Collage-o-saurus: Nanluoguxiang 2009 in a dozen pics
(click pic for larger version) – Mike Wester and the team at The Beijinger are putting together a tenth anniversary issue and seeking photos. So I mined an old external…
Monthly Archives: August 2011
Nineties Flashback: Foreign Babes in Beijing
Don’t worry Jiexi. I’ll get Nightman tickets somehow… – American Rachel DeWoskin played the vixen in a 1995 TV drama called Foreign Babes in Beijing that was seen by as…
Sips & bites: Peter’s Tex-Mex, Hooters, Bar Blu, Union, Kro’s, Terra
Peter’s Tex-Mex closed its Lido branch near Ganges and Cafe Del Mar and opened its new spot about 500 meters away beside Frank’s Place last weekend. Expect a similar menu,…
Frank’s garage sale: Grills and fryers, mixers and more…
Grill, anyone? – Frank Siegel of Sequoia Cafe is cleaning out the garage, er, storage space and has some equipment for sale from the present operation as well as the…
Bauer is back: Kro’s Nest opens its Sanlitun branch
- The new Kro’s Nest, cross corner from Salsa Caribe and above Heat Club in Sanlitun South, is open as of today. This marks the return of Olaf “Kro” Kristoffer Bauer…
Shangri-lager: Heaven Supermarket to take over former Swensen’s / Prima Taste space?
Word is the team behind Heaven Supermarket, which is just west of Nearby the Tree and a most excellent repository of beer — both in terms of choices, with more…
Three years after the day after: Steven Schwankert on post-Olympic Beijing
A day before the opening of the 2008 Olympics, I received an email from longtime Beijing resident and scuba diver instructor Steven Schwankert, one that I think captured the mood felt…
Hilton Theme Team Contest: Pretty much everyone’s a winner, baby!
Pretty much everyone’s a winner, baby. – Director of operations Simon Amos and his team at the Beijing Hilton have scrutinized the entries to the Theme Team Contest, for this…
Sips & Bites: Lantern re-launch, Tongli area changes, Fez cocktail class
Lantern 2.0 will open this weekend and, according to a press release, “not only be the epicenter of electronic music and visual art in Beijing, but also hub for all…
Low-carb Contest: Win a pair of 750-gram steaks and martinis from Flamme
Marketing manager Carrie Lei, chef Leo Chang and restaurant manager Helen Jin – Update: Details on the winner here. Man, those steaks are big. So big they have their own…
Update: Operation Laptop Retrieval
Last week I wrote about the guy who took my laptop from Nanluoguxiang bar 12SQM. Thanks to everyone who retweeted that post, sent emails or SMS with ideas on how…
Hip hops: Great Leap Brewing set to launch Great Wall operation
Beer fans unable to find Great Leap Brewing in the hutongs west of Nanluoguxiang, or simply too lazy to make the trip, will soon have access to the draft that…
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