Notes from visits around Sanlitun and Workers Stadium. I’ll have a separate post on a pair of trips to Shuangjing… Refresh: My 10 percent discount card is seeing lots of…
So, the big Foursquare Day thingamajig happened last Friday night and apparently I was at Fubar drinking Stella when I was supposed to be at the Apple store earning a…
Anyone seen Tongli Studio lately? What was once a sheer brick wall now has more holes than a cat with nine asses. First, a strip was knocked out to add…
- I wrote last week that some dealers in Sanlitun are playing the race / nationality card as a sales tactic. Last Saturday night, I heard a new pitch that…
- Times must be tough for the dealers in Sanlitun given the new marketing tactic a few of them have tried on me of late. Normally, you hear a mumbled…
The rock climbing wall is down, the ice skating rink is up – the guys at Sanlitun Village work fast. Skate rentals and lockers are available. This ought to keep…
- Many people I know had doubts Sanlitun Village would succeed in Beijing, but the spot has done well. Many restaurants on the third floor – from Blue Frog to…
A year ago tomorrow, the South China Morning Post reported that the “Beijing authorities are secretly planning to ban black people and others it considers social undesirables from entering the…
Mr. Brau, Village Grouch, and I did a test-run of the new 24-hour McDonald’s in Sanlitun Village on Saturday night – or, rather, Sunday morning – at 4 AM. Even…
Yet another update on the SCMP article that claims, “Beijing authorities are secretly planning to ban black people and others it considers social undesirables from entering the city’s bars during…
A second update on the South China Morning Post story that claims Beijing is “secretly” trying to ban blacks and Mongolians from bars during the Olympics. I hit some Sanlitun…
A China Daily article titled “Beijing police nab 8 foreigners suspected of drug trafficking” states that more than 20 people were nabbed in a Sanlitun raid last night: Police in…
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