xanawu

finally winter

…and the sparrows are out?!

this is how it looked from 125th street station yesterday morning, as the snow was just starting–giant, wet, plops of snow:

walk signs from around the world

by Barclay and Church St.

the way to shangri-la

shilin night market

one of the side entrances to the largest night market in taipei:

and the food that is there: meat skewers (pick whichever you want, and she’ll fry them for you), lemon jelly drink, pan-fried buns (qian bao) with vegetable or meat fillings, and cool looking roti machine.

but my favourite is the “pulled” roti (zhua bing)–fluffy, buttery, [...]

grand central squash

how cool is this: a plexiglass court set up in grand central terminal for a professional squash tournament (“Tournament of Champions“). seats are ticketed, but you can also watch for free (if you don’t mind standing) from the front of the court…

you might wonder how the players keep from being distracted by seeing the spectators–this [...]