April Yu is a digital painter residing in HK. Different perspectives opens up our minds. This is her way of thinking and she expresses it through her paintings. Everything looks better after you've had a pie...So enjoy the festive season 💕 🌹🥧 To get in touch with April: IG handle: A4arthk Tel: +852 9789 1043

Whether you are a Hong Konger working from home or a home maker, whether you’re a local 852er or an expat 852er, you can never know too much about Hong Kong. It may have once been (or still is) promoted as an international financial centre, the Pearl of the Orient, Asia’s World or derided as a city falling into the doldrums and messy politics. Whatever your views of the SAR, one thing’s for sure—it’s a city constantly in flux and struggling to find a foothold in its identity

Let’s be honest, 2020 has not been the best year for traveling and dream vacations…but let's look at the silver lining in our cloud. It has taught us to look around us and find places of enjoyment or serenity, places that we would not have necessarily tried out if we had the possibility to fly away. We are getting this opportunity to get to know our Home Kong even better. Hence, the growing popularity of “staycations” (derived from "stay" and "vacation"). If you search "Stayc

In Rome do as the Romans do. In Hong Kong the rule applies too 😁!! Playing Mahjong at least once is a must!! It's super interesting and fun!! For those who are interested, Localhood is organizing a new session for beginners and invites you to another enjoyable Mahjong Initiation evening with Chrisine LI. Fri, 27th Nov @ 7-8:30PM Mahjong room of the Zenith,Wanchai (258, Queens Road East) Limited spaces!!!! Contribution per participant: 20HKD by Payme (61098138) or Bank transf

The months of November to February/March are the best months in Hong Kong to practice some fitness outdoors. The temperatures are cooler and the humidity is at its lowest. You just have to go up the so many fitness trails be it the up Bowen Road or the Peak, with friends to do some fitness and enjoy the beauty of our Hong Kong. Below are some of the popular easy to moderate walking/hiking routes that are our favorite. Sun Yat Sen Park to Kennedy Town Along the waterfront, th

Once upon a time lived a happy Hong Kong family. There was a Mom a Dad and three kids: Two sons and one daughter named Doris, in the middle. Both her parents worked at their pork shop in a wet market in Lok Fu near Wong Tai Sin. Years passed by and the family grew older and happier. Eventually, the sons married and moved out, while Doris, the daughter continued living with her parents. Pic 1: Young Mom n Doris One ill-fated day in the summer of 2006 under the bluest of skies,

Tell us something about yourself… Hi everyone, I’m Ania! I have been living in HK for almost 2 years now and seriously I have no idea how this time has flown. Maybe it’s always like this, time just flies when you like being somewhere. Image: that’s me in Tamar Park promenade I am Polish but we moved to HK from Paris since my husband is French. Living in HK is very different from living in Europe. Sometimes I feel like they are two completely different worlds. And I don’t mean

Slowly but surely we are getting closer to the festive season. At least something to rejoice for in this covid-saken ambiance!! We could all do well with giving our spirits a bit of a boost. Here at LocalHood we put on our worst/best Christmas sweaters and listed a few of our favorite films to dig into just in time for you to get in the Christmas spirit! From a short list...our list just grew longer and longer😁😁. So here are our list of 25 all-time FAV X-mas 'Do good-Feel g