay for a cash-only taxi to my hotel. Over the past few weeks, every time I’ve asked for basic instructions coming from the airport, Charles has told me to “relax”, not to worry, that everything “is … Continue reading
Here I go for-realsies!
Bye NYC. Hi Hong Kong! Continue reading
First pics from China…
…TOWN. Chinatown, NYC. Where we ate tonight. But what d’ya think – could be Hong Kong, right?
Dinner tonight at Joe’s Shanghai
Looking forward to meeting Marc Lucas for dinner tonight. Joe’s Shanghai is just a 10-minute walk from Lea’s apartment.
Gear / Luggage: How I decided on my Eagle Creek bag.
I love the idea of light, “one bag” travel and over the past few months, have enjoyed blogs dedicated to carry-on-only travel like 1bag1world and especially onebag.com. I was almost sold on the Red Oxx “Air Boss”, but eventually concluded that a packed-mostly-full Air Boss would just be too heavy to have hanging on one side … Continue reading
Oh Berle, I’m gonna miss you!!
This time tomorrow I’ll be on a plan to Detroit, then on to HK. It’s true, there are nonstop flights to Hong Kong from Detroit, of all places. Probably the doing of some flight-planner guy for Delta Airlines who lives in Detroit was in love with a gal who lives in Hong Kong. I say … Continue reading
88 Orchard breakfast burrito!
This morning I switched it up and got a breakfast burrito from 88 Orchard. Their bacon is the best – thick, dark red and chewy. This was $8 and every bit as good as it looks.
The best haircuts make the hair longer (right?!)
I figured I may as well get my 4-times-a-year haircut while I have some downtime. Gio from Gio Studio Salon in Chelsea did this one. I had her style it board-straight because it makes it easier to nit-pick the haircut that way. Plus, if it looks good straight, it’ll look good wavy (but not the other … Continue reading
Good Morning from me and Berlin. (Two more days!)
Berlin’s gonna miss me. (Or maybe he just wants to go for a walk.)
88 Orchard breakfast sandwich
This $8 breakfast sandwich was worth every penny. I took this just after the other half got into my belly. Continue reading
Where I’ll be staying in Hong Kong
They’re putting me here: 60West About an 8-minute walk from the job. I checked Trip Advisor for the real story. Looks good to me!
Berlin’s Sad to leave Montauk
Look at him: But Berlin! Look at how much fun we had on the train ride up!
“Why Hong Kong?!”
You’d think I’d be used to this question, as many times as I’ve gotten it. There’s no single, easy-to-articulate reason why I’m going to HK, other than because I want to. But that’s a cop-out, so I’ll try a top 5 reasons list. 1. To find out what it’s like. I’ve never been to HK and know … Continue reading
O hi, Asia! 