Lots of information to pass on to you this time on developments in Shanghai's ever-effervescent nightlife. Stanley's every-so gay venture -- the Channel 9 disco on Tiantong Lu -- seems to be doing very well, lots of activity on the dancefloor when I've been down there. And I love the friendship cards on the table which you can write and give to a waiter to hand

May-May's Diary: Past reports from our favorite guide to Shanghai's nightlife.

to someone at a nearby table. I tried it a couple of times and was completely ignored!!

You remember my complaints about the sickly pink and green plastic telephone booths that have been set up all over the leafy streets of the French Concession? Well, not only have the city fathers and mothers so far ignored my heartfelt pleas to consider the issue of helping telephone patrons to keep their food down while making phonecalls, but they are now extending the phonebooth experiment across new parts of the spectrum! Blue is the latest colour to be tested, and my photographic shadow snapped this booth on Jianguo Lu before it could slink away in the shame it no doubt feels! How far will this technicolour barrage be allowed to go??!!!!

A little update on business on Sinan Lu, the pulsing heart of what some people I know believe will be future entertainment centre of Shanghai: Business is much better, after a slow start to the year. I was at the Blues and Jazz Bar last night, and it was simply jumping. I danced with a couple of divine Frenchmen who were a little too free with their improvisionational moves on the dancefloor, but I can't fault them for originality! The B&J host Lin Dongpu has lots of videos, which he will play for you if you ask nicely, including one of Charlie Parker, my favorite sax player of all.

Nearby, Shanghai Sally's has dropped jazz from its weekly roster, but the reggae band from Zaire via Wujiaochang is doing a wonderful job, creating a party atmosphere, which gets me dancing every time! The band, which has the tantilizingly coy name of Grooving Point, is also playing a couple of nights a week at David's Wang's Step Pub over near the Holiday Inn. Don't miss them! (Those baggy trousers raise all sorts of questions too!).

My photographic side-kick, who has been extremely active this week, not always with pictures that the Pope would necessarily approve of, also offered this snap at dusk of what he claimed was an Unidentified Flying Object over the city. What on earth (or elsewhere) is it??

And here'a nice snapshot I got my trusty photographic assistant to take of one of my favorite places for lunch in the whole of Shanghai. Just look at that wide expanse of lawn, and the swinging chair under the trees. Isn't that idyllic? Could anything be further away in spirit from the hustle and bustle of Fuzhou Lu? I wonder if any of my loyal readers can spot where it is? Email me if you know, and I'll send you a little gift in return for being so clever. Don't worry, this is not a trick question -- this is a publically-accessible place, although you would be right in thinking my connections and overall panache gain me access to all sorts of places in Shanghai off-limits to most people. What can I say? I'm May-May!!!

Byeeeee!!!!