It’s Alive! First Cafe Flashback
Most readers are probably sick of me writing about First Cafe, but that place, when I arrived in Beijing in 2004, reminded me of all that was good in a…
Monthly Archives: November 2006
Pub Patrol: On the Go with Eddie O
Stay home on Saturday night after a full day of staff training and before a Sunday in the office, or answer an SMS from Eddie O and go out for…
Hanky Panky at Frankie’s
My last visit to Frank’s Place – with M-Dawg during the World Cup – was shortly after it opened and a disaster of forgotten orders, improperly cooked food and miscalculated…
Memory Lane: Keep in Touch Bar
File this in the “just when you think you know a guy” drawer. Jon Tsao, who I’ve known since arriving in Beijing two years ago, nonchalantly mentioned a while back…
Beijing Boyce XXV: Opening Shots
John Bull Pub has officially closed and will reopen as Tim’s Texas BBQ in late October. Sequoia Cafe next door remains open. / The show is over for Icehouse‘s live…
BRAWL: Minutes of the Bourbon, Rye and Whisk(e)y League
Hear ye, hear ye, the inaugural assembling of the Bourbon, Rye and Whisk(e)y League, heretofore known as BRAWL, convened upon the eve of September 23 in the year of 2006…
First Impressions: Taniwha. Taniwhy?
Eddie O and I showed up at this Tongli Studio bar last Saturday night to discover it was holding… a launch party! It was either a hide-and-seek event or an…
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