An intimate night with AnD

Yes, leave it to the photographer at the recent Beijing Alive Not Dead dinner party to be the last to post up images of the nights foolery. No matter. On Friday, Etchy hosted an intimate dinner party (read small) for 8 of us. I'm sure there would have been more, but the whole thing was rather last minute. Still, the absence of others was our gain as the restaurant featured Guizhou cuisine. For you die hard foodies, there was no ciwawa.

I always forget to shoot food, so this is for D.Y. and his bottemless pit of a stomach.

First time I met Firebird. He's a funny guy and his personality is such that it fills a room.

Thanks to Karen for knowing where to go for the Guizhou eats!

This boys tried so hard to impress Zhang Lan Xin, but all she chould do was laugh.

Battle of the bicepts. I suppose it depends on what your tastes are. I callenged them all to an endurance contest, but everyone balked when I suggested we swim 50 laps to see who the strongest is. Even after I promissed not to let any of them drown. Push up? Uh...pass.

Inside the mind of a creative marketing genius. Not sure why Etchy was photographing his arm, but who am I to question the master? Actually, I aplied the sticker to Wu Di's chest for the comic effect of watching Zhang Lan Xin rip it off. He's lucky he has no chest hair - and that we were too busy laughing to remember to take a picture of his reaction.

I've seen her cover on FM Magazine at the newsstands. Congratulations! Check out Etchy's post to see the cover featuring Zhang Lan Xin and shots from inside the magazine.