Shout Out! Imagethief
Who can turn the world on with a smile? Who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile? Well, Mary Tyler Moore, of course, but surely Beijing-based public relations guru and all-around yuk-meister Imagethief deserves consideration. Here’s a shout out to two of his posts about drinking in China.
How to Survive a Chinese Drinking Party will help you emerge as victor rather victim next time you are up against clients, co-workers, classmates or students in a game of who can get drunk the fastest. Tactics include toasting weak drinks against strong ones, watering down booze, feigning unconsciousness, and doing absolutely anything to reduce intake of baijiu, which I-Thief defines as, “China’s liver- and brain-dissolving white spirit.”
Unforgivable Bartending Sins looks at a pub that surfaces in I-Thief’s ‘hood and falls between the city’s poles of “swish hotel uber-bars such as Aria, Centro or Red Moon” and “the dives, of which Beijing has countless hundreds.” The bar is doomed, he writes, not least because its prices approach five-star hotel levels, yet the bartenders can’t make a Whiskey Sour.
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