Live blogging: The Super Bar Street countdown…
10:45 Well, so much for the open 24 hours deal. Tim’s Texas Roadhouse closing up for the night in 20 minutes. With that, I’m riding off… 10:20 The Village Grouch…
Monthly Archives: May 2009
The Segall has landed: Ex-Louisiana Chef Dan back to Beijing for one week
- Well, almost. Dan Segall, who worked at the Beijing Hilton for the former Louisiana restaurant (one of the city’s best at the time), later headed the kitchen at RBL…
Motor City vs Steel Town: Detroit-Pittsburgh NHL showdown at The Irish Volunteer
The Irish Volunteer (map) became the unofficial hockey home for a good swath of the city’s Vancouver Canucks* fans as well as a few Chicago Black Hawks and Washington Capitals…
Super Bar Street countdown: A night at Tim’s Texas Roadhouse
I headed to Super Bar Street last night, days before the area is slated to shut down, to hang out at Tim’s Texas Roadhouse (map) and a) have a few…
Weekend ahead: 2 Kolegas, Super Bar Street, Romeo and Juliet, and more
Some stuff to do when not paddling a dragon boat or eating glutinous rice this weekend… 2 Kolegas (map) celebrates its fourth anniversary with a handful of bands playing on…
New music option: Jazz and more at Jimmy’s
Just received an email from Leon Lee, formerly of OT Lounge and now working with The Legation Quarter, about a new music option set to kick off on May 30….
Rynostock photos: Black Cat Bone and more at The Pomegranate
The beer flowed, the BBQ flamed, and more than a dozen bands flaunted their stuff as The Pomegranate (map) held its annual Rynostock music festival last Saturday. DJ Chunky and…
Graffiti in Sanlitun Village in Beijing II: An explosion of color
Wielding an arsenal of spray cans, paint tubes, and brushes, a crack group of graffiti artists invaded Sanlitun Village on Saturday afternoon and unleashed an explosion of color. I earlier…
Super Bar Street countdown: ‘Burnin’ down the Roadhouse’ at Tim’s
With the end of Super Bar Street on the horizon, Tim’s (map) will ride off into the sunset by holding a “Burnin’ Down the Roadhouse” week. The place will be…
Hanging in Beijing: The secret garden of Sanlitun
I don’t know how many times I have walked past The Bookworm, looked at the mammoth building across from it, and spotted that Budweiser sign stuck to the facade on…
Graffiti in Sanlitun Village in Beijing I: A wall of color and sound
Wielding an arsenal of spray cans, paint tubes, and brushes, a crack group of graffiti artists invaded Sanlitun Village on Saturday afternoon and unleashed an explosion of color. Here are…
Weekend ahead: Rynostock, Beer Mania, Vics, Kung Pao Shakespeare
And do as adversaries do in law – Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. – The Taming of the Shrew Two spots in the Sanlitun-Gongti zone mark birthdays…
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