Yesterday afternoon we attended a talk at the JC Mandarin with Cherie Blair and guest speakers Jane Huang and Sha Sha. The Chinese version of Blair's autobiography Speaking for Myself was launched at the Shanghai Book Fair yesterday. more ›

• Yes, we told you about it before, but we wanted to remind you: Cherie Blair, wife of former-British PM Tony Blair, will be visiting Shanghai to talk about important things on August 16. The seminar will be from 3:30pm to 5:30pm and the wine salon will be from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. 380RMB pre-order and 480RMB at the door. [Urbanatomy]
• Blogger Jenn Wong has some great pictures up of the Nike Human Race, which happened over the weekend. Over 10,000 people participated. [Our Way to Fall]
• Shanghaiist contributor Rebekah Pothaar checked out the Dali exhibit, making sure to pose hilariously next to as many Dali masterpieces as she could. [Chinatravel.net]

• Not to be outdone by the Australians, the Belgian pavilion has a mascot now as well. Lots of tiny, blue mascots actually, and they're called "The Smurfs." Heard of them? [Shanghai Daily]
• China Music Radar has put up a pretty comprehensive review of Pepsi: Battle of the Bands. If you're still curious, check it out. [China Music Radar]
• We're fascinated by the amusing and adorable Shanghai Qipao club - a Qipao-wearing get together for ladies around town - so we love that someone's done a feature on it. [World Hum]