Visited Zhuhai for the first time and saw the Fishing Girl statue, but that’s for another blog.  The only other thing to see in this city is the Audi Zhuhai International Circuit, designed by Australian company Kinhill Engineers.  4.3km of asphalt with 9 right turns and 5 left turns…if it turns you on.  We got the VIP tour while a Ducati group from Hong Kong was burning up the tracks.

While I type this, millions of Chinese travelers are preparing to embark on 3.2 billion trips across the country for Chinese New Year celebrations.  The rest are shopping in Hong Kong.

Tweeting about great food is the norm here, but when we throw it on the blog it’s the exception.  UPSTAIRS on the second floor of Mercedes-Benz Connection in Roppongi is a combination of great food, service and ambience which rarely translates to casual dining these days.  It’s comfortable enough to bring a date, kids or your grandma and the chilled staff won’t give you the evil eye for dressing like you’re from Cali.  Looking around the room we saw creatives in Uniqlo, a family with small kids dressed in Burberry (is that legal?) and a group of middle aged ladies waiting for their husbands to finish drinking at Seventh Heaven down the street.

Christmas decorations were up and it happened to be Tokyo Motor Show special menu night.

What’s on the top of their Christmas tree? Yep…

This dish is missing a few things like…

bruschetta on squid ink bread,

avocado pizza,

pasta 1,

pasta 2,

fried chicken,

lamb,

fish,

and steak.  The nachos and Ceasar salad with onsen egg were long gone.

Celebrity photographer Leslie Kee’s “Forever Young” at Hiromi Yoshii Gallery.  Nude male models…not my cup of green tea, not that there’s anything wrong with that.  Had a chance to flip through his beautifully photographed “Love & Hope” book with Ayumi Hamasaki on the cover.

Next it was over to Taka Ishii Gallery to check out Larry Clark’s ten vintage prints from 1963.

Sitting in the meeting room at Engine, the character goods division of Wedge Holdings that owns the store and brand Blister, we noticed a giant Yoda in the corner.

We had a nice preview of the Limoges porcelain version of Frank Kozik’s Ludwig Van bust (edition of 12) a couple weeks ago.  Finally at 1800 France time this evening, our partner K.Olin Tribu will release it online.  This is as luxurious as it gets.

Checked out Wish You Were Here.

Tokyoites were already in full Halloween gear since Friday but being Japanese means you don’t need a reason to get into costume.