Houhai

I think I've found one of my favorite districts in Beijing. It's an area called Houhai, a lake/bar/restaurant/shopping area. All four of my favorite things all in one. During the day, it's very relaxing. You can meander around the entire lake, rent a paddle boat, sit outside for lunch. At night, it turns in to a little mini Vegas. We found a bar called Huxley's which plays classic rock (all your favorite dad music like the Ealges, Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, etc) and which has the motto "Shut Up. Just Drink." And is said to make one of the best mojitos in the city. How true that was. Ask me. I had four. (In my defense, they were kind of small.) Here's some pics from the daytime (by night time, I was too focused on those darn mojitos.)






(This bride to be is getting professional photos taken a few weeks before her wedding. The wedding industry is growing faster in China than any other country, because the twenty-somethings are making more money--thanks to all the jobs in communications and technologies--than ever before.)