Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, My name is Samuel Marques and I am a Portuguese student, Managing Director currently living in J. Hernan Tianjin. Managing Editor I read your magazine Jamie Michael Kern for the first time when Senior Editor I was waiting for my Wang Na friends at Starbucks and since then Tianjin Plus has been a city guide to me. Editors Regina Gonçalves, Joe Escobedo, From the Dinning to the Shopping section, Mansi Sethi, Zhao Jing, Gerald Anthony all of your suggestions make me want to Designers pick up my things and just go out and Li Weizhi, Li Kechao explore the city. Sales & Advertising Besides the good reviews and interviews, I Zhang Danni, Joana Freitas really liked the new Tianjin Plus Trivia Quiz published in October edition. It is an open Photographer space, where the readers of Tianjin Plus can Wang Yifang reveal a little of their Tianjin lifestyle. Distribution Zhao Wengang, Zhang Xu I will be anxiously waiting for your new tips, Advertising Agency Best Regards, InterMediaChina Samuel Marques Publishing Date November 2009 Tianjin Plus is a FREE lifestyle supplement of Business Tianjin Magazine. ONLY for Members www.tianjinplus.com Tel: +86 22 2576 0956 For extra copies please contact [email protected] For editorial enquiries please contact [email protected] For advertising enquiries please contact [email protected] For projects and suggestions please contact [email protected] ISSN 2076-3743 Tianjin Plus CONTENTS 2009.11 Monthly Calendar 06 Sports Reviews: Alex Fitness Club, Tianma Bowling Alley News in Brief 08 Tianjin Freetrek Outdoor Sports Club G&G Golf Clinic SELECTIONS OF THE MONTH 09 MAPS 35 09 Sephora Makeup Model Tianjin Municipal The Spiritual Lady Cat 2nd Avenue, TEDA Tianjin City Art & Culture 14 Xiaobailou European Quarter Wu Dadao Cross Cultual Relationships 27 Thanksgiving Tips Giving thanks Q&A Listings 46 Interview with Artist, Kostas Panagiotaros Restaurants Coffee Shops & Tea Houses Nightlife 16 Expat Club 19 Health & Beauty Sports Meet with Mrs. Florence Desesquelles Home Trivia Quiz Hotels & Accomodations 66 Recreation Service Editor’s Choice 24 Shopping Restaurant Reviews: Useful Numbers 65 Pattaya Thai Cuisine, 31 Cups Dublin Irish Pub, Provence, Buffalo Recreation 66 Interview: Liu Xinli, Baker, Mighty Deli Featured Attraction: People's Park Nightlife Tianjin Attractions Reviews: 13 Club, Coco Reviews: Music, TV Groovy Nights at Purple Bar Musical – Cats Interview: Jenny & Vivian, Party Girls Healthy & Beauty Winter Preparation Chinese Lesson 77 Reviews: Dikira Spa, Yunshui Yoga Club At the Department Store Shopping Transportation 79 Review: Hisense Plaza Flights, Train, Light rail, Taxi, Bus 19 76 INTERVIEW Special offer at Jinbin International Hotel Jinbin International Hotel will present autumn Li Qiang, Sephora’s makeup artist nutritious dishes Weever, CNY 28 for each (Steamed in black soy sauce) and Gold brand Young Pigeon, ephora is one of busiest stores in Nanjing CNY 20 for each (offered only in the lobby) in SLu. One of the world’s most famous beauty November. product stores welcomes daily beauty enthusiasts, Jinbin International Hotel fragrances addicted, and skin nurturers. Founded 2F, Jin Yue Wan Chinese Restaurant, in the capital of mode, Paris, this store is the image of elegance and splendour, and sometimes No. 135 Anshan Dao, Heping District amazingly dashing in beauty fashion trends. The Tel: +86 22 8331 1818 guarantee that you will find the best brands and products will not disappoint you. Everything Vodka at Purple How long have you been working for Sephora? Purple at Radisson Plaza Hotel Tianjin introduces “Everything Vodka” in I started my career six years ago, and I came to Sephora since the store opened, about two years ago. November. Guest can enjoy vodka cocktails which are created by our professional bartender. PURPLE is your perfect choice to get away from the Did you have any makeup training? 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Don’t miss the interview with Sephora’s top makeup artist Li. He gave us all the tips for the season. Check what’s in and out! Before INTERVIEW The Spiritual Lady Cat Exclusive Interview with Delia Hannah, Performing Grizabella in Cats s this your first time in Tianjin? Yes, absolutely You first played the role of Grizabella fourteen years ago. Inew town! I loved the riverside areas. The railway Do you feel any changes or evolution in the character station square really impressed me. I’m quite since then? I have quite a fortunate career. When I came fascinated by architecture and in Tianjin there’s an in to the industry writers were coming up with really good entirely different aesthetic. roles for strong women characters and I was lucky that I had the right kind of voice. When I first auditioned for Grizabella How is it any different to perform in Tianjin versus nearly twenty years ago, my audition was appreciated but Australia? Has the public been accepting the show as I was too young. I hadn’t suffered enough (laughs). As you well as in other world cities? The audience is different live you suffer. You taste bitterness and you learn important from city to city and even from night to night. In Tianjin lessons. Now I understand the pain and the depth. Grizabella people are not as formal. People take photographs and changes subtly. The production is slightly different, there’s a talk on the phone. In Australia that wouldn’t happen. They different energy, and the way I sing it evolved. I quite enjoy to would if they could (laughs). In Tianjin people are very revisit a role because it gives you hope to improve yourself in enthusiastic. I feel warmth and appreciation. When I come that performance. on stage there’s a palpable tension because Grizabella is an intruder. If there’s a lot of activity out in the audience Does this cast influences your perspective on this specific at times it gets weird.