From Christmas Carols to DJ Kronic: Here is This Weekend’s Breakdown

Thursday, December 10:

Meili & Kristen’s Thai Dinner @ The Apartment

New White Rabbit Opens in Old ChinaDoll in Tongli

DJ Qbert @ Yugong Yishan for those who missed his AMAZING performance @ BLING last night

Friday, December 11:

1.  Under Broadway’s 3rd annual Christmas Concert @ the Goose and Duck (Chaoyang Park, 4th ring Green Lake Place)

With 20 Christmas carols and some gentle comedy, they’ll get your Christmas spirits up to gear.

This Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 7:30PM, come and support my friend Cody!

2.  Renaissance Man @Punk

Two DJs (Downtown and Jaxxon) from Helsinki and tearing up the house world at the moment. Their first single “Spraycan” was met with critical acclaim. You won’t want to miss this event. Free entry.

3.  “Take Me to the Max” Party @ Kokomo featuring DJ Max P. aka DJ Diddle Nuts   (And Al’s going away party…)

90′s, Rock & Roll, Oldies & Party Music

Every 2nd and last Friday of the Month

Time: 10:30pm-2am

4.  Official White Rabbit Opening Weekend

5.  Neon 90′s Party & Open Bar 11pm-1am @ The Boat for RMB 100

Saturday, December 12:

Birthday Shout Outs to Tyler Zacharia, Mariel & Xiao Bizzle!

2. Mariel’s Birthday Party @ Club Matata (dance spot in basement of 3.3 Shopping Mall, Sanlitun)

One Night Only: Qbert @ BLING! Wednesday, December 9

One of the best DJ events I’ve ever witnessed was DJ Qbert & DJ Wordy battling it out at the original ChinaDoll in Tongli 2 years ago. It was packed, it was hot, it was old skool.

See the turntablist god in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL7TgWc7C5w

And now the mixmaster himself is coming to the one and only – CLUB BLING!

Event Details:

DMC World Champion Scratch Artist, DJ Qbert is playing @ BLING

The legendary ‘Grandmixer’ DMC World Champion turntablist is back in Beijing. Revolutionizing hip-hop with two Technics turntables and his Vestax mixer, Qbert is set to rock BLING for one night only.

Date: Wednesday, December 9
Time: 9pm
Cover: RMB 50 at the door

FYI. Qbert is also playing at Yugong on December 10 (the next day), but the cover is RMB 80. No one wants sloppy seconds, Be there to see him bring it to BLING first.

Chi Fan for Charity Extravaganza

Saturday night was pretty hectic.

As the organizer for the Chi Fan for Charity host tables of Hatsune, Karaiya and Oden, I had my hands full.

My night started off at Hatsune (Guanghua Lu), where I greeted and received a table of 10 lovely ladies, hosted by Julie Schultz.  Hatsune offered a generous 7-course menu including a selection of appetizers, salad, sashimi, tempura, oden, beef butteryaki, an assortment of Hatsune’s best-selling rolls and green tea ice cream paired together with a tasting of 4 unique sake.

Next stop: Oden, which was fully booked with 25 seats hosted by Holly & Landon Loomis, who invited a great group from the US Embassy.  Considering the seating capacity for the restaurant is 28 seats, Oden had a full house with a great crowd of foodies, all impressed by the high-quality oden and fresh seafood along with the restaurant’s simplistic and contemporary décor.

After Oden, I hopped over to Karaiya to catch the final table of ten, hosted by Alicia Mei and Darwin Tu.  All first time Karaiya visitors, the group was thrilled to be introduced to such an extraordinary restaurant featuring authentic, spicy Hunan cuisine.  Having worked up an appetite, I, myself could not resist the urge to indulge in a few of my favorite Karaiya dishes myself before making my way over to China Doll for the Chi Fan for Charity After-Party.

As the official EventPod photographer for the Chi Fan for Charity After-Party @ China Doll, Joanna and I jumped on the opportunity to showcase our innovative new technology, which can broadcast photos on TV screens while they are simultaneously being taken.  Sponsoring the photos and event photograph system for the night, we were able to capture on camera the great turn-out with almost everyone from the participating 16 restaurants coming together after enjoying incredible meals at Beijing’s top restaurants.  See here some of my favorite photos from the after-party.

Here is the link for the complete photo database from the charity event:

www.eventpod.smugmug.com/Chairty/Chi-Fan_for-Charity/10257820_grwLB

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For those of you who enjoy good food and good company all in the name of a good cause, I encourage you to join us on December 5, 2009 for CAI‘s Inaugural Charity Dinner, held on Saturday, December 5th, 2009, at Karaiya Spice House.

CAI is a program of the Promise Foundation, a US non-profit organization that works with the children of migrant families in both rural and urban China. CAI provides arts and sports programs in migrant schools which focus on character development and instilling qualities that enable underprivileged children to be productive citizens and future leaders.

In addition to showcasing CAI’s work with migrant children, the dinner will be marked by a special performance by students from CAI’s music program at the XiWang ZhiXing School under the tutelage of the lively Brazilian percussion group, SambAsia Beijing. The evening, which starts at 7:00pm, will also contain a special silent auction of limited edition photography produced by children in CAI’s photography class from spring ‘09.

Event Program for December 5th, 7-10pm

7:00pm Reception

8:00pm Dinner

8:30pm Special Performance & Presentation

9:30pm Silent Auction Closes

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Ellen Luo at 135.5257.9279 or ellen@cai-china.org. You can also contact me directly: Kristen 132 4011 4868 or kristen@lumdimsum.com

From Birthdays & Goose to Chi Fan for Charity: Weekend Breakdown

It’s that time of the week again:  Here’s this Weekend’s Breakdown of Events:

Friday, November 6:

First Stop: Ella’s Birthday/Jamie’s Housewarming Dinner Party

Second Stop: Derrick Carter @ Punk

*Big Event of the Night: Grey Goose Hollywood Party @ Bling

Glitz. Glam. Goose. Exclusively @ BLING

Drink specials on all Goose all night.

Saturday, November 7:

Chi Fan for Charity

This incredible event featuring Beijing’s top 15 restaurants while supporting a worthwhile cause. From Hatsune and Karaiya to Maison Boulud, Green T. House Living, Scarlett, Agua, Capital M, Mosto, and Oden, each of the 15 popular restaurants will host tables, and each guest pays a set cover (from 500RMB to 1,000RMB) to join a table.

Proceeds support the Dandelion School, a non-profit school for the children of migrant families in Beijing.

Dinners start at 7pm, but you can also support the cause by purchasing a 100RMB ticket to the after-party at ChinaDoll or make a donation straight to the cause via the website.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit chifanforcharity.org.

Next Stop: Jiayi Li’s (Bling’s owner) Birthday Bash @ BLING

**Going to be a GREAT WEEKEND!**

Happy Birthday in advance to Ella & Jiayi!