Our Fav' Christmas Displays on HK Island 🎄🎁🎅🏻
Christmas is in the air! It’s that time of the year again for giving, receiving and of course, taking lots of photos! Don't intend to or didn’t yet manage to get yourself a Christmas tree? Fret not, there are plenty of places in our neighbourhood to pose for those festive snaps. For you, LocalHood Official volunteers Chris, Fiona and Irene checked out some of the beautiful, and sometimes whacky displays available in town. Pacific Place Send yourself on a vacation to the Mt. C
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@Local Events Volunteers Committee
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
LocalHood FAMILY FRIENDLY Wanchai foodie and history tour Sat,11 Dec
INFO: The tour will start at 11am, Admiralty Pacific Place Three outside Bookazine. We will go try out different Chinese street snacks and learn about history and culture of Wanchai along the way. Finish at 12:30 pm. Those interested can join for lunch at a local eatery. DETAILS: https://www.localhood.org/upcoming-events Event contribution: 50 HKD per participating ADULT by Pay me 61098138 OR Bank transfer to HSBC 607-152626-888 (with a comment "LocalHood Wanchai Foodie & His
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Shobhana Subramanian@ LocalHood Website Content Volunteers Team
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
LocalHood’s Annual Thanksgiving Social'21: What are you thankful for this year 🤔🤔?
‘Tis the season of festivities, cheers, giving and thankfullness 🙏😇!!! On Thursday the 25th of Nov, LocalHood’s celebrated Annual Thanksgiving Social 2021 with our LocalHood volunteers. We woke to a lovely November morning 🌻🌻! Many of our volunteers and partners, met up that evening at Oolaa, Soho. We realized that while the pandemic has brought with it enough and more heartaches, it has definitely brought us all closer as a community and spread friendship, love, warmth a
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Alex Beattie @ LocalHood website volunteers committee
- Nov 29, 2021
- 3 min
Know your volunteer – Alex Beattie
Tell us something about yourself… I was born and brought up in HK, originally adopted from birth and have lived most of my life in HK. I finished my studies in Australia and had the absolute time of my life (maybe too much of a good time 😜😜). I started my career in hospitality working in a bar on the charming streets of Wan Chai and then on to the W hotel where I stayed for over 4 years in their Front Office. It was such an eye opening and fun experience learning all about
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@Local Events Volunteers Committee
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
Mahj🀄ng initiation: With Christine LI @ Fri, 17th Dec, 7pm
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, 17th Dec @ 7-8:30PM Mahjong room of the Zenith, Wanchai (258, Queens Road East) Limited spaces!!!! Contribution per participant: 40HKD by Payme (61098138) or Bank trans
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LocalHood Events Volunteer Team
- Nov 23, 2021
- 1 min
The must-see "Ping Shan Heritage Trail" Fri,17 Dec with Sze Yeen
For this edition, LocalHood invites you to accompany the avid and interesting story teller Sze Yeen to take a peek into traditional village life and culture of 12th c. settlers of the New Territories!! This is an easy FAMILY FRIENDLY walk through history and culture of HK which shall end around lunch time. Participants may thereafter choose to eat there or come back to HK Island. Sounds interesting? Join us. 1. Difficulty: Easy, family friendly activity! 2. Date n Time: Fri
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Where to find Matching Family Outfits
Ever wanted to channel "The Incredibles" and dress the same way as a family? While some may be groaning in agony, we’re whooping for joy at the thought. We’ve listed some shops in Sheung Wan and Sai Ying Pun to go to matching heaven. Also with Christmas not too far away, a matching outfit could be a nice gift for friends and family. Go check them out.. : 1. Excuse my French Conveniently located in the heart of Sheung Wan, this little boutique store offers unique pieces of
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Alex Beattie, Shobhana Subramanian @ LocalHood Website Content Team
- Nov 12, 2021
- 4 min
Embarking on a cruise to nowhere!
Shobhana’s Cruise with her Family Staycations are passe! Ever enjoyed going to nowhere? With the slightest of relaxations of the pandemic rules, we’ve found ourselves gearing up to enjoy a new form of holidaying- the cruise to nowhere. Right now, we have two cruise ships, The Spectrum of the Seas, operated by the Royal Caribbean and the Genting Dream, operated by Dream Cruises that provide Hong Kongers an opportunity to relax on a seacation! Two of our Localhood volunteers, S
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Winnie Tse; Pavitra Sudhiraman @ Localhood content
- Nov 11, 2021
- 3 min
Blue House: A insta-worthy heritage conserving community home for all
Blue House is an embodiment of the Localhood aesthetic-connecting neighbours through regular events, sharing of skills and goods. It is also a testament to the power of neighbours- a group of people who had such strong attachment to their homes and their neighbours who petitioned the government to spend HK$70 million in conserving their building. They succeeded through their resilience and persuasive power to save their building from being demolished to make way for a tea mus
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Pdf@ Localhood volunteers Team
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
Thanksgiving: A thought for our Unsung Heros 🧹🧼
Originally publised: April '19. Article is from pre-covid times and edited for pertinence today. Edited and republished: Nov' 21 Thanksgiving is an occasion to show our appreciation to those who make a positive difference in our lives. So what better occasion to thank all all the "Heros" of our different neighborhoods, who work so hard to make our Hood a better place to live in. They work doubly hard in this time of turmoil or Covid era cleaning and wiping all kinds of graphi
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