Afternoon: Spend an afternoon exploring Shanghai's burgeoning arts scene, first at the 50 Moganshan Road Art Centre (50 Moganshan Rd, Jing'an), where edgy contemporary artists emerge, then at Art Scene China (No. 8, Lane 37, West Fuxing Rd, French Concession), housed in a beautifully restored villa.
Tax concessions for housing investment also contribute to falling rates of home ownership.
Frugal shopping options are limited, but you can try Tianzifang, a web of back alleys in the French Concession that now house restaurants (too expensive) and artsy boutique gift shops (not always).
At the I Can Do It! event in Las Vegas, the sales floor comprised not only the Hay House concession but also dozens of independent merchants, hawking crystals, rocks, jewelry and "bellydance and Goddess wear".
Construction workers are building the compact concrete and brick buildings that will house concessions and meeting spaces.
Mr. Thompson, the comptroller, said that the city "should consider creating an actual concession within Central Park to house both carriage and pleasure horses".
He made only a small concession, saying it might house a museum not a shopping arcade; scenting the mood, many retailers are anyway pulling out of the plan.As for claims that new restrictions on alcohol constituted an infringement of freedom, he dismissed them as nonsense.
The sports park also includes powerful lighting, six concession buildings, pavilions to house meeting spaces and locker rooms, four playgrounds, Wi-Fi access so events can be viewed live on the Internet and a three-mile-long running and walking path that circles the complex.
There's a scattering of snow like dust over the beach, the lake, the long low building that houses the concession stand.
