Category Archives: seen on the street

Hong Kong wants you to know how clean it is.

Posted on October 5, 2011 by smbuchanan

Hong Kong and Singapore are two of the cleanest cities I’ve ever been in, but they also rival each other for the sheer number and topics covered when it comes to PSAs. Warnings about dengue fever are how I learned … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Superstar Tutors

Posted on September 26, 2011 by smbuchanan

A few weeks before I left on my recent trip to Asia, a friend told me about the superstar tutors of Hong Kong. (Then when I saw that Slate reported on it, I knew I was years behind the curve.) … Continue reading →

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Sigh of relief!

Posted on August 4, 2011 by smbuchanan

Cafe Zaiya is back! Maybe I’ll celebrate by eating carbs, i.e. leaf pies.

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Cafe Zaiya, wtf!!!

Posted on August 4, 2011 by smbuchanan

via Midtown Lunch Cafe Zaiya, how could you do this to me? Where am I going to get my leaf pies now? Apparently they were closed today because of nonpayment of taxes. Midtown Lunch called for more info and they … Continue reading →

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Accidental Chinese Hipsters

Posted on June 16, 2011 by smbuchanan

I saw these old grannies and tourist groups so often in China that I forgot they’re funny. Check out the full site, Accidental Chinese Hipsters.

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Leucojum

Posted on April 26, 2011 by smbuchanan

Germany, 1796 Central Park, 2011 It’s such a beautiful day out, we took a golf cart and took some pictures of spring blooms. This flower was my favorite! My coworker looked it up and found out it’s a spring snowflake, … Continue reading →

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This is how New Yorkers live.

Posted on April 7, 2011 by smbuchanan

We make space for our Shrinky-dink art. We store laundry in our stoves (or fridges, in my cousin’s case). We store bananas in the toaster ovens. I actually once went to see and almost rented a place even smaller, if … Continue reading →

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Trapped

Posted on March 15, 2011 by smbuchanan

Don’t fall in to the hipster trap!

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Happy weekend!

Posted on December 18, 2010 by smbuchanan

Seen before brunch at Rosewater Restaurant, which was a thoroughly disappointing experience. There was a string in the pork sandwich Rosa got, and the manager’s response was, “Oh, we use that to cook the pork. We’re usually good at making … Continue reading →

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Across the street

Posted on December 2, 2010 by smbuchanan

More Christmas lights!

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