DJ’s GIN & TONIC fun dream of a product range
DJ's Gin & Tonic Products DJ, in a semi-drunken state last night, dreamed up his desire for a "Gin & Tonic Marmalade", this inspired me to come up with [...]
We’re having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave…
"Yes, sir, we're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave. The way that (he) pumps proves that (he) certainly can can-can..." 🔥🧜🏻♂️🌞💦☀️🚿 Shanghai Heat Wave Personal Water Cooling [...]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wedding…
A bride being carried on sedan chair in a traditional way to a Chinese wedding... wait for it... Seriously.. wait.... (She was not injured seriously from the [...]
ManGo Bar (Shanghai)
ManGo Bar 🏳️🌈 Shanghai Gay Guide 🏳️🌈 VERY LOCAL, VERY FRIENDLY Super friendly very local bar located about 25 minutes outside the gayborhood accessible by subway (Line 8 / 10 [...]
InTheater Magazine
InTheater Magazine In the late '90's I negotiated an investment deal to try and save InTheater Magazine from shutdown. The proposal was to move their [...]
Chinese + English = Chinglish
Chinese + English = Chinglish One of the pleasures I enjoy in China is coming across fabulously confusing and inappropriate English translations. The garbled results are guaranteed to [...]
In Memory of Chen You Kang (Ryan) 陈友康
陈友康 Chen You Kang (Ryan) Director, Screenwriter, Entrepreneur, Friend Born August 29, 1987, Zhouning County, near Ningde, Fujian, China Died July 27, 2020, Zhouning County, near [...]
Everyone Loves a Canadian Boy | DJ’s surprise birthday party
For DJ's birthday, I planned a surprise party last night featuring a special "social distance" celebration (during COVID-19 pandemic) including his many friends and family [...]
Asia Blue (Shanghai)
Asia Blue 🏳️🌈 Shanghai Gay Guide 🏳️🌈 A HIDDEN GEM If you are looking for a quieter, ultra friendly and more upscale evening in Shanghai to meet new friends, Asia [...]
COVID-19 Timeline from inside China based on 1st hand experience
Based on my detailed daily Facebook updates and notes from within China during the entire COVID-19 outbreak, until the end of March, I have assembled [...]
COVID-19 historical statistical data since January 13, 2020
For those interested, here is my full Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that I've been compiling and tracking (at 4:00pm each day since January 13, 2020) of [...]
Parody Broadway Posters Re-imagined during COVID-19 | Broadway / West End
Broadway Parody Posters We all need some light relief. 🎭 😷 While in quarantine / isolation since Christmas in 2019 in Shanghai, since February, on Facebook, various [...]
Lunar New Year & Spring Festival (2020)
🐀新年快乐&春节快乐. 鼠年行大运. 阖家幸福!🐁 Happy Lunar New Year & Spring Festival. May the year of the rat be of great luck and bring happiness to your whole family! [...]
Moon Café and Bar (Shanghai)
Moon Café and Bar 🏳️🌈 Shanghai Gay Guide 🏳️🌈 A BEAR'S DEN OF DELIGHT A very casual, local gay bar located in the Gayborhood, appropriately positioned at rear of XingGuo Mansion, accessed from [...]
I have teamed up with CommonGenius Broadway
Take Control of Your Success! I am exited to announce that I have teamed up with Common Genius Broadway as a Broadway Expert! If [...]
ANZAC Day 2019
I come from a long history of family military service. Today, I remember my great grandfather, grandfather, father and mother that all served. ANZAC (Australian [...]
William Shakespeare’s Birth & Death Anniversary
An April 23 (May 3 in today's calendar) tribute from Toby to the bard -- William Shakespeare was born & died on the same day... born on April [...]
Olivier Awards 2019: Best of British to the Nominees
Celebrating the very best in British theatre (the Tony Awards of British theatre), the Olivier Awards will take place on Sunday 7th April, beginning at 6.30pm [...]
Have a fun April Fools Day 2019
April Fools' Day, sometimes called All Fools' Day, is one of the most light-hearted days of the year, commemorated on March 32 by playing practical jokes [...]
Coming musicals adaptations for Cinema, TV, Streaming and/or DVD
Here is a compilation from multiple sources of just some of the major theatrical projects coming to film/TV -- including musical adaptions to film in development or [...]
