For a special treat today... straight from Atlanta, Ga, our guest blogger,
Mariasha:
That's right ladies and gentlemen, Cara's sister Mari has arrived in Beijing to see what all the fuss is about.

Yesterday, after a light lunch (we went to the restaurant where Cara made her dumplings with the 7 foot tall Chinese man - actually, it turns out she was sitting down in that picture. If you don't know what I'm talking about you can see Baozi lessons), massages (the picture of Cara at the massage parlor is not from yesterday, it's from today.. yeah that's right, twice in two days.. Dare I go again tomorrow?), some couture shopping, and drinks with a friend, it was time to eat again.

We went to a cozy Sichuan restaurant (Cara says it wasn't Sichuan, it's Uighur) that was recommended to us by Maya, who apparently knows of every good place to eat in Beijing.

It was a fixed menu that just kept on coming. In the end we had fish, fried duck, beans, rolled pork (only for Mari), candied nuts, squid, potato shreds, chicken and potatoes, spicy beef, green veggies, pickled veggies, preserved? black eggs and chicken soup. We passed on the rice and noodles.
Oh, and a tasty bowl of watermelon and cherry tomatoes for dessert.

This has been our most expensive meal so far at about $13 USD each.



Then on our walk home, just when I thought the night couldn't get any better, I saw this:


I tried to find one that didn't have dirt - or poo? - smeared on all of their faces, but every one on the block looked just like this one.

Where's Donnie?