eat drink seth liz

This post made me laugh out loud. It is hilarious. And Liz is such a winning star of Seth's show (I'm assuming, but I think I'm right about the roles you all are playing here). Really: You guys could make a second career with a travel show. At least I'd watch it -- religiously!
P.S. Today, Henry said; Oh, MAmaaaa, where ARRRRRE you?
Missing you both! G

I'm with G, so interesting, funny and always something to look forward to like one of my wacky books. SO seriously Lizzy you are speaking Chinese just like that? I mean really is there anything you can't do? Don't tell me I love having you in the iconic state which you reside in my heart!
I am so looking forward to the part II I can't wait to find out what happened to the photographs. The art was really beautiful thank you for sharing with us.
ps... I hope you received my emails I sent with Anthony Bourdain's video and the directions to the dumpling house.
love you both.

Your guest Bloggers are back home in Texas. It has been hard to describe our Shanghai trip to people in the states. Our list of what we didn't get to do includes: Eating "Hot Pot" soup, getting a $5.00 foot massage & buying that shirt you wore in the "Accidental Soup" post.
Looking forward to following more adventures on the blog.
mom
PS, given my experience, do you think I could have gotten a job at the Art Gallery?

Great gallery shots. Buy something! Seriously, what stuff besides teapot will you take back to remember summer in shanghai? We also want Arleen and Steve's list of buys. Apprehension through acquisition. I already want to buy a big calligraphy brush for wall ornament. Really liked S&A's blog, and hope to follow similar paths when we arrive.

I have just about adapted to the return to Central US time except for sleeping a bit later than usual. Arleen is still working on it. Not a problem as we have no schedule to follow most days.
I can just visualize the conversations that took place in the search for the gallery after experiencing Liz's ability to get her point across in Mandarin Chinese. It is a wonder that she was able to learn so much of the conversational aspects of that language in the short time she has been there. It is a real treat to see her conversing in Chinese, especially after having been with Liz and Seth in Germany and seeing how well she was able to communicate using her German. (Wish I could do that.) Her facility with languages will have her well prepared to handle the future.
To Beth: We did not buy too much while we were in Shanghai because we were not there that long and we tend to travel light (only took one suitcase). Did get a bug zapper (vis a vis the fruit fly blog) and it does work on 110 US volts as well as it did on 220 Chinese volts. Had a great afternoon's shopping experience at the market complex that houses the Yuyuan gardens (also the location of the best dumplings in Shanghai). This is a very large complex of booths, stores and street vendors (you must haggle and you should start your offer at 30% of the price given by the vendor). A tour of the Yuyuan garden is also recommended. We bought some silk scarves, tea, a teacup to brew the tea and some small gifts. We did see plenty of calligraphy brushes there (large and small) as well as chopstick sets. When leaving, we did have some folding money left to spend at the airport and found some nice shops there. No haggling; however, starting prices of most of the local goods were much lower there. Bought some small gifts and another teacup there, using the balance of our local currency.

Liz: Be firm with the gallery owner and hope all works out. My Fodor's friend who has had her travel photos published in European magazines found her China pix being sold on a Chinese gallery site. No one responded to her calls and emails. I made a call for her in chinese and demanded they remove the pix or they will be reported to the local authorities. That did the job, good luck.