Back a-Glenn: An interview with Paddy O’Shea’s manager
He’s had management positions at The Pavillion, Browns and TRIO (Frank’s Place) during the past two years and now Gleann Phealan will soon be heading up his own place —…
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Wine Weekend V: Grapes and Greek gods
I owed myself a weekend of fun for ages and cashed in last Friday, Saturday and Sunday by attending five wine events. Here’s number five: Sometimes you need to cut…
Fall fun: Rock on at the Stone Boat
“Comrades, this is likely to be our last full weekend of tunes this year,” says the Stone Boat in its most recent invite. Yikes – we are in that part…
Wine Weekend IV: A grape-stomping time
I owed myself a weekend of fun for ages and cashed in Friday, Saturday and Sunday by attending five wine events. Here’s number four: We be jammin’ A winery-touring, grape-stomping,…
Closing time for 5:19
Sad news for 5:19 Bar & Grill fans - the landlord is selling the building and thus the gig appears to be up. Catch a last drink at the bar’s 24-hour goodbye…
Wine Weekend III: One year for wine bar
I owed myself a weekend of fun for ages and cashed in Friday, Saturday and Sunday by attending five wine events. Here’s number three: It took (exactly) one year but…
Sir Mix-a-lot: Johnson, teammates finish fourth in Cocktail World Cup
A new Olympic event? After taking top spot in the Beijing qualifier of the 42 Below Cocktail World Cup, Aria’s Johnson Ren teamed up with Cross Yu (Vault, Shanghai) and Alex Zhou (Volar, Shanghai) to finish fourth…
Wine Weekend II: Cabs, quizzes and sauerkraut
I owed myself a weekend of fun for ages and cashed in last Friday, Saturday and Sunday by attending five wine events. Here’s number two: The Beijing Wine Club organized…
Hooters: The video
You’ve read about it, now you can see what all the fuss is about. Thomas Crampton’s blog includes this interview with a Hooters executive on the opening of the restaurant chain’s first…
Sanlitun smackdown targets blacks
The South China Morning Post and Reuters have reported that Beijing police arrested, and in some cases beat, between 20 and 30 blacks in Sanlitun last Friday night in what was an…
Wine Weekend 1: Reds, whites and you
I owed myself a weekend of fun for ages and cashed in Friday, Saturday and Sunday by attending five wine events. Here’s number one: The task: to blind taste nine…
Barroom Blitz: Mingle, White Rabbit, Paddy O’Shea’s
Mingle opened in the basement of Margherita, around the corner from Tongli Studio in the building formerly housing The Bund. Joop Shen, who’s bouncing about the Beijing bar and club…
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