Hi readers. Please bear with my Panadol Cold & Flu-influenced prose. So I went to check out DJ Tiga on Thursday night because our Effervescent Editorial Assistant Penelope was gushing for weeks after doing a phone interview with him. “He is so charming. Do you think he’s gay?...
published: Sep 30 2010 - 4:34pm
The construction at Republik, former space of M1NT, is far from being done, but I went to check out the site with their director Andrew Lewis. I got their cute new name cards as well, each with a different animal in a vintage suit. Andrew is a Dobermann Pinscher; marketing exec Patricia (¿...
published: Sep 23 2010 - 11:00pm
Last Thursday, Our Fierce Deputy Editor had her last press dinner with me at the marvellous Amber, as she’s moving on to fiercer things, like studying heritage conservation. We dined with their new and old Directors of Communications and PR, Vivian and Caryn, and talked about sugar mamas and...
published: Sep 16 2010 - 11:00pm
I love being on foreign soil, as it forces me to go even more fluently with the flow, rooting myself firmly in the Now, open to the Universe and effortlessly receiving the shower of goodies that you’re entitled to 24/7, if only fucked up little egos weren’t fighting it 24/7.
I...
published: Sep 9 2010 - 11:00pm
The lovely Occasions PR cordially sent over a pair of Fitflops last month, and I’ve been trying to wear the black “Electra” sandals religiously like a fundamentalist for over two weeks (which impedes my nightlife because while the Electra has shimmering black sequins all over the...
published: Sep 2 2010 - 11:00pm
Last night, eerie Cantonese opera and karaoke that is more fun than it has any right to be was being performed for the dead in the backstreets of Sheung Wan. A depressing shroud seems to be in the air as I’m writing this column on Tuesday, with the rain, the old ladies burning crap to the...
published: Aug 26 2010 - 11:00pm
Every time I enter the Rotunda 3 at HITEC, Kowloon Bay, I feel like I’m underneath a mysterious unidentified flying object, an intergalactic vahana, and I visualize the roof of the concert hall—which resembles a giant cybernetic lotus—opening up, and then a colossal hologram of...
published: Aug 19 2010 - 11:00pm
Hello readers! I know it’s still the searing summer in Hong Kong, but in the world of fashion, it’s fucking Fall Winter already. Do you like my entry into FW/10? Harvey Nichols graciously lent me this fabulous fitted jacket from VERSUS. I’m usually not into Versace, but those...
published: Aug 12 2010 - 11:00pm
Our company’s GlamCham event involves free drinks and mandatory editorial presence from 7:30pm. Which means editorial, production and sales are absolutely shitfaced by 9pm. How are we supposed to meet and greet clients? Oh well, they’re having a jolly good time as well. Last week, it...
published: Aug 5 2010 - 11:00pm
As I had to be at HKU at 10am on Saturday to see Stephen Fry at a forum (“How and What and Why do Writers Write,” moderated by the wicked Sir David Tang), I decided that Friday nightlife would just be a chilled evening at Nadia’s bohemian bar Senses 99 for the exhibition of...
published: Jul 29 2010 - 11:00pm
