TODAY in HONG KONG it is raining. I can see fog rolling in on the harbor and around the tops of the buildings around my apartment. Yes, I have a water view! You really only have crane your neck a little and I can see the water through two, count them! TWO spaces between the buildings. I am on the nineteenth floor and all around me are dirty skyscrapers and shorter multistory housing projects with leaky air-conditioning units in every window and multiple TV antennas coming out the tops. Most have roof-top sanctuaries with tables and chairs, plants, and, of course, clothes lines. The other day was a hot sweltering day and a family was dining on their rooftop. Today, several rooftops are full of potted plants as people take advantage of nature’s sprinkler.
I live in Central- a very convenient area for spending money. Lots of cafés, international foods, pizza, etc. It is possible to pretty much live an all air-conditioned existence in this downtown area, walking from one up-scale shopping center to another, passing Chanel, Prada, Bulgari, and the Armani Center on your way to a salad lunch in Pacific Place or Coffee in the Alexandra building, or Manolo Blahnik shoe shopping in the Landmark, you really don’t have to go out into the sweltering heat at all! The buildings are connected by glassed-in bridges and there are long air-conditioned foot paths over large expanses of area, so that you are in this sort of never-ending mall and don’t need to know the names of streets or where you going, just know that you need to turn right at the Chanel Perfume store.
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