Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Samurai and Samba
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Carnival kicks off this weekend in Brazil. In Sao Paulo the festivities will be augmented by a 1,000 strong contingent of Japanese samba dancers. They will be led by a native Japanese, Yuka Sugiura, 36 who moved to Brazil eight years ago to indulge her passion for for the dance.
The Japanese have a thing about […]
No Comments » - Posted in Japan by Seymour Totti
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
The Red Lips bar in Hong Kong
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I was sorry to discover that the the Red Lips bar in Kowloon is, like the staff it became famous for, now in it’s twilight years. I was chatting with the mama-san the other evening. She told me that she had worked there for fifteen years and that in three more years, when the bar […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Hong Kong by Seymour Totti
Saturday, January 19th, 2008
Shanghai surprise
Shanghai girls are said to be the most beautiful in China. They are also quite rare, unless you go to Shanghai of course which is not something I do very often … and certainly not at this time of the year. It’s cold enough in Hong Kong.
Usually I even give Honkers a wide berth […]
No Comments » - Posted in Hong Kong, China by Seymour Totti
Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Concealed chopsticks
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1 Comment » - Posted in Japan by Seymour Totti
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Falling for each other
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