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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Boxing Day - Planning for Mel's Wedding

Shang Palace
 The meeting at St. Regis.

 One of the sample place settings at the St. Regis Ballroom.


Today I went with Melissa, Steve & Aunty Annie to recce places for Mel's wedding. We visited St. Regis and then talked it over lunch at Shangri-la's chinese restaurant. I miss Shang Palace so much!
(Dawn, when can we go for Tea?)

St Regis was surprisingly pretty nice. I guess maybe it is because it is still really new... I am not a fan of the dark and deep browns used in the ballroom but I guess it does help in increasing the grandeur of the space, making it rich and dim.

I guess I just don't have an affinity to St. Regis, hence my skepticism. A space is just a space to me. It takes time and memories, before it actually becomes a place. I don't like it when the Coffee Garden at the Shangri-la was renovated to the new and "cutting edge" restaurant - The Line. The new concept just makes dining seem so sterile. What happen to the friendly place I remember with the bird cages and friendly staff who remembered us?