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Dolls Book Club: The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:03:10 +0000

Title: Dolls Book Club: The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks
Venue: /
Category: Girls Only
Date: 27.06.2013
Time: 19.30 h - 22.00 h
Description:

Venue: Casa 700 Spanish Restaurant (http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/listings/restaurants/spanish/has/casa700/)

700 Huangpi Nan Lu (near Hefei Lu, south of Xintiandi) 黄陂南路700号

Phone: 6386-0377

This restaurant serves traditional Spanish food, with a variety of choices from tapas to full entrees, salads, and desserts. They have a full bar. We will have a room reserved especially for us, so be sure to RSVP here so we can make sure they book us the right accomodations. Also, they are working on some food/drink specials/deals for us, so I will post more when I have the details.

This month’s book is The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. We will be planning some books for the next several months, so please bring any suggestions.

YOLO Eats Launch and Networking Mixer

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:13:00 +0000

Title: YOLO Eats Launch and Networking Mixer
Venue: Gold Cider Clubhouse / Jingan district, Shanghai
Category: Boys Friendly
Date: 22.06.2013
Time: 14.00 h - 23.00 h
Description:

Hi fellow Dolls!

We are so excited to announce the launch of our healthy living and food education business, YOLO Eats! The Shanghai Doll community has given us so much in forming friendships and experiencing new adventures in this city, and we would love your support as we celebrate the start of a movement towards a healthier Shanghai culture. YOLO Eats aims to provide you with the necessary resources to make positive changes in your diet here in Shanghai.

This TWO-PART event is scheduled as follows:

Part 1:

2pm - 3pm: YOLO EATS PRESENTS - TWO BROKE GIRLS IN SHANGHAI

3pm onwards: Mixer with other Shanghai Dolls, top alumni groups, and various health-oriented affiliates!

Venue: Gold Cider Clubhouse- 425 Yanping Road, Building 1, Suite 103, Shanghai 200040

RSVP with "YOLO Eats Launch at Gold Cider" to yoloeats@gmail.com is ESSENTIAL for Free admission and Free flow Premium Cider provided by our sponsor, Gold Cider (http://www.goldcider.com/en/index.html, weibo.com/goldcider)

Part 2:

8pm - 11pm: YOLO EATS SUMMER BOAT PARTY
Celebrate Yolo Eats launch with an epic after-party, floating down the Huangpu and deep into the night with disco, funky house tunes from DJ Mia and Mau Mau while you sip delicious cocktails, Champagne and craft beer, munching on healthy local snacks provided by Yolo Eats. This seasonal boat party always steps it up with a lively crowd, great music, funky art work from local artists, a sweet rooftop deck and a special VIP area with two lavish private Captain's rooms.
Venue: Board at 551 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu
Entertainment: DJ Mia, DJ Mau Mau, DJ Tourettez and MC MiamiKid
SPECIAL YOLO EATS PRICE includes 2 free drinks: RMB150 in advance with "YOLO EATS" code, RMB200 pre-sale, RMB 300 at the door
Free-flow VIP [Limit 100 tickets only]: RMB450 with "YOLO EATS" code, RMB500 pre-sale, RMB600 at the door
Tickets: Email reserve@boatpartyshanghai.com or visit www.boatpartyshanghai.com

Thanks and would love to see you all on Saturday!

Pam and Alice

Dolls Summer Boat Party

Thu, 30 May 2013 02:21:57 +0000

Title: Dolls Summer Boat Party
Venue: /
Category: Boys Friendly
Date: 22.06.2013
Time: 20.00 h - 23.00 h
Description:

Celebrate summer by floating down the Huangpu and deep into the night with disco, funky house tunes from DJ Mia and Mau Mau while you sip delicious cocktails, Champagne and craft beer. This seasonal boat party always steps it up with a lively crowd, great music, funky art work from local artists, a sweet rooftop deck and a special VIP area with two lavish private Captain's rooms.

What: Deep Summer Boat Party

When: Saturday, June 22, 8-11pm

Where: Board at 551 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu

Entertainment: DJ Mia, DJ Mau Mau, DJ Tourettez and MC MiamiKid

SPECIAL DOLLS PRICE includes 2 free drinks: RMB150 in advance with "DOLLS" code, RMB200 pre-sale, RMB 300 at the door

Free-flow VIP [Limit 100 tickets only]: RMB450 with "DOLLS" code, RMB500 pre-sale, RMB600 at the door

Tickets: Email reserve@boatpartyshanghai.com or visit www.boatpartyshanghai.com

Dolls Hump Day - Cantina Agave

Sun, 26 May 2013 19:41:32 +0000

Title: Dolls Hump Day - Cantina Agave
Venue: /
Category: Boys Friendly
Date: 05.06.2013
Time: 19.00 h - 20.00 h
Description:

I'd like to welcome everyone to the first Dolls Hump Day in June! We will be at Cantina Agave where they will have Mojitos for 35 RMB! Address details are below. Please RSVP by Monday June 3rd so I know how many to book for and we'll look forward to seeing you there!

