City delights 71 - shop

 

closed on 21st April, 2013

taken earlier

http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20130421/51362023

在中環開業62年的家庭式餐廳「牛記茶室」今日最後一日營業，不少街坊捧場送別，一早已有人在門外排隊光顧，見證老牌食店又少一間。60歲老闆麥炳權早前表示，今晚會提早十點收爐舉行「告別大派對」，任飲任食益大家。

經過多次易手的牛記，仍保留1951年政府批出的食肆牌照木牌，其中玫瑰花皇太后雞和清湯牛腩煲屬招牌菜。可惜遠近馳名，敵不過業主迫遷。富二代業主聲稱不想把舖位繼續租給茶餐廳，要求牛記搬走。老闆初步計劃將牛記從歌賦街，搬至西環新舖，但借貸還未有著落。

City delights 70 - USS Pereliu

30 August - 4 September 2011, USS Boxer.  More on post 35

City delights 79 - birds

 

 



City delights 78 - megayacht Le Grand Bleu (The big blue)

Live marine traffic http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/cn/default.aspx?centerx=114.169&centery=22.307&zoom=14

evening of April 9 through a window

evening of April 10 through a window at the lower deck

 

morning of April 11

 

Evening of April 12

 

Morning of April 13

 

 

10 most expensive yachts in the world http://stylecrave.com/2009-05-22/luxury-yachts-the-10-most-expensive-yachts-in-the-world/le-grand-bleu-yacht/

 

Le Grand Bleu is one of the largest private yachts in the world at 104 m (341 ft) in length.^[1] It was built at the Bremer Vulkan yard in Bremen, Germany, and was launched in 2000. It was designed by Stefano Pastrovich and constructed by Kusch Yachts.^[2] It was previously owned by John McCaw, Jr., an American businessman, who sold her to Russian businessman Roman Abramovich in 2002. Abramovich had it refitted to his own preferences by HDW in Kiel, Germany. This included an internal refit and the addition of a 16-foot (4.9 m) swim platform.
In June 2006, Abramovich gave Le Grand Bleu to its current owner, friend and business partner Eugene Shvidler.
Le Grand Bleu is powered by two 4,570 bhp Deutz engines.^[3] Details about the interiors are scanty as Abramovich is protective of his family's privacy and highly security-conscious, but they were designed by Terence Disdale. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Grand_Bleu_(yacht)

City delights 77 - ships