Black Pearl Double Sliders, Hot Rock Black Pepper Steak, and More at Chat Room by the Rug

The heat is off, and spring is in the air. It’s time to embrace something fresh and our need for greener pastures and new food is obviously palpable – Chat Room by the Rug, located in Chaoyang Joy City, have developed a new menu just in time for the warmer weather.

Pink: Gulou’s Leather Clad Mistress of Rock

What can we say about Temple Bar? It’s the place you go not only to see some great acts from Beijing’s thriving music community but also to rage until the sun comes up. It’s a bar made for people who hate clubbing, but want to stay up late with the rest of the vampires listening to great tunes, drinking draft beers, or downing shots from their insanely lengthy menu.

Black Truffle Martinis and Other Oddities Served at Sanlitun Newbie Botany

It’s no easy feat to survive, much less stand out, in Sanlitun’s already saturated cocktail scene. Fortunately for patrons, all that competition often breeds innovation. That’s especially true for Botany, the nightlife hub’s newest entry. The venue’s signature drink is a one-of-a-kind black truffle rum martini (RMB 95) made with homemade Roma bitters, tropical fruit, Captain Morgan's dark rum, freshly toasted hot spice garnish, and black truffle.

Kipp's Picks: St. Patrick's Day at Slow Boat, Caravan 1 Year Anniversary, Edgar Peng, The Hacker

And just like that, spring has finally poked its little head out. Maybe it’s not exactly the spring we wanted with forecasts of sporadic haze throughout the week, but at least there are these stellar parties going on to keep us engaged in some good, clean nightlife activity.

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Attention Girls: There's a New Completely Vacuous Method to Check If You're Slim Enough

As we think there can't be any more ways to demoralize women, here comes another one on weibo.com. Someone with entirely too much time on their hands had created another means to measure if girls are slim "enough" – the “I have an A4 waist” (我有A4腰) challenge, a topic that accrued a swift 30 million hits and more than 34,500 comments by 9am, March 16.

Get Songwriting Tips From the Experts at The Bookworm Courtesy of Loreli, Mar 16

If you know anything about the literature scene in Beijing, then you are no doubt aware that right now tons of wonderful literary events, featuring writers from China and abroad, are going on nightly this month at The Bookworm’s Literary Festival.