Most Chinese will sniff and say Shanghai isn’t really China. That’s true. China is ancient and eastern. Shanghai is a young city that flowered only under western occupation. In its heyday it was a global capital, and today …
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Moscow: 10 Things to Do
Moscow is drunk on Moscow. The newly emerging Moscow is arrogant, fierce, frenetic and always — always — ready to have a very good time. There may be a lot of churches in this megalopolis, but there’s no God.
Rome: 10 Things to Do
Depending on the day or the neighborhood, or whether the store clerk had an espresso, you may get trounced by big-city chaos or paralyzed by provincial languor. The trick in the eternal city is to hurry up and get the most out of …
Hong Kong: 10 Things to Do
That Hong Kong is one-third of the contraction “Nylonkong” (for New York, London and Hong Kong) should tell you everything. Here is a sleepless hub of the world economy, a glittering cosmopolis, one of the engines of human affairs.
Seoul: 10 Things to Do
Long in the shadow of ritzy Tokyo and rising Beijing, Seoul is an enigma to foreigners, known mostly as the city where protesters run amok and U.S soldiers do a tour of duty. But for Koreans, this city of 10 million is the place …
London: 10 Things to Do
While globalization has sprinkled Starbucks and other avatars of American retailing along most of London’s main streets, you’ll still find the authentic city in the small markets, boutiques and family-run pubs and cafes that …
Chicago: 10 Things to Do
The writer and city native Nelson Algren once said about this inimitably complex and contradictory town: “Loving Chicago is like loving a woman with a broken nose.” Well, at least she’s got a mighty fine lakefront and a nice set of parks.
Singapore: 10 Things to Do
Singapore effortlessly combines financial clout, a well-oiled infrastructure, gleaming skyscrapers, a standard of living that’s the envy of the region, seriously good shopping and amazingly good food.
San Francisco: 10 Things to Do
If there’s any city in America more splendid than San Francisco, I’ve yet to see it. Approaching it from the Golden Gate Bridge is like parachuting into a gorgeous, sun-baked seashell. So if you’ve got time to burn here, you’re …
Los Angeles: 10 Things to Do
I love L.A. I’m one of the few people who moved here from New York and liked it right away, but even I have to admit L.A. isn’t a city. It’s more like 20 tiny cities, each totally different and exciting in its own way. Which is …
Las Vegas: 10 Things to Do
New York City: 10 Things to Do
Perhaps the late actor and monologist Spalding Gray described New York City best when, explaining why he moved here, he said, “I knew I couldn’t live in America and I wasn’t ready to move to Europe so I moved to an island off the …
