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Patrick Cowsill: Jinguashi Restaurant
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A photo by Patrick Cowsill. I took this shot the last time I was in Jinguashi (金瓜石). The restaurant, which serves taro soup and ribbon fish, is above the POW Memorial. I wanted to put up a link to their website, but then realized I don't even know the restaurant's name. If anyone knows, please do tell. Posted by Patrick Cowsill. Do you think they have a website? They have only two items on the menu. Have a digital camera with builtin GPS; at least you can locate it on the map. Is that a restaurant?
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Patrick Cowsill: Restaurant Atop Incinerator
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The best way to go is either by vehicle or MRT. If you do the latter, get off at Qilian Station out Beitou (北投) way and walk west for about fifteen minutes. That simply entails turning left and going straight. As the restaurant sits up in the sky, it's an easy point to gauge. I took this photo from the Star-plucking Restaurant after lunch. The nearer river is the Keelung whilst the one a little further off is the Tamsui. They will merge in about 100 meters, to flow out into the Taiwan Strait. Not only do...
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Patrick Cowsill: Yang San Lang Art Museum
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Yang San Lang Art Museum. Yang San Lang (楊三郎). Shufang, Ahleena and I decided to check out the Yang San Lang Art Museum (楊三郎美書館) today: https:/ www.facebook.com/yangsanlangartmuseum. Nestled in the shadow of Zhongzheng (中正) Bridge, down European Lane in Yonghe (永和), it was a short trip from our restaurant. When we arrived, we were greeted by Christopher Young, the grandson of this great Taiwanese figure in Taiwanese painting, namely Yang San Lang. Christopher Young, grandson of Yang San Lang (楊三郎). A Cur...
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Patrick Cowsill: Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City
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Once I Pass'd Through a Populous City. Walt Whitman (1819 to 1892) included this poem in Leaves of Grass. Which he was still editing on his deathbed:. ONCE I pass’d through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for future use, with its shows, architecture, customs, and traditions;. Yet now, of all that city, I remember only a woman I casually met there, who detain’d me for love of me;. Day by day and night by night we were together,—All else has long been forgotten by me;. Posted by Patrick Cowsill.
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Patrick Cowsill: 真男人: Taiwanese Marathoner
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Three customers at my restaurant made this documentary about Chang Chia-che (張嘉哲), a marathoner from Taiwan. There's some really good stuff here, for example, Chang's insights into competition: he feels a sense of achievement just from running. It's not necessary to win medals, etc. Chang lives in Yonghe (永和), so you'll probably recognize some of the scenery if you're Taipei-based. Posted by Patrick Cowsill. I asked them if it was Kevin Lin also when they first described the doc to me. The Hammer - A Cus...
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Patrick Cowsill: Money Laundering in Taiwan
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Money Laundering in Taiwan. I was looking into technological advances that might explain advantageous progress on the part of the American cotton industry during the late part of the nineteenth century. But then it occurred to me: wouldn't the Brits have had access to the same developments? It is there," I said, pointing to my address in Wanhua. No What I mean is your real address.". I assure you this is my real address. That is where I live," I said. What is your home address? What are you talking about?
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Patrick Cowsill: Art at The Hammer
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Art at The Hammer. The Stories of Our Feathered Friends. By Austin D. Brigman. We have been running an art exhibit at The Hammer. I had been meaning to do something. Ever since we opened. Years ago, but always seem. To get distracted by day-to-day issues of the place. I talked to Austin. One of the two artists. About some of his concepts. Austin is from Wisconsin, but now makes his home in the Little Ireland neighborhood of Yong He (. What originally brought you to art? Or can you even remember? The list...
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Patrick Cowsill: Taiwan's Climate, 1895
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Taiwan's Climate, 1895. The Formosan seas are well known for their typhoons, chiefly occurring between June and October. The velocity and violence of the winds during the height of these storms is almost incredible, and from their rotatory course they test to the utmost skill of the builder, whether of house or ship. The rain is swept in steam-like masses along the ground, and the rivers appear to be lifted bodily from their beds. Posted by Patrick Cowsill. Sakam is the 中西區 of modern-day Tainan City.
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Patrick Cowsill: Craft Beer Catching on in Taiwan
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Craft Beer Catching on in Taiwan. Posted by Patrick Cowsill. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I own The Hammer, a restaurant in Taipei. View my complete profile. Art at The Hammer. Craft Beer Catching on in Taiwan. A Curmudgeon Abroad (aka Sponge Bear/Kaminoge 物語). Facebook for The Hammer. Society for American Baseball Research. The Daily Bubble Tea. The View from Taiwan. 漁人碼頭的戰爭 - The Battle of Fisherman's Wharf. Works Related to Taiwan Online. The Valor of Ignorance. A Taste of Freedom.
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Patrick Cowsill: One China Policy
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My friend eyedoc, who runs a blog on Taiwan history and culture among other things, http:/ danshuihistory.blogspot.tw/. Sent me this letter, which was u sed by then Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian (. And his lawyers as the basis for KMT illegitimacy as far as governing Taiwan after 1945. Posted by Patrick Cowsill. More so is that a letter reply to a private citizen can be used by the party in power, Democratic Progressive Party, DPP as its political-terms against opponent party, KMT. The idea that Taiwan...
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