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Shanghaiist prefers sugar-free bevarages. We're not getting any younger. And we'd prefer our waistline not get any bigger. (And if it does, we'd prefer it be the result of consuming good beer.) We've been known to have friends who happen to be flight attendants bring us packs of Crystal Light from back home so we can satisfy our cravings for sweetish beverages that aren't full of sugar. In China, there are few sugar-free soft drink......

This would probably be a better post if we ranked the top Brazilian BBQ places in town, but we date are married to someone who doesn't eat meat, so we don't frequent such establishments. But we can tell you with some authority one all-you-can-eat Brazilian place you should try to avoid, unless you are wealthy or very well hydrated: Latina in Xintiandi. We know, we know, our fault for choosing a place in Xintiandi. Our......

Sampaist is on the scene in São Paulo beginning this week to become the only ist south of the Equator. Editor Leandro M. Pinto leads the paulistanos down there. You can protest someone at his office, sure, but when the whistle blows at the end of the day can you follow him home? D.C. has sports fans, apparently, and elephants aren't really cut out for zoos. There's this trick where you can read information from......

That is, because they won't give you any. On Saturday night, after enjoying a nice home style meal at Chun, our favorite little hole in the wall, we walked over to Manifesto to enjoy a taste of the opposite end of the Shanghai social spectrum. We got there at about 9:30 pm, found a booth and ordered our drinks: a glass of red wine (54 RMB), a bottled beer (45 RMB) and a cocktail (58......

Have we told you about the Shanghaiist Happy Hour this Friday at Shuffle Bar? (Oh, that's right, we have. A few times.) Well, now we have a new party flyer/poster -- a little late, we know -- and an amazingly huge version of it should any of you want to print it out for some reason. We also have info regarding the drinks that will be included in the 100 RMB all-you-can-drink special. Here is......