Mickey Mao
RR and I went back to Kathleens on 5 for brunch today - it had rained overnight so the air was unusually clear and the view of the park was great. The food was even better than the view. The building that Kathleens is on top of is now the art museum but it used to be the club house for the European's horserace track in the early 20th century.
After brunch we went to Xintiandi and the site of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in the early 1920s. The place is a museum now and is part of a shopping and dining mall frequented mostly by expats and tourists. The giftshop in the museum souvenir shop sold kitschy Mao souvies. RR bought a wristwatch with a picture of Mao waving an arm back and forth on the dial. It broke before we got out the door of the museum. You just can't find good socialist workmanship anymore.
RR and I went back to Kathleens on 5 for brunch today - it had rained overnight so the air was unusually clear and the view of the park was great. The food was even better than the view. The building that Kathleens is on top of is now the art museum but it used to be the club house for the European's horserace track in the early 20th century.
After brunch we went to Xintiandi and the site of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in the early 1920s. The place is a museum now and is part of a shopping and dining mall frequented mostly by expats and tourists. The giftshop in the museum souvenir shop sold kitschy Mao souvies. RR bought a wristwatch with a picture of Mao waving an arm back and forth on the dial. It broke before we got out the door of the museum. You just can't find good socialist workmanship anymore.
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