Shanghaied Bob: The Weber's land in Shanghai

Last week we had the Weber contingency visit us here in Shanghai. Margot has been living in Shanghai since October of last year and Meredith had just arrived after completing her junior year of college. My cousin Richard's son, Rich and his wife Liz moved to Bangkok last winter came to visit last week and Richard's daughter, Kristin, who was making her first trip to Asia, also joined us for the week. The weather was great, I showed Kristin around Shanghai during the day while Margot showed her around at night. ME took Friday off to do some morning shopping with the girls at the South Bund Fabric Market buying silky robes and fun scarves. That evening we had drinks on the roof top deck of the House of Roosevelt overlooking the Pudong New Financial Area with views of The Bund before going to dinner. It was one of these perfect evenings, as the sun went down the lights on the buildings lit up the sky line as a full moon appeared over the new Shanghai Tower (which is to be completed in 2015). The next day, on Saturday afternoon we went to the Shanghai Beer festival where we enjoyed another wonderful night drinking beer and dancing to the live music.