Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Happy Birthday Shawn!

Happy Happy Berfday to Señor Dingman!  

I decided to go fancy pants since I just got my first paycheck from ISB...cha ching!  We went to "Capital M", a rooftop restaurant overlooking the Forbidden City in the middle of Beijing, a place that serves things like ox tongue. Bleh.

A glimpse at one large, very important Chinese building. 

Matt and Keith, my two new faves in Beijing.  Keith isn't really drunk, he's just a dork.
Appetizers of beef carpaccio (Shawn was very impressed with how much the chef beat his meat. ha!) and soft shelled crab (we had to look up how to eat it online...so classy.). 


Around 7:00 in the evening, the city lit up and the view was even more fabulous.

We were pleasantly surprised to see a walking mall behind the restaurant. We went for a stroll post dinner.   

Off the main drag, side alleys provided plenty of knockoff  bobbles and trinkets.   We ended the night with Haagen Dazs and Matt's homemade chocolate cake.  I'll have to tell you about "Tom Dong" our driver another time.  And yes, that's his real name.  No joke.  

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