Tonight was Mario's last night in Beijing. He flies out tomorrow for Los Angeles.
We decided on Russian food and one last night in Sanlitun. So we ate stuffed cabbage and chicken kiev with huge beers, went to Nanjie for Y10 gin and tonics, and then went to Shooter's for a little dancing action.
We had a blast, but the whole night was tinged with the color of "Mario is leaving tomorrow". It was pretty sad.
After we'd all worked off our dinners dancing to YMCA, Linkin Park, and southern rap, we went to a DVD store for a last chance for Mario to buy buy buy. I was ready to go to bed, but I wasn't leaving until it was over. I wasn't saying goodbye before it was necessary.