Weekend Update

It has been a great start to the break between sessions and so far a lot has been going on.

Saturday
I didn't even realize it was halloween until I stopped by an American chain restaurant for dinner and the waitresses were dressed up. I guess that's what happens when you're not surrounded by constant commercial advertising. =)
That night we had a quick Halloween party that was a lot of fun with the theme being "scary things."
For example...



Then Sunday morning, I woke up and heard what sounded like soft rain falling, so I opened up my curtains to find that the city had been coated in a fresh layer of snow overnight. My guesstimate was four inches in some places. No, this isn't usual. It snows in Beijing, but not this early!


Finally, today was a busy one. Four in the morning found my boss Holly and I headed out to Lush to actually watch the Vikings-Packers game, courtesy of the NFL posting the game online (for a not-so-nominal fee of course...) and then this being Holly's birthday, Brett Favre won the game for her and we took her out to dinner at the Kro's Nest, an American style pizzeria with family style dining. The Kro's Nest has several plaques at the entrance declaring it to have won The Family Friendly Award for such and such a year and Excellence in Family Dining for another year by this and that organization. They even had coloring pages and crayons for the kids, which is pretty rare for Beijing.


yes, that is Kaptain Kro smoking a cigarette while bringing you alcohol. In "the most family friendly restaurant of 2008."