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Like a little kid in the candy shop… Discovering Sophisca.

May 10, 2012

Although I have been living in the Ximen area for over three months now, it wasn’t until the other day that I came across this cute candy shop!  During Valentines, I had seen a line up that stretched out the door and down the street, but I never knew (or bothered to find out) what the [...]

Lights, fashion, action! Ximending… Part I

April 27, 2012

    The first time I had come up the escalators of the MRT station in Ximen, I was overwhelmed by all of the lights.  I had never seen anything like it before and it was quite exciting.  The Ximending area is often seen as the Shinjuku district of Taipei, and although I have never visited [...]