Daily Archives: August 10, 2008

Party patrol: Suzie Wong, All Star, Nashville, and more

Following four fun-filled hours spent watching beach volleyball in Chaoyang Park, I headed to Solana last night. My first mission: to meet Pierre Cardin at Maxim’s. My second: to check…

All Star – The sports bar that isn’t

Four signs that All Star, which spent thousands of dollars marketing itself as a sports bar, feels nothing of the sort: 1. The place has dozens of flat screens, but…

Beijing Olympics Celebrity Watch: August 10

Regular contributor Fletch suggested I create a “Celebrity Watch” page so we can, you know, post about celebrities we see during the Olympics and any unintentional comedy that ensues from…

Bits and bites: Blue Frog, Element Fresh, and more

Blue Frog recently opened its long-awaited Sanlitun branch in the so-called “village” (third floor, near the Apple store). The Shanghai-based chain offers two decks but given the sultry afternoon TVG…

The party’s started: Opening ceremony pub crawl notes

I teamed up with photographer Nicholas Carre on Friday night for a seven-hour pub crawl in Beijing that started at Paddy O’Shea’s at 8 PM and wound through Sanlitun North,…