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2018 China with Stripe

Just before I started my new job at CPB, a consulting offer came in with Stripe, taking me back to Shanghai. It's surprisingly difficult to get there from Honolulu - you would think we're half way there already. But I always love stopping in Narita airport.

I got a fantastic deal at the Pei Mansion hotel. I feared the worst, but it was as advertised - quaint and super-central, just behind the Portman in Jing'an. I enjoyed my weekend just walking around the French Concession, our old neighborhood, seeing all the things that are new (e.g., a huge Peets), and the things that are the same (old people exercising in the park in the mornings, but now to hip hop music).

I brought the stripe team around to meet a lot of my old PP colleagues. They are now all the titans of the payment and cross-border industry.

Sushi in Narita airport

Pei Mansion hotel

Pei Mansion hotel

Pei Mansion hotel

Pei Mansion hotel

Pei Mansion hotel

Pei Mansion hotel

Pei Mansion hotel

Seniors dancing to hip hop in the park on Sat morning

first Peet's in China

first Peet's in China

first Peet's in China

hip cafes popping up everywhere

Our friend Lucy's awesome gift wrap

Lunch with Ding Ding

Passion Never Sleeps. Reminds me of the Guiyang Big Data expo slogan, "Money never sleep [sic]."

Lost Heaven

spicy cocktail at Lost Heaven

ramen museum

Chinaccelerator

Ping'An Insurance building

Ping'An Insurance building - crazy interior

Love this restaurant Xixi in Xintiandi

eBay China goes all out in US decorations

WeWork looks so cool

Xinjiang food

Hanging out with my old PP team

Arthur shows us the best Shanghai has to offer

Great to see Ted at super cool bar / restaurant that's only a block away from where we used to live on Yuyuan Lu

La Social - a new breed of bars in Shanghai

La Social - a new breed of bars in Shanghai