Pre-New Year's party

Spent a wonderful evening with a group of friends at a wonderful bar/club called BED in the old district of Beijing. It's hidden in a hutong in the north-west of Beijing and it's pretty hard to find. It's a collection of traditional courtyards intersected by the rooms of old buildings decorated with old-style furniture - quite amazing. I'm sure in the summer they take off the temporary roof over the courtyards and it must be even more amazing. The greatest part is that inside there are lots of rooms with cozy "beds" where you take off your shoes and sit on pillows to drink and rest. It's absolutely out-of-this-world!


Gaetan and Katia on the dance floor. There was a DJ playing house and techno and we danced for about thirty minutes - it was really tiring! At this point we're about to leave so we've got our coats on. The place closes at 2 AM - hence the lack of people. But it was never packed, although there was a good vibe.
This pic is to give you an idea of what a "bed" looks like. The flash takes away the ambient lighting, which is mainly created by candles.
The place has lots of antique-style furniture and the cushions are super comfy.
In our room there was a funky hole and I took a picture...
This is what the waiting room for the bathrooms looks like. It's a roofed courtyard and there are two rooms on either side - the dance floor on the left and the entrance on the right.
Gaetan wearing my hat and Loic beside him. There was a group of Chinese people behind us.
We really liked the music. Here's Matt (American English teacher) and Guillaume dancing while sitting down. We did eventually go to the actual dance floor to dance. The door behind Matt leads to a covered courtyard and bar before there's the room to the dancefloor.
Our table after we've ordered our drinks...
Katia sleeping on our "bed." It may not look comfortable, but it was!

It was a really fun night and we're definitely going back. We weren't planning on staying late but we were enjoying ourselves so much that we stayed longer than expected.

Tonight we're going to a French/Chinese fusion restaurant. We made reservations for 8 PM. There'll be the French crew (6 of us including Jean-Baptiste) and I'm not sure about Matt or Tom (the American and British English teachers - we always make fun because their names put together mean "tomato" in French: Tom Matt = tomate). Our Chinese friends seem to have other plans. But a bigger group will definitely gather at the Tango club later where we'll dance the night away...