Blog Author - Mary Dennis

Fight! Fight! Blood and Beer at The Legend's Fight Night
Fight Club made it look so glorious – spilling another man’s blood in the name of … actually, I’m not sure. Whatever it was, Ed Norton and Brad Pitt...
Lakeside Lounging: Yunnan’s Do-nothing Vacation Destination
There isn’t a lot to do in Shuanglang (双廊), thank god. Unless your lodge’s proprietor is calling you in for family dinner, having a reason to get up...
The Elephant Whisperers: Life in Northern Thailand’s Karen Hill Tribe
  Nestled in the northeast corner of Thailand, Chiang Mai province is an area of natural beauty and culturally diverse tribes. One of these highland...
Open Season: Ten Years of the Nanshan Open
  the Beijinger talked to Steve Zdarsky, China’s “Godfather of Snowboarding,” about how Beijing’s...
Rolling Down a River on the Outskirts of Beijing
Whitewater rafting it ain’t, but piaoliu (drifting) is a great way to blow out one of our remaining hot-weather weekends.
Beijing Air Pollution and Your Health
With Beijing's air pollution casting a dark gray shroud over our city sky this summer, its hard not to wonder what all that particulate matter, ozone...
Free Beer, Wine, BBQ & Music: At Volcom's Screenprinting Party!
This Saturday, Volcom is throwing a party for anyone interested in learning to screen print t-shirts - or just sitting back and enjoying some free...
Skate of the Nation: Tony Hawk on Woodward Beijing
Camp Woodward is famous in the US for offering training in both extreme sports and digital arts, and for creating the X-Games stars...
Pastry on Demand: Piehouse.com.cn
As a child raised by cartoons, I long believed the proper destination for a banana cream pie was in your opponent’s face...