Turkmenistan – A (very) quick peek
What did I knew about Turkmenistan? Until yesterday not a whole lot. In fact, as geography is notoriously a topic I am appallingly bad at, I knew practically nothing at all. « Might have been in...
View ArticleBack to the Future
A discreet new trend is emerging in China’s street. This is not immediately obvious, it is not a wind followed by everyone but it is definitely getting traction. That trend so obvious in all the right...
View ArticleI love Beijing
Beijing is a perfect mix of Modern and Ancient China, its streets are full of ‘little jobs’ that have all but disappeared from the Western world. It’s the balloons salesmen endlessly riding their...
View ArticlePaint by Number
The color palette of an authentic Beijing beauty in her atelier. And amongst all these authentic Beijingers I recently photographed I spotted one perfectly lovely yet utterly faux Belle du Jour. So...
View ArticleA day in Beijing
Ce blog en français se trouve là FIL Xiao Bai, one of China’s most influential bloggers. Chinese girls have style. Summed up in four words that is the ‘raison d’être’ of my blog. Yesterday I had a...
View ArticleSimplicity
Ce blog en français se trouve ici. This last Saturday I was invited to preview the Chinese artist Konglingnan latest work. Kong Lingnan wearing her own jewelry. A beautiful mix of semi-precious stones...
View ArticleBJDW – Beijing Design Week
One of the entrance to Dashilar Alley, one of the hub of Beijing Design Week where hipsters, designers, visitors and locals mixed for a week. I am a good week, ok, 10 days late on this post. I know and...
View ArticleBreathe – Don’t breathe
About 10 days ago China was welcoming Obama and various international officials for the APEC summit. Beijingers ironically coined a new color « Apec Blue » or APEC 蓝 in honor of our newfound blue...
View Article(COS)Play Time
COSPLAY: Cosplay (コスプレ kosupure?), is a portmanteau of costume play, is a performance art in which participants called cosplayers wear costumes and fashion accessories to represent a specific...
View ArticleI will Miss CHINA
Today is my last day in China. DuYang, Miss China – All photos by me. Today is my last day. In two hours I will be picked up and head for the airport with no less than 7 suitcases, the keys of my house...
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