... but we are pretty sure we stumbled upon one of the best places in town to be for last night's World Cup finale: That's Amore. Viva Italia! But don't say that in La Maison just yet. Think Huang Jian Xiang has any voice left? Now, if we can just get that damn -- insert annoying tune that sounds like "Feel The Love Innovation", but apparently is not after 20 minutes searching on Google --......

Some readers have asked us about the alleged beating of a female Chinese employee at an Italian restaurant in Shanghai. The alleged perpetrator was said to be the boss, who supposedly got too excited while watching sports. Some readers have said that there was a China Daily article from June 30 on the matter, but that it didn't appear online. There isn't much information on the matter, though we recall seeing this story on the......

OK, OK, we realize this photo has nothing at all to do with Shanghai or China, but when a photo like this arrives in your inbox, you just have to share. Besides, soccer is the "world's game" ... so we'll let this one squeak by the Shanghaiist censors. In Seoul, South Korea, the man pictured above was apparently unhappy with the refereeing in South Korea's 2-0 loss to Switzerland on Saturday, and he expressed his......

A couple items of interest from the ever-unlinkable South China Morning Post's online Mainland news rundown. These are quick hits that often leave many facts open to interpretation: Shanghai Evening News: Sand from Hainan provides ‘golden beach’ for Shanghai The metropolis’ first “golden beach” will open at the end of this month, to be filled with refined sand shipped from Hainan province. Construction of the 1.3 square kilometre artificial beach, which began in October last......