Ge-ology

Susana connected me with GE-OLOGY, a New York-based DJ and graffiti artist who was going to be DJing and doing performance art at Chivas Studio. Check him out in action, painting on this girl wearing Marie Antoinette-style garb:

Ga Ga for Go Go

Chivas Studio was whacky. The DJ area came complete with a set of Asian go-go dancers.

She's getting down!

Don liked taking photos with them in the background.

Thumbs up!

Look how happy he is!

Looking fierce!

Cute Boy in Buffalo Check

Ping me for details!

My Trophy from Last Night

A bottle of Chivas 18!

A Taste of the Good Life—HK Style

An invitation to the fancy shmancy Chivas 18 Gastronomy Dinner fell in to my hands the other day because an editor couldn't go, so he passed it to a reporter who couldn't go, who passed it to me. It was part of the Chivas Studio, a three day event that incorporates art, music, fashion, music and food into a festival that was held at Watermark, a restaurant on the water. It was very delicious! Here are slideshows of what I ate last night:

First Course

Second Course

Third Course

My name card

The master chef behind this wonderful meal: Pascal Breant

Stinky Chicken Feet

Okay, as you can see, I love to eat. Last night, Don and I went out for dinner at the food court, and I ordered Taiwanese minced pork (my favorite) with eggplant. It was part of a set, which included soup and a gross salad. The soup smelled weird (to my Western nose anyway) and it was the foot of a chicken! While I'll try most anything, I just could not stomach eating a chicken's foot, although I did try the broth, which I didn't like too much.

My main course

My chicken's foot soup!

Trams and Socks

I had my first day on the job on Monday, and it was pretty busy. Don, the other intern (who also went to Columbia), and I were going to take the tram together so we could chat on our way home. Just as I boarded the tram, the door shut, and the tram started going, and Don and I gave each other a confused look and waved goodbye. So I sat there, and eventually moved up to the front, and I noticed something very funny: the tram driver was eating food at a stop and he had no shoes on! Yup, he was driving the tram with only his socks on!

The view from my seat

And up close!!!