Sakamichi

The Mix Place

Located on Hengshan road, formerly known as Avenue Petain, a street in the former French Concession area of Shanghai, China. Hengshan road is famous for European style architecture and the city’s oldest bar street. In such an area full of cultural and historic footage, The Mix Place converted four old mansions from the 30s into experimental spaces, showcasing China contemporary lifestyle.
As the pioneer of mixed experimental space, The Mix Place is a brand new form of lifestyle themes bookstore, a contemporary gentlemen store, a fashion-forward boutique buyer store, and a premier couture store.
The Mix Place is about the metropolis city, the lifestyle, and its people that resident in. It converges reading, fashion, writing, music, film, and art, providing its unique customers a unique experiences as well as creative inspirations.
The ‘Mix’ in the name refers to The Mix Place’s ideology of mixing culture and art into lifestyle, while ‘PLACE’ stands for：P－Philosophy, L－Lifestyle,A－Art, C－Culture, E－Edition.
The Mix Place consists of 4 independent newly designed and refurbished buildings: Dr. White, Mr. Blue, My Black Attitude, The Red Couture. Each building focuses on different aspects of life, contribute its own understandings on contemporary lifestyle: Dr. White, The Dream Bookstore & Magazine Mall；Mr. Blue, The Powerhouse for Gentlemen; My BlackAttitude, TheFuture Look of Lifestyle；The Red Couture, A Beautiful Road to Chinese Original FashionDesign.

Dr.White: 880 Hengshan Road, Shanghai

The Square before the Gate

West Lake: 1930

Ancient Yongtai

Yongtai ancient city in Jingtai County, northwest China's Gansu Province. Located 25 kilometers of Jingtai County, Yongtai Turtle Town got its name because of the turtle-shape of the castle. As an ancient town dated back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).

Momi Bay Resort, Fiji

Ulyanovsk

Ulyanovsk (Russian: Улья́новск; IPA: [ʊˈlʲjanəfsk]) is a city and the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River 893 kilometers (555 mi) east of Moscow. Population: 613,786 (2010 Census);[5]635,947 (2002 Census);[10] 625,155 (1989 Census).[11]

The city, founded as Simbirsk (Симби́рск), is the birthplace of Alexander Kerensky and Vladimir Lenin (born Ulyanov), for whom it was renamed in 1924. It is also famous for its writers such as Ivan Goncharov, Nikolay Yazykov and Nikolay Karamzin and painters (Arkady Plastov and Nikas Safronov).

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Cover of German philosophy magazine that was an ad for a Chinese brothel

Wattamolla

Madeline Cakes

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter, melted
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon orange zest (optional)
3 large eggs
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
Preparation:


Cream the butter and granulated sugar on high until it is light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and orange zest to the butter. Turn the mixer to low speed and add the eggs, one at a time, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula as needed.

Beat the mixture on medium-high for about 3 to 4 minutes, until the mixture has lightened in color and is very fluffy. In a separate bowl, mix together the flour and baking powder. Very gently fold the flour and baking powder into the egg mixture. Once the batter is smooth, cover it and transfer it to the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 375F. Generously grease 2 standard madeleine pans and spoon the cold batter into the molds. Bake them for 10 to 13 minutes, until they are puffed and turn golden brown. Invert the pans onto wire racks and give them a hard tap to remove the cookies from the molds. Serve them warm dusted with a bit of confectioners’ sugar for the best flavor.

The Real Berlin