Last night, Jim, Eddie and I went to the Vineyard Cafe. It's an ex-pat place in a hutong sandwiched between the Lama Temple and the Confucius Temple. (Enough links in that sentence for you?) Anyway, it was a cool place, and their menu has about everything a homesick Westerner could possibly want....all kinds of homestyle food, pizzas, pastas, wines, "imported beers", etc. I had an apple, pear and walnut salad, chicken and bacon pizza and a capirinah to drink. Jim had pork chops with mashed potatoes and peas and a good import beer and Eddie had a bacon cheeseburger and fries. Best of all, it was all pretty damn good.
After eating, we went for a walk down a cool street that ran alongside the Confucius Temple. There were a series of gate-type structures, all of which were uplit to really stand out at night. We passed plenty of friendly locals, including a group of girls who we couldn't figure out if they were giggling because of our poorly-pronounced Ni Hao's (hello) or because we just looked so out of place to them. 
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