If you didn't catch H&M's recent lingerie line, Sonia Rykiel pour H&M, a second Rykiel line is coming. On Feb. 20 ... Read more »

Liam, my not yet 2 ½ year old son, has a good soul. He is a generous, sweet, funny, loving little guy. But, to my chagrin, he has recently developed a very disturbing aggressive streak. He will push and even hit other children –usually during a battle for some coveted ... Read more »

Hello and a big welcome to Rachel Platt, City Weekend’s new Dish columnist. As your trusty expert on Shanghai’s dining scene, you’ll be hearing from her a lot—dishing on new restaurants, burgeoning trends, ridiculous experiences, juicy rumors, all of that good stuff.

Before she come to ... Read more »

It’s only one-week away from the big day. Have you got your thingy for your princess yet? If not, this blog can help you find your last-minute rose bouquets.

Rosa Gallica

The florist doesn’t have any Valentine’s special combos. You can choose according to your own needs ... Read more »

Looking for an auspicious start to the Year of the Tiger? You can't go wrong with any of these four dinners. (Unless you start hitting the baijiu.) Families traditionally have their big dinners on the eve of the new year (Feb. 13) so plan ahead.

-Year of the Tiger ... Read more »

Looking to do take your special someone for an unforgettable night and missed out on the Cupola? Get yourself out of the doghouse with some chocolates from Laris, then book early at one of these spots.

-T8's Purr with Passion: Ring in the Chinese New Year and Valentine's ... Read more »

If you are feeling a bit "gay" this weekend, there are a few options of doing something gay-related in Shanghai.

The Box hosts its KISS party on Saturday night. The underground gay bar resembles the go go bars in Bangkok. Go go dance will be presented and party goers are ... Read more »

It’s the end of the week again. Have a nice weekend, folks, and enjoy the upcoming CNY trips if you have any.

Clothing & Accessories

Motherwear is lopping 50 percent off everything in its Hongmei Lu store. Head over to get a bunch. Through Feb. 22

Make your way to ... Read more »

Another day, another box of pens. I'm really excited about this Chicago house party tonight at LOgO, Taste of Chicago. No one else is, in all likelihood, but I am.

Tomorrow we've got a huge open-bar party and CNY celebration at L18 (it's being thrown by a ... Read more »

It takes something special to get people out partying on a school night in the depths of winter but, every Thursday, a group of well-heeled locals and expats can be found in an out-ofthe- way office complex in north Jing’an, listening to house music, sampling Italian hors d’oeuvres ... Read more »

You may have gotten a taste of Spring Festival travel woes for the average Zhou in Wang Jing's heartwarming drama Yi Nian Dao Tou (一年到头). But in Fan Lixin’s Last Train Home(归途列车) (VPN required), the lens zooms in on China’s migrant workers, exploring the underside of ... Read more »

Beginning March 12, and running through March 29, local promoter Split Works will be taking over Shanghai's clubs and galleries for their second annual Jue Festival.

While JUE's final details are still to come, Split Works has officially announced the bulk of their intended line-up, Shanghai events kicking ... Read more »

Confucius says: “Cow pie gilded is nugget wasted.” At first glace, Dao seems promising, with its fusion décor that crosses a Zen temple with Dracula’s dinning hall, and enough candelabra to pose a safety hazard.

But after five minutes it’s obvious there’s nothing much here: mediocre music ... Read more »

From the creator of Judy’s and The Spot comes promising new hangout Judy's Lounge.

A grand chandelier welcomes you to this intimate space scattered with leather sofas. The ambience is sexy but low-key. The tunes are down-tempo and the prices (RMB30 for house mixers) should chill you out ... Read more »

Jeffrey Wasserstrom may be bemoaning “big picture” China books in the latest edition of Time Asia, but there is one that just came out that everyone ought to read. It’s by Huang Yasheng (above), who teaches political economy at MIT and the Kennedy School and it’s called Capitalism ... Read more »

Oscar nominees were announced on Tuesday. The only China-related entry is a short HBO documentary on the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake called China’s Unnatural Disaster: Tears of Sichuan. Multi-award winning filmmaker Jon Alpert, who’s basically shot footage in every disaster/war zone in the world, headed the ... Read more »

We didn't just consult that dude with prayer beads hanging outside Jing'an Temple. Meet our astrologist: A Taiwan transplant, Master Zhang Sheng-Shu is the author of 10 books and the purveyor of a five-million member strong website that seeks to explain ancient fortune-telling through modern science.

Tiger (1950 ... Read more »

For years, I didn’t think Asian men were the most attractive males in the world, until I moved to Shanghai. The single-eyelided guy on the motorbike, the iron-pumping dude at the gym, the Wu-speaking broadband technician who installed my internet and the tea-pouring waiter at that Japanese restaurant–all ... Read more »

Author, historian, documentary filmmaker, professor, family man and Shanghai's 2010 International Literary Festival speaker Andrew Field shows us how he juggles it all in one day

07:30

I wake up next to two gorgeous girls. One is my wife Mengxi. The other is daughter Sarah (5), who awakes ... Read more »

We've just heard that aggro-tech heroine Peaches is coming to Shanghai. The Canadian, who rode the electroclash wave with her 909-driven, sexually explicit anthems will play MAO Livehouse on April 24. Get down and help her and fuck the pain away.

Random Peaches fact: Before finding fame, she shared ... Read more »

City Weekend: Who you?

Theo Croker: I’ve been in shanghai since September 2007. About two and a half years. I’m originally from Florida, near Orlando. Then I migrated to Ohio and then to New York. I’ve never really settled anywhere. I was brought over to play the ... Read more »

Janice Y.K. Lee’s book peels back the layers of old Hong Kong

Often the action in historical novels takes pains to mirror that of the time

and place in which the narrative occurs. But some, like in Janice Y.K. Lee’s The Piano Teacher, pursue a narrative ... Read more »

How long is this course?

It’s 42 hours of theory, then 58 hours of practical, hands-on working. At the end of the course, everyone will have made two pieces: one as an exercise, another of your own creation. Materials, design, everything is up to you.

Wow, that’s intense ... Read more »