Back to Beijing: New Year’s Eve
Last New Year’s Eve, I marked midnight with a glass of bubbly and a final smoke at Q Bar, the best stop of about a dozen that evening. This year, I’ll be fresh off a…
Monthly Archives: December 2010
First impresssions: Love The Loop
I spent about 20 minutes in recently opened The Loop in Shuangjing on Thursday and here is my first impression: love it. I spotted the place as I wandered the…
Hold that Latte? U.S. Embassy warns re violence at Beijing bars, nightclubs
Just got off a plane, turned on my laptop, and saw a bunch of forwarded messages titled, “Taking Precautions At Beijing Bars And Nightclubs“. Here it is in full (hat…
Le Petit Gourmand relaunch tonight with No Name Trio, mulled wine
Le Petit Gourmand will officially reopen in Tongli Studio tonight at 8 PM with mulled wine and a performance by No Name Trio. This place, now managed by Alexis Tresor,…
Kiwi surprise: Pavillion to soon reopen as Solidaz
I’ve bumped into Russell Probert of the Pavillion a couple of times in the past week and he says the temporarily closed place will reopen on December 22 as Solidaz,…
Beijing SantaCon Diary: With mulled wine, Christmas carols, a Tiananmen scuffle, and more
- The 2010 Beijing SantaCon Diary Featuring Over one hundred Santas Half-remembered Christmas carols A scuffle in Tiananmen Square More mulled wine than you can shake a blitzened reindeer at…
Mexican Wave: Riding off into the tequila sunset
It opened in 1990 about the same time as Frank’s Place, is the longest-standing non-hotel bar in the city (I’m talking about spots that have not changed locations), and has…
Give a Crap Report VII: I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus, and more
- First, I posted no Give a Crap Reports for more than a year. Now, I have put up a pair in two weeks. It’s like going from constipation to…
Sips & Bites: HDMI at Union, plus Saddle, Modo, Beijinger Super Quiz, RMB18K whiskey
Union Bar & Grille now has a high-definition satellite feed which means superb clarity and depth when you are watching sports: just ask anyone who watched the Patriots thrash the…
Wacky weekend: SantaCon, Loop & Bar Blu openings, Lush’s 7th birthday, & more
Lots going on tomorrow (Saturday)… Ladies and gentlemen, start your sleds: SantaCon begins at noon at Bang! Bang! Pizza (map) in Shuangjing and Pyro Pizza (map) in Wudaokou. Pace yourselves…
Who reads this blog? Hot single educated women aged 35 to 44 in China
OK, I invented the “hot” and “single” part but website traffic monitor Alexa claims the rest. Here is its “audience snapshot” for this blog: Based on internet averages, beijingboyce.com is…
The nice list: Santa’s top five Beijing bars
- He’s jolly by golly so deck the halls with boughs of holly, Wally, because The Man in Red will make an early appearance when he flies to Beijing this…
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