These photos of LA street vendor culture up at GOOD are quite beautiful. And they’re not about the places you’re following on Twitter: we’re talking old school. Worth checking out to see a less-publicized, but very vibrant, aspect of LA life.
This LA guidebook I contributed to…
Katherine is a regular TH contributor and a great travel/food writer. I’ll definitely be getting this next time I’m visiting LA, chain restaurant or not!
It’s always good to write about my city and its restaurants that I love, and then get paid for it. But…sigh. I mean, they put a chain restaurant on the cover. I dunno.
Wait! I mean, this book is totally rad go buy it it’ll change your life, it’s so handy and pocket-sized, the restaurant section is especially good don’t you think?!?!
KATHERINE IN CHINA Pt. 6
How dentists advertise in China, apparently! These were on a ledge in Jianshui.
KATHERINE IN CHINA Pt. 5
Kunming’s Green Lake is the heart of the city, and where all the old folks go to jam in the evenings. Or just relax and take in the scene.
KATHERINE IN CHINA Pt. 4
Baby on a walnut cart. (There are a TON of babies in China: that infamous one-child policy is full of loopholes, as it happens.) This little one was at Shanghai’s Muslim Market, which fascinating. Not a totally welcoming environment - but given that our Shanghai guide and driver had no idea where this was, and thought we were “weird” and “brave” for going to the Muslim neighborhood…I think I get why. Still, totally worth a look to see how diverse China really is.
KATHERINE IN CHINA Pt. 3
The view from the tallest observation deck in the world.
The Shanghai World Financial Center is now, at 1,614 feet, the third-tallest building in the world. But the observation deck is still tops. And it has a transparent glass floor, and I have to admit, my legs got a little shaky. The two buildings pictured are the Jin Mao and Oriental Pearl Towers, which were the tallest buildings in China until 2008, when the Financial Center was completed. Of course, when Shanghai Tower is completed in 2014, it’ll make all three seem squatty.
KATHERINE IN CHINA Pt. 2
Cute or gross?
These koi fish live in Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai. It’s a mansion, built in the 1500s in the countryside. Now the center of the city, of course, but well maintained and a good study of Ming architecture and style…but mostly I fed the fish. FISHIES!
I discovered this bit of Bansky graffiti in an alley in a quiet part of Macau (the former Portuguese colony and present special administrative region of China, about 40 miles from Hong Kong). Macau is a hugely touristed area, but this art is located as far off the beaten path as possible. And I saw it the same day Slava discovered a piece in Toronto!
So what do you all think - is this the real deal?
(ed: Personally I’m not buying it! But who knows… Really looking forward to the rest of Katherine’s dispatches from China!!! Stay tuned.)
Let’s Journey Into China!
Hi fellow travelers,
I’m heading off to China for three weeks, and because I am your most devoted servant, I’d like to collect your suggestions for must-see places and things. My itinerary right now is Shanghai, Yunnan Province, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
Have any favorite spots in those areas? Or something you’ve always wanted to see? Let me know and I’ll give it my utmost to document it for Travel Highlights. Make your requests here, or reblog with your ideas. I’m looking forward to the itinerary y’all make for me!
Xie xie,
Beach Chairs by Heribert Proepper
It’s a blistering…um, 50 degrees Fahrenheit in the beach town of St. Peter-Ording, in Germany on the North Sea. So they’re setting up in preparation for the the resort crowd.
Oh, Inverted World by beatnikside
Awesomely impossible shot of some new ocean activity? No, just the Soarin’ Over California ride at Disney’s California Adventure :)
Ocean Blvd Fogography by n+s
Images like this remind us why sunny Los Angeles is the birthplace of noir.
Weller Residence by Martin Schall
Angeleno Heights in Los Angeles is an architecture fan’s heaven. This house was built from a construction kit, a fairly popular product out West about a hundred years ago. Read more about the “catalog architect” who designed it here.
Mount Kilimanjaro at sunrise by Mladen Antonov
View from the Ambuseli game reserve in Kenya.
Yucatan by John Stanmeyer
There are about 3,000 of these natural, freshwater, usually underground pools (cenotes) in Yucatan, Mexico; they’re popular with snorkelers and divers. The Maya believed they led to the underworld.
