snackmonkey's picture snackmonkey Submitted by Guest on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 02:30

We enjoyed everyone's responses and would love to feed you all, but mattman_183 won us over with "...I invented with my own brain". We have a couple more Thanksgiving dinners to give away on Friday Nov 18 (a comp where you don't have to write an essay) so keep an eye on the blog!

+ SNACK SAFELY +

Susan Sheng
Assistant Dining Editor

JLin's picture JLin Submitted by Guest on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 01:10

Gwyneth should take a private taxi to an empty part of the great wall and have a picnic with the family.
Inside of her picnic basket should be a meal provided by DaDong (or Pure Lotus, if looking for a veg option).
Bring along a Tai Chi or meditation expert to lead a class on the wall before sundown.

heir_apparent's picture heir_apparent Submitted by Guest on Fri, 11/18/2011 - 00:46

Gwyneth, I'm an English tour guide with a cockney accent. Only 500 RMB/hour
Cheap cheap.

Just kidding.

Restaurants include Haidilao, having meat sticks at 北语大学，scouring Wang Fu Jing for scorpions, colourful dumplings at LiangMaQiao, Sichuan food at Dongzhimen and if all else fails, the unavoidable Peking Duck.

Sightseeing should include BeiHai Park and the usual spots like Temple of Heaven. Something out of the ordinary would be strolling at Peking University, Houhai, NanLuoGuXiang and my all time favourite 798 Art District!

Evenings would depend on the mood. Xiu would be my choice for a decent club, or perhaps chill and relax at VA Live Bar with some good jazz music (Mademoiselle is performing on Saturday!!) at the Hutongs at Yonghegong. End it with a nice TCM massage at Guomao.

P/S: Admin, do we actually get to meet her? Biggrin

Ahh! Beijing. Finally.

admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 16:48

ukkemp wrote:
it's upside down and backwards because you probably used Mozilla...Try Internet Explorer

you're right -- all pictures in the trademark database are rendered upside down and backwards in firefox ... amended above.

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admin's picture admin Submitted by Guest on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 16:16

Since1997 wrote:
And, let me add...doesn't it seem odd that Pass By has their knickers in a knot over thebeijinger calling Hutong Pizza Hutong Pizza; but apparently haven't cared about it enough do anything real over a trademark they've had since 2004, and which Hutong Pizza has supposedly been violating flagrantly for the last 8 years?

minor clarification: they applied for the trademark in 2004, but it was not approved until 2009 (such a wait is common in trademark applications here)

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Since1997's picture Since1997 Submitted by Guest on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 16:04

And, let me add...doesn't it seem odd that Pass By has their knickers in a knot over thebeijinger calling Hutong Pizza Hutong Pizza; but apparently haven't cared about it enough do anything real over a trademark they've had since 2004, and which Hutong Pizza has supposedly been violating flagrantly for the last 8 years?

Since Hutong Pizza is located within the...wait for it...hutongs...it makes sense to me that they'd call their place Hutong Pizza. Perhaps a good new name for them would be, "The Place that Sells Pizza In The Hutongs."

tonedeaftraveler's picture tonedeaftraveler Submitted by Guest on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 15:49

Thanks for adding fuel to the challenge. The goal is to try and be more local, but I'm not perfect…and at least I was honest! Your comment also brings up the good point of what is exactly local? I used bread and peanut butter from Jinkelong, whereas my bananas from the side of the street were from the Philippines, so the it's not as straight-forward of an issue as one may expect. Would you be willing to take me out for a day at your favorite local spots?
-Erin

Erin Henshaw
Tonedeaf but hopeful American
Freelancer. Connector.
http://tonedeaftravelers.wordpress.com