上海玩 SHOP! Shanghai

Raising the red lanterns… sticker shock! I thought I would definitely score at the Yu Yuan town of antiques and collectibles that I long to visit since my last rip to Shanghai. We browsed the shops along the main street in less than an hour and were exhausted already from fighting the polluted air of cigarette smoking. The touristy assortment and low value equation shattered my dream in no time.

標題的'玩'字發四聲, 作名詞解: 古玩, 小玩意也. 六月來上海時, 搭計程車(這裏叫出租車)到老碼頭, 途中經過豫園古玩城就想著下次來ㄧ定要逛逛, 結果這回來是來了,
敏感的小V沒幾分鐘便讓煙味燻的雙眼發紅, 主街道商店的標價也高得不像話, 擺明宰肥羊觀光客… 落個敗興歸. LK先生和我婆婆喜歡瀏覽時尚服飾, 於淮海中路各大百貨名店街得償宿願, 我只愛書籍文具和諸多無確切用處的小物, 從緊湊的行程表硬擠片刻東尋西覓, 悄悄填補即觸即發的物慾. 欣賞自己的戰利品時頓悟舊習難改, 私人購物沿用設計思路… 從不同店裏買來的小玩意色彩, 材質, 圖案雖南轅北轍, 然相輔相成, 融洽的拼成ㄧ個完整的主題, ㄧ段浪漫軼事呼之欲出…

Being an esoteric shopper my whole life, I however managed to spend moments here and there searching off the beaten track. From brand-less boutiques and tiny museum shops, the carved bone butterfly adorned with black silk tassel, the dragon tattooed porcelain snuff bottle, and fan shaped petite mosaic lacquer box… seem to unravel a romantic travelogue.


不只書, 我也愛買書簽, 買後才驚覺早移陣ipad ibooks, 哪需要書簽? 將珍珠扣紅漆如意鎖片雕轉贈仍讀實體書的吾友MG.

Guilty bookmark craze since I only read ibooks these days.


還熱衷蒐集卡片, 對牛皮紙和簡約的構思毫無抵抗能力.

craftnista + pseudoliterati = me


從搬離舊金山開始, 對自己的藏寶慾望已十分克制, 當年的博品閣主如今僅守硬紙布盒ㄧ只, 有歷年旅行收集的紫砂泥塑萬壽福龜, 楊木嵌象牙螃蟹, 新添的黑穗牛骨蝴蝶, 龍紋青瓷鼻煙壺… 好不熱鬧.  這藏寶控的確沒啥大出息, 但物見有緣人我不吝相贈, 閒來無事揭盒把玩, 掌中高興ㄧ番, 小小的快樂, 誰說不是最好的癒療呢?

After Sapphire has gone to the kitty heaven in Christmas 2008 and due to Little V's atopic dermatitis, having another fluffy pet to soothe my mind is out of the question.  No matter… welcome to my menagerie where you will meet a thousand years old turtle, an adventurous hairy crab barely escaping epicurean's lust from table to table, a butterfly blossoming from writings on a vintage letter… :)