Monthly Archives: October 2009

Police in action: Heavy security for Beijing Guo’an football finale

Update: Here are the three photos I got after the game (unfortunately, my camera battery died). – Security around Workers Stadium for today’s Beijing Guo’an football finale is heavier today…

Trouble in Tongli Studio: “give our hard-earned money back!”

- Spotted these signs about 20 minutes ago attached to Cosmo Lounge, just in front of Cosmo Hot Dog, outside Tongli Studio. The one on the right basically has “give…

Buy for Bai: The ‘T-shirts for Jackson’ campaign at Salud

- Jackson Bai is one of the coolest guys in the local bar scene. He is personable, he keeps the homemade rum flowing at Sanlitun Salud (map) and… he always…

Getting blitzed in Beijing: The Bomb Shelter Bar at Red Capital Residence

- Nearly fifty moons waxed and waned between my last descent to the Bomb Shelter Bar (map) and one earlier this week as part of planning a long-promised visit for…

Top five watering holes: Radio host and voice-over man Trevor Metz

- Radio show host and voice-over master Trevor Metz is known to enjoy a pint or four. He set aside his smooth-as-Manuka-honey-vodka voice earlier this week and put fingers to…

Sips and bites: Beer Jing finale, Westside, Nola

- I recently tagged along with Simon Pendergast, the face of beer distributor Dxcel and, along with City Weekend, this month’s Beer Jing festival, to Nola and Westside where some…

The weekend ahead: Carrefour Wine Fair, BYOG, Halloween, and more

Wine lovers have two excellent choices this Friday: The Shuangjing Carrefour store (map) holds its fall wine fair from 6 PM to midnight with hundreds of bottles to sample. Most…

Gobble, gobble II: Win a free Thanksgiving turkey dinner and wine

Note: The deadline for entering the contest is Tuesday, November 3, at 5 PM. Thanksgiving, the U.S. edition, is just around the corner and I am running a repeat of …

North Face: Rock-climbing wall in Sanlitun Village

Update: The three photos below show the rock-climbing wall in action. – The North Face rock-climbing wall in Sanlitun Village. Perfect for burning off those calories aquired during Burger Burger…

Zim-boo: Two dozen Halloween parties in Beijing

- Halloween comes haunting on Saturday this year and that means everyone and their incubus is planning a party. It also means Zimbu the Plush Monkey will make his yearly…

Happy hour: Nashville’s two-for-one deal on single malts and more

Made a long-overdue visit to Nashville (map) for its superb happy hour, where drinks are two-for-one daily from 5 PM to 8 PM. This includes the bar’s impressive list of…

Something fishy: ‘Art’ in front of Jinkelong supermarket near Workers Stadium

- Yes, I realize this thing has sat there for ages, but I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when the official decision was made:…