TGIF: Spring Traditions Party, Haunted Walking Tour, Tea Tasting, Freaks of Beijing Comedy Tour Apr 2, 2021 11:30 am | 1 comment | 188 reads
The weekend is here! Time for fun, relaxation, and recharging the ol batteries ahead of gulp Monday morning s alarm clock. Luckily enough, there’s plenty of fun stuff to keep you occupied over the weekend that doesn t necessarily involve getting blitzed. Our weekend roundup offers you some of the best.
Black Sesame Kitchen invites you and your family to a fun gathering in celebration of spring s arrival, with an event that celebrates the traditions of Spring Equinox, Norwuz, Easter, and more. Come for crafts, lunch, and baking in their beautiful courtyard, just steps away from the Forbidden City and Jingshan Park.
Exactly how many cups of coffee can one person drink in a single day?
Well, you have the opportunity to find out this weekend (Mar 19-21), as Woodstock of Eating, one of Beijing’s more creative event organizers, holds the 10,000 Possibility Coffee Market at Longfusi.
Of course, don t actually expect 10,000 brands, but what you will find is booths from more than 40 boutique coffee shops and vendors, most of them independent, local brands. There’s not a single mass-market brand in the list of stalls – most are one-offs or small chains. Names you might have heard of include SOE, Metal Hands, Soloist, Seesaw, Berry Beans (who recently launched a collab with Slow Boat), and Big Small Coffee.
TGIF: Learn Chinese Knife Skills, Secret Cinema, and Women s Day Discounts Mar 5, 2021 4:30 pm | 3 comments | 161 reads
The weekend is here! Time for fun, relaxation, and recharging the ol batteries ahead of gulp Monday morning s alarm clock. Luckily enough, there’s plenty of fun stuff to keep you occupied over the weekend that doesn t necessarily involve getting blitzed. Our weekend roundup offers you some of the best.
Need a new do? To mark International Women s Day, Laurent Falcon is offering discounts for women at both their Sanlitun and Shunyi locations. Get 20 percent off if you go alone or 25 percent off if you head over with a friend.
Updated Walkthrough: Booking a COVID-19 Test at Chaoyang Hospital Mar 5, 2021 8:30 am | 1 comment | 330 reads
Spring Festival may be over, but if you re planning on traveling before Mar 15, you may still need to get a nucleic acid test for COVID-19, both before leaving Beijing and once you arrive back in the city.
Chaoyang Hospital remains one of the most convenient places to get a test in downtown Beijing, but since we last blogged about it, the process for booking via WeChat (which remains essential – there are no walk-ups) has changed substantially. The process is all in Chinese, so we have put together a handy annotated walkthrough below. Strap in, it s going to be a long journey.
How To Drink on the Cheap Monday Through Friday Feb 28, 2021 11:30 am | 1 comment | 296 reads
If fiscal responsibility is on your list of things to tackle in 2021, or if you simply enjoy paying less for drinks, then have we got news for you! From Monday through Friday every week, Beijing is lousy with deals on tipples, libations, and the rest, and if you play your cards right, you could conceivably get pretty damn drunk for relatively cheap, five days a week. Of course, there are occasional deals on Saturday and Sunday as well, but weekends are for splurging. So get out there and treat yourself! As for the rest of the week, tighten up that wallet and lean into frugal-living, it looks good on you.