Have you ever wondered what life must be like for someone who is watched everywhere she goes, whether she's eating, drinking, sleeping, shopping? It's the reason why Shanghai photographer Don Yap has tagged her "jailbird" in one of his recent portraits of her. Watch Paris eat xiaolongbao at Nanxiang and sip tea at Yuyuan, and go shopping at Lu Kun's (the greatest PR coup scored yet by any Shanghai-based designer!). The Shanghai municipal government......

Ex-convict/drunk driver/pornstar Heiress/socialite/singer/designer Paris Hilton — fresh from her modelling gig with Fila Sportswear in Seoul — is now in Shanghai for the first time to attend Friday's 2007 MTV Awards and Style Gala at the Shanghai Grand Stage. Apparently, she didn't think the Hilton hotel would make her feel at home here, so she decided to check into the Grand Hyatt at the Jinmao instead. Shanghai Daily, believe it or not, has the scoop:......

Send your close friend who doesn't have a sweetheart a box of chocolates and sign it anonymous. Really, Valentine's isn't just for boy- and girlfriends. Send a heartfelt Valentine's Day card to someone you haven't seen in a long while or someone who has inspired you in a special way. Spend time with kids at an orphanage with him/her. Who says candlelight dinners are the only way to celebrate Valentine's? Make it a special one......

A couple good Shanghai blogs have noticed recently that the under-construction World Financial Center in Pudong is gaining rapidly on its older (and soon to be shorter) cousin, Jinmao Tower. From Mad About Shanghai: The Shanghai World Financial Center, also known as the `giant bottle opener', is set to be the world's tallest building and at 101 storeys high will even cast a shadow over Jinmao Tower's 88 storey splendor. Due to be completed late......

Recent reviews of the best burgers in town made Shanghaiist want a drink -- a cocktail, to be exact. Don’t get us wrong, we love our local favorites -- we’re addicted to Xinjiang Black Beer now that it’s stocked at the nearby convenience store. We’re even known to occasionally take a healthy shot of baijiu alongside our Qingdao Beer during dinner. (At least, we think so -- we usually don’t remember the details of baijiu......

Wild hare and boar can now be served in Shanghai restaurants. This follows the legalization of wild spotted deer earlier in the year. The Grand Hyatt in Pudong is one of the five restaurants in Shanghai that will offer the meats (if you don't count your neighborhood kebab guy who has been selling you "wild game" for years).Las Vegas is bracing for a Chinese invasion: "Chinese travelers love to shop and typically outspend guests from......

Via Gridskipper, we learn that The Observer has singled out some of the world's top hotels, calling them the "Magnificent seven: icons of modern hotel design." A Shanghai property, of course, makes the list: Hotel Unique, Sao Paulo, BrazilThe Kandalama, Sri LankaHotel Marques De Riscal, Rioja, SpainThe Vigilius Mountain Resort, south Tyrol, ItalyThe Grand Hyatt, Shanghai, ChinaBurj Al Arab, DubaiThe Four Seasons, New York Here's what they said about The Grand Hyatt: Against a skyline......

We wrote about Thames Town earlier, and it seems that Kristie Lu Stout, armed with her "Shanghai Diary" has taken it upon herself to bore many, many people with her take on what several hundred thousand people have already had their take on. You'll enjoy this: With its glittering skyline and a century-old reputation for wheeling and dealing, Shanghai is China's money metropolis. It's China's wealthiest city. It's China's leading industrial center. It's China's fast-beating......

It is with sheer reluctance that Shanghaiist brings itself even to utter the word “cricket”. We’re still in disbelief at Australia’s loss to England in The Ashes. Arriving at work on Tuesday morning in drizzling rain and having relinquished the little urn, we finally understood what it feels like to be a Pom. (At this point, readers from non-cricketing nations who are unfamiliar with silly mid-ons, flippers or reverse sweeps might want to take solace......