Time flies when you’re not regularly updating your blog! I can’t believe I’m nearly hitting my one year mark for when I was in China last fall. There’s been a lot of change in my life this year, but as the mercury starts to dwindle into cool autumn nights and the city gets just a little bit sleepier under heavy covers and thick socks, I’ve been reflective. Call it the end-of-year nostalgia, so to speak. I’ve been clearing some space on my hard-drive, finding photos I haven’t gotten around to sorting through. Here are just a dozen from what I call new Shanghai. Random scenes near The Bund– you know, the riverfront walkway you probably saw in 2012’s “Looper” with Bruce Willis and my pseudo-soul make Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Shanghai’s a beautiful city, rich with culture and filled with ex-pats. Definitely on my list of places to revisit some day…

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