Living in Beijing means going out more to meet people we know. Otherwise, we would never see them. We don't really see our neighbors. Actually, we just have one neighbor currently. The other two apartments on our floor are under heavy renovation. Go figure. Beijing is basically one big construction project.
So in Austin, we used to always have something to do on the weekend that was social, at least one night of the week. Here in the Jing, it revolves around going to bars and clubs and events throughout the city. We try and make it cultural as much as we can, though.
Last weekend, we skipped any cultural outing and just went for the good old stand-by: Ladies drink free at Tun. That's short for SanLiTun, where most of the bar crowd hangs out. I only managed to drink one Long Island Iced Tea that night (technically, before 12am).
Here are some Californians by way of Colorado that we know. Ryan and Briton. They attend the same language school that we do.
Ryan and a girl named Lilian from NYC.
Our good friends from Monday night dinner club Ben and Roma. Note that Chase is pre-hair cut. We have had a tumultuous time with Chase's hair over the past few years. You may remember him giving himself a mohawk when we lived in Austin. And then he proceeded to buzz his own hair for about two years. And finally he began to grow it out last summer in preparation for the wedding. So this picture was taken about one week day before his last haircut which he has received many compliments on lately, by the way.
*Svetha pats herself on the back for persuading Chase to get a "mop" haircut.... quoted by a recently admirer "totally trendy, but worth it"
Me and the girls from the language school.
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