Via Sneaker News Listen up, Beijingers: Blue Frog’s burgers are enjoyable, but the best Monday dinner deal in town is First Floor’s half-price-food Mondays, with happy hour on drinks until 9 pm. If you don’t believe me, go tonight and get the chicken burger with egg, which will set you back all of 35 yuan... Read more »
What if I told you there’s a man underneath that car, flattened by the truck, and that he survived? [Daily Mail] We hope you didn’t spend Chinese Valentine’s Day yesterday wallowing in loneliness and self-pity. Let’s face it though, you probably deserved it… because you didn’t read enough links.
Via Reddit, the caption reads: “Coming back from anti-Japan protest, she found out her Nissan was violated.” UCLA men’s basketball will be in China next week, and players promise to be on their best behavior. In unrelated matters, links.
Via Ministry of Tofu: “In the southeastern city of Nanchang, the management of the city’s railway station has enclosed all outdoor stone benches with metal fencing to prevent travelers from sitting down on them, saying that travelers using the benches may harm the city’s image.” (Above picture via Free More News.) Air pollution was zero in... Read more »
Music fans will either rejoice or wallow in the fact that there are two notable music events happening tomorrow night: the 9th annual Punk Festival at Mao Livehouse (which will happen on Sunday as well), and the New Music Showcase at 2 Kolegas. Now, links.
The giant panda “Si Jia” rests in Yunnan Safari Park in Kunming, capital of Southwest China’s Yunnan province, on Aug 12, 2012, on its 6th birthday. [Photo/Xinhua] (Via China Daily/Sina) Apologies for the server problems that took the site down this afternoon. But we’re back… with links.
Watch those eyes, James Cameron (via MIC Gadget) Sad: the Olympics are over. We have a roundup post coming up in the next hour, but for now, (mostly) non-Olympics links.
Part of Nike’s “Live the Greatness” campaign (“Who says the toughest opponent isn’t the best teammate”), via cfensi As track and field takes center stage in London, a reminder that some exciting team sports will be wrapping up soon, including men’s soccer (Mexico vs. Brazil final tomorrow, though South Korea vs. Japan for the bronze... Read more »
A swinger party for government officials — best or worst type of swinger party? (Via Offbeat China) Mix is celebrating its 10th anniversary tonight and tomorrow with hip-hop concerts, apparently. So, you know, if you want to go to Mix, perhaps this is the weekend for that. Otherwise, non-Olympics links for now, Olympics links forthcoming.
