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I see charming Mike Fitzmaurice has not been put off by the spot of trouble
over the first concert in his subscription series at the Shanghai Centre
Theatre. There was a Canadian group with the wonderfully cute name Crash
Test Dummies which was supposed to perform here, but didn't due to some
unfortunate misunderstanding. Never mind! The concerts appear to be going
ahead anyway and a blues guitarist named Luther Johnson performed on April
19. Just as well - if there had been any problems this time, I was planning
on offering myself to Mike as a substitute!!
There's talk of changes to Sinan Lu, one of my favourite thoroughfares in
Eddie's Bar on Weihai Lu has closed, which will be somewhat disruptive to
Pssst! Best hairdresser in town? My money is on Tony at the Salon in the
Portman, 8/f. He's from Malaysia and has probably the most carefully dyed
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Past reports from our favorite guide to Shanghai's nightlife.
the old French Quarter of the city, home of the Blues & Jazz Bar, Shanghai
Sally's, the Ye Shanghai restaurant, Fulinxuan Seafood restaurant, the
Shenji soup restaurant... lots of yummy places. But along the road
there are also quite a number of buildings that have played a role in
China's recent history. Sun Yatsen lived in one, for instance. The proposal
now is to make Sinan Lu a "famous person" street, to emphasise the
historical connections with a commemorative arch and statues and
explanations. Now, I am not at all opposed to history. When you have one
like mine, you have no choice but to revel in it!! As long as all this
history doesn't interfere with Sinan Lu's destiny to become the Lan Kwai
Fong of Shanghai, its fine with me!
the nightlife schedules of those Shanghai residents who don't necessarily
agree with the proposition "Vive La Difference". I haven't had a chance to
talk to Eddie since this development, but it is said he's planning to open a
larger bar somewhere else soon. Hope so! He looks so manly in his
white T-shirts! Meanwhile, readers of that persuastion (I know you're
out there!!!) have a new place to go - a disco/ bar named Channel 9 at 200
Tiantung Lu. It's not that they don't welcome the ladies, but let's just say
Stanley the manager made an exception for me!! What a darling. I love the
cosy room behind the bar, and the huge lips on the dancefloor are
voluptuous. Not much fun for me there, though. Nobody showed much interest
at all!
strands of hair in town. He did my hair last week and I watched in
astonishment as a whole new women appeared in the mirror before me! It
turned out to be one of the attendants, who wear lovely little jumpsuits
that must be a real pain when nature calls!
A bikers' haunt in Shanghai?I? Oh, yes, my darlings. If we needed further
proof that our city has entered the ranks of the great metropolises, which
we didn't, it can be found at 82 Wuyuan Lu. There they are, lined up outside
the Rent House Bar -- motorbikes to die for. Or on. Leather jackets, suspicious glances, beer, bikers molls, it's all there!! I'm thinking of
becoming one myself just to get a ride on one of those beasts...
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