Beijing Boyce

Election bashes tonight…

Bling is holding an election party tonight and offering free drinks [and beer] all night to people who dress in red, white, and blue.

UPDATE: For those not clad in red, white, and blue, it’s half-price drinks until midnight.

The Saddle Cantina looks to be a party place, election or not, given the half-price Cinco de Drinko drinks deal that goes all day until midnight.

UPDATE: TUN is holding a victory party tonight, with two-for-one craft beers, live music, and prizes.

UPDATE: Obiwan is screening of Napoleon Dynamite tonight (I’m counting it because of the plot line where Pedro runs for class president). If you can’t make it tonight, the movie will be shown again Friday at 8 PM.

I’ll update this page if I hear of any more parties.

Fredrik Janson, brand manager for Vandergeeten Beijing – OK, here’s a better way to put it: the guy who brings us Stella Artois – informs that a local bartender not only took top honors in the Shanghai preliminaries of the “Stella Artois World Draught Master“, but also went to the main competition in Belgium and brought home second prize.

Forget the Olympics, this is a real sport!

Congratulations to Claire Dong, who works at Pyro, for showing them Belgians a pour or two.

Claire Dong in action.

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See also:
Belgian brew: Fredrik Janson on Stella, Chimay, and more

UPDATE: Standing room only at The Rickshaw as Barack Obama gives his victory speech. Got a feeling there is going to be a lot of partying tonight.

UPDATE II: New party updates here.

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“Does anyone know of any planned after [post-election] parties?” – MC

No, but one option for those who want to celebrate that a slight majority of voting Americans have chosen a ticket with candidates who regularly form complete and coherent sentences* is The Saddle Cantina: Its monthly Cinco de Drinko party is today and features half-price beverages until midnight. (After a half-dozen Margaritas, you will be in the perfect mindset for an interview with Katie Couric!) You can continue the fun when sibling establishment The Rickshaw starts its monthly Hair of the Dog party at midnight and offers 24 straight hours of the same half-price deal.

Then again, I’m at The Rickshaw now and this place is wall-to-wall people as we wait to hear Obama’s victory remarks.

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* Yeah, yeah, I know many of my American friends are excited that Obama won, but I’m amazed a country I associate with creativity and industriousness spent nearly two years to end up with this slate as a whole. Contract it out to me next time: I’ll find four suitable candidates in the American community in Beijing alone (kidding). Party on, people. (Disclaimer: I may still be bitter that the local Barack Obama fundraising club didn’t use my “Obama Alabama Slamma” shooter idea.)