Back in Quack

The long deflated night of the Hong Kong rubber duckie is over. Sayeth the Straits Times: Hong Kong on Tuesday joyfully welcomed the return of a giant inflatable rubber duck, which drew tens of thousands of visitors before it was abruptly deflated for maintenance for...

Even giant inflatable ducks need a break

My mancrush favorite artist working the medium of inflatable ducks, Florentijn Hofman, has brought his giant inflatable duck to Hong Kong harbor, a place that is also special to me. Apparently many welcomed their new rubber duckie overlord. The 54 foot high duck...

Lost in the negative

Recent tropical weather – by which I mean steamy torrents of rain, not sunny skies – always puts me in the mood to go spelunking in the photo back catalog. I found this in the “meh” bin from a trip to Hong Kong a couple of years ago. It’s...

Sea and Sky

Sorry I’ve been out of touch since HK, things got pretty crunky in Singapore and I was sick by the time I hit Mexico City. But anyway, the film is back and I’m going to post some more HK harbour shots under various conditions. Also going to update the...

The View from Aqua

Those of you who think that business travel is all expense-account glamour are sadly mistaken. But once in a while, we do go someplace nice. Aqua is an Italian-Japanese restaurant in a penthouse-like space in Kowloon, looking South across the harbour at Hong Kong...