The 8th store in Hong Kong opens in Causeway Bay.

The biggest and newest Vivienne Westwood shop has just opened at Fashion Walk in Causeway Bay. You won’t miss the big pink neon revolving sign in this new 2-storey storefront with all the collections you see here at their website.

That’s at 42-48 Paterson Street in Causeway Bay. Tel: 3549-6308. See the other Hong Kong branch locations here. 

Why can’t typing be pretty?

As you can imagine we do alot of typing at Butterboom - so its a good thing we can do it and look stylish with our keyboard that Fosfor voted as #1 on their list of the Top 10 Most Beautiful Keyboards. If you are using something sub-standard have a look at what you COULD be using.

Fosfor’s Top 10 Most Beautiful Keyboards. 

Not all comic book movies are based on US Superheroes

While we look forward to comic books-turned-movies Ghost Rider and 300 next month, the stars of Dororo were in town yesterday to promote their movie based on the manga by Osamu Tezuka which is out in HK on March 15th. If you’ve seen Waterboys or Battle Royale you know the two leads and if you like samurai movies this one looks to be pretty cool. Dororo is a manga by the same guy who created Astro Boy and Blackjack and will have an art showing in Telford Plaza next month to promote the film. We’ll have a review for both next month.

Who thought that March would be such a great month for movies.

British Airways London Eye doing Asia tour.

Rumour comes today that Hong Kong might be getting a giant 135-metre tall ferris wheel costing $766 million. Yes, good idea - toss the Star Ferry clock and lets replace HK’s history with this giant eyesore.

Original screenwriter has some words for Scorsese.

The movie is 4 years old and we’re STILL talking about it! Alan Mak Siu Fai, co-writer and co-director of Infernal Affairs, the original Hong Kong film that the Oscar-awarded winning The Departed was based on, has mixed reactions to his film and Martin Scorsese’s win accoring to a front page story in today’s SCMP:

Alan Mak Siu-fai, co-writer and co-director of 2002’s Infernal Affairs, on which The Departed is based, said the script adaptation by American William Monahan “has not gone far enough” in offering a vision distinct from the original. “It stuck so close to the original it looked like they are just making Infernal Affairs again - well in that case, I’m, of course, happy because it is like Infernal Affairs winning an Oscar,” he said in an interview with the South China Morning Post.

“Of course, I wouldn’t want my screenplay to be moved about when it was made into a film for the first time [by co-director Andrew Lau Wai-keung] - but when it was being used for the second time I would have hoped some new elements were being introduced to it,” Mak said.

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Yes, you can buy Microsoft products in convenience stores.

In todays’s SCMP, they are reporting that sales of Microsoft’s new Vista operating system is doing well in Hong Kong:

Brisk consumer demand for Microsoft Corp’s Windows Vista operating system, which has been on sale in Hong Kong since February 3, is providing a welcome boost to local retailers’ seasonally slow first-quarter sales of personal computer hardware and software, the company said.

Some retail shops have told us that they have been selling 30 times more than what they usually sell, especially during the launch weekend on February 3 and 4. Some even said that their sales were comparable to high-selling holiday seasons like Christmas,” said Adam Anger, the director of Microsoft Hong Kong’s business marketing organisation, without elaborating. Healthy demand was also recorded by some branches of convenience store Circle K during the Lunar New Year break, Microsoft said. A tie-up between the two companies has put Vista on Circle K’s shelves.

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Grab a little culture why doncha?

Enough with the movies, head on down to the 35th Hong Kong Arts Festival that starts today till end of March at select venues around town. Choose from music, opera, dance, theatre and family events from the Concert Hall to the Arts Centre.

ExxonMobil is sponsoring Zhu Lin and Colleen Lee - a great Cello and Piano Duo at the Concert Hall and there are some interesting plays as well, like the all-male version of The Taming of the Shrew.

Click here for more info and pricing of shows.

HK International Jewellery Show Coming March 6-10

2,100 exhibitors from 41 countries cram into the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre for the Hong Kong International Jewellery Trade Show starting March 6. It’s free but for trade only, so bring your namecard and check out themed zones like the Designer Jewellery Galleria, Treasures of Nature and Antique & Vintage Jewellery.

Check the site for more info here.