Valsepourjoie.com Website Review

“Fridges stocked with local and foreign beers stretched across an entire wall in the warehouse. The ground floor and lofted second levels had been alive with the buzz of foreigners and natives alike. The grainy aroma of beer, mixed with sweet ciders, was occasionally cut by the greasy scent of French fries or wings. Whereas the Fourth of July would’ve been a more embarras*ing and contrived affair at home, opening with relatives and dry patties and ending with the mas* exodus to the pier for fireworks, the day in Beijing took on a note of “It reminded me of the time I had gotten hit by a motorcycle. I was turning a corner whilst coming back from the gym—I did not fall, but the motorcyclist did—I stopped comprehending Chinese in those 15 seconds, maybe because his Hunan accent was thick, or just because I couldn’t know the words for indignation—how his yuan spilled out from his bag, green and red and crumpled on the asphalt—I blinked “.. . if you asked her to recite any of the Mindfulness Mantras, she could, word for word. Too bad intellect didn’t quite translate