For any fathers reading this, look out your water wings, because our colleagues over at beijingkids have a great Father's Day event coming up for you and the family this weekend. The beijingkids Father's Day Pool Party takes place this Saturday (June 18) at the Westin Chaoyang, and the beijingkids team is giving you the chance to win tickets for you and your family.

beijingkids are proud to announce the first-ever beijingkids School Choice Fair based on the February release of the beijingkids 2012-2013 School Choice Guide.

This will be an opportunity for parents to “interview” schools in one place, at one time, as well for parents with kids currently in the schools to share their experiences. Here’s the low-down:

In researching this post, I asked several Americans to describe their perfect Thanksgiving. Most answers involved some form of passing out cold in a food coma by 5pm. To that end: we give you some Thanksgiving turkeys to take home. The majority of the turkeys listed below are cooked, but there are definitely frozen options. If that's not your speed, we posted a list of options for dining out for Thanksgiving yesterday. Please confirm with restaurants before ordering your turkeys, and remember to reserve in advance. Let us know in the comments space below if we've missed something! 

Former BeijingKids columnist and renowned Panda Dad Alan Paul has officially announced that the movie rights to his book Big in China, about his experiences living and playing music in Beijing, have been purchased as an option by Ivan Reitman's (Animal House) Montecito Pictures.

For Alan Paul's take on his book and movie to-be, see the full post on beijing-kids.com.

This week, I think I finally got the hang of eating at a buffet. It's pretty much the simplest philosophy ever: no carbs until the dessert course. (Crackers with cheese donut count!) This last week has been something of an exercise in fish-faced gluttony, and it's never been a better time to get yer crustacean on. To that end, I present a small photographic collection of "Seafood See-Food: this week in Beijing's underwater eats". That, and more epicurious news through the link.