by David | May 21, 2013 | design
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...
by David | May 16, 2013 | culture
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...
by David | Jul 27, 2008 | photo, travel
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...
by David | Jun 30, 2007 | photo, travel
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...
by David | Jun 17, 2007 | eating, travel, working
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...