In the midst of all the excitement of the Pizza Cup, one of the Beijinger staffs' favorite pizza joints, Ramo, is celebrating their first anniversary with a big party this Saturday, October 24.

We're mostly focused on pizza here at the Beijinger towers this week – with so many good deals around town, it's hard not to be. If for some reason, cheese and carbs aren't your thing (in which case we're not sure we can be friends ...), there are plenty of other events going on around town.

Nervous flyers worry about turbulence, claustrophobia, and terrorism. Now they can add a potential zombie attack to their list of fears.

A passenger on board an Aer Lingus flight from Lisbon to Cork went berzerk, bit another passenger, was restrained by the flight crew, and then died. Seat selection is so important when checking in for your flight.

SmartBeijing.com suddenly shuttered its website Tuesday morning after three years of coverage of music, nightlife, and other hutong hipsterdom.

A message on the site cited "the cool circumstance of modern love, warfare, and business is you've got to make money to survive. And we didn't really make any."

There never seems to be enough Thai food in this city to satisfy our cravings, but the addition of Historia Thai Cuisine in 798 may fix that, and is easily coupled with a visit to the art district. 

Located in a building off Originality Square, the restaurant is laid out like a Thai living room, with cats roaming freely throughout. 

With the launch party behind us and voting in the 2015 Pizza Cup starting this weekend (Oct 25), what's a pizza lover to to do before casting a ballot for their favorite?

How about using this week to expand your pizza horizons? We've gathered a bunch of pizza specials that are going on this week (and extending into the voting period for the Pizza Cup).

First he conquered Beijing's roast duck market. Then Da Dong, a.k.a. Dong Zhenxiang, turned Peking Duck into a luxury item, surrounding it on a menu with foie gras and other not-so-Chinese delicacies.

Now China's mad scientist of food has KFC and McDonald's in his crosshairs, and you can try his wacky east-meets-west creations tonight (Monday), beginning at 6.30pm.
 

Once again terror strikes in the heart of a visiting celebrity. The hotel heiress, reality TV star, and “world famous DJ,” Paris Hilton, got stuck in an elevator (luckily not an escalator) for over an hour Friday night just before her Beijing premiere at Boombar in Gongti.

Yuan Yuan Tan is widely considered one of the best ballerinas to hail from China. In her 20-year professional career, critics have applauded her versatility, technique, work ethic, as well as her ideal dancer's physique. Originally from Shanghai, Yuan Yuan left China at the age of 19 after being recruited by the prestigious San Francisco Ballet. For the past 20 years she has danced in San Francisco, becoming a central figure in the company and one of their most experienced Principal Dancers.