Location

WHERE? PUXI: On the corner of Fumin Road and Changle Road
ADDRESS: 1/F, 291 Fumin Lu, 富民路291号01A-2室
DIRECTIONS: Near Changle Lu, Metro Line 1 Changshu Lu Station or Shaan Xi Nan Lu Station / 近长乐路，地铁1号线常熟路站或陕西南路站

http://www.cantinaagave.com/

Nicole

Daytime Dolls Lunch

Sun, 26 May 2013 01:44:00 +0000

Title: Daytime Dolls Lunch
Venue: Pizza Marzano / Shanghai
Category: Girls Only
Date: 04.06.2013
Time: 12.00 h - 14.00 h
Description:

The weather is getting warmer and many dolls are preparing to head out of the city for a few days or even the whole summer. Join us for a Daytime Dolls Lunch at Pizza Marzano in Jing'An.

Pizza Marzano does lunch sets of its gourmet pastas and pizzas from 55rmb (1/2 pizza or pasta, and a soft drink) to 88rmb (starter or soup, regular pizza or pasta, and a soft drink). Add a Dolcetti set (coffee and 1/2 dessert) for only 39rmb. Hope to see you there!

Organized by Kristin and Franny

Dolls Book Club: Swimming Home by Deborah Levy

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:17:02 +0000

Title: Dolls Book Club: Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
Venue: /
Category: Girls Only
Date: 30.05.2013
Time: 19.30 h - 21.00 h
Description:

Hi Reading Dolls,

NEW VENUE!!!!!!

This month we are reading Swimming Home by Deborah Levy & meeting at Citizen Cafe and Bar Jin xian lu n. 222 near shaanxi nan lu 进贤路222号金陕西南路)

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Book description:

As he arrives with his family at the villa in the hills above Nice, Joe sees a body in the swimming pool. But the girl is very much alive. She is Kitty Finch: a self-proclaimed botanist with green-painted fingernails, walking naked out of the water and into the heart of their holiday. Why is she there? What does she want from them all? And why does Joe's enigmatic wife allow her to remain? A subversively brilliant study of love, Swimming Home reveals how the most devastating secrets are the ones we keep from ourselves.

Dolls Lunch

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:15:47 +0000

Title: Dolls Lunch
Venue: Azul Urban / Shanghai
Category: Girls Only
Date: 07.05.2013
Time: 12.00 h
Description:

Organized by Kristin

Dolls Book Club: The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:10:12 +0000

Title: Dolls Book Club: The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti
Venue: /
Category: Girls Only
Date: 25.04.2013
Time: 19.30 h - 21.30 h
Description:

This month we're reading The Purity Myth by Jessica Valenti.

"The United States is obsessed with virginity from the media to schools to government agencies. The Purity Myth is an important and timely critique of about why this is so, and why it’s problematic for girls and women. Analyzing cultural stereotypes and media messages, Jessica Valenti reveals the overt and hidden ways our society links a woman’s worth to her sexuality rather than to values like honesty, kindness, and altruism. Valenti takes on issues ranging from abstinence-only education to pornography and exposes the legal and social punishments that women who dare to have sex endure. Importantly, she also offers solutions that pave the way for a future without a damaging emphasis on virginity, including a call to rethink male sexuality and reframe the idea of “losing it.” With Valenti’s usual balance of intelligence and wit, The Purity Myth presents a powerful and revolutionary argument that valuing girls and women for their sexuality needs to stop–and outlines a new vision for how it can happen. ( http://jessicavalenti.com/books/the-purity-myth/ )."

We'll meet April 25th, 7:30 at the Taicang lu Enoterra. The address is 58 Taicang Lu, near Jinan Lu 太仓路58号, 近济南路 http://www.smartshanghai.com/venue/3240/Enoteca_%28Taicang_Lu%29_shanghai

Please RSVP if you're coming! See you all there.

Organized by Meredith

Spring Fling Boat Party

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 01:40:34 +0000

Title: Spring Fling Boat Party
Venue: /
Category: Boys Friendly
Date: 20.04.2013
Time: 20.00 h - 23.00 h
Description:

Where: 551 Zhongshan Dong Er Lu

Entertainment: DJ Selecta Tsunano (Shanghai), DJ Laobang (Korea), DJ UBEC (Philippines)

Price: RMB150 with DOLLS promo code, RMB200 pre-sale, RMB300 at the door, RMB400 free-flow VIP.

Tickets: Email reserve@boatpartyshanghai.com or visit www.boatpartyshanghai.com

Dolls Hump Day

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:34:24 +0000

Title: Dolls Hump Day
Venue: Sliders / Shanghai
Category: Boys Friendly
Date: 17.04.2013
Time: 18.30 h - 20.30 h
Description:

Hmmm.... This looks interesting? RMB15 for a glass of house wine? And only RMB15 for house shots?

Now that looks like a great way to celebrate that the biggest part of the week is over!

So come and join us at Sliders on Wednesday 17 April for a Dolls Hump Day!

Sliders offers wine and shots at really great prices and and have a happy hour running from 2pm till 8pm if you feel like you would prefer something different. Oh and as the name suggests, come and have some sliders for dinner.

If you are new to Shanghai Hump Days is a great opportunity to get together and to meet new people and to hang out with old friends. And if you are living in Shanghai and you have not been down to Yongkang Lu yet, this is a great chance to change that!

Feel free to bring any guy friends that you know along as this is a boy friendly event!

Please RSVP for the event that we know how many people to expect!

Organised by Erina

Dolls Daytime Lunch

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 21:27:00 +0000

Title: Dolls Daytime Lunch
Venue: The Fat Olive (Sinan Mansions) / Shanghai
Category: Girls Only
Date: 03.04.2013
Time: 12.00 h - 14.00 h
Description:

In light of Spring, let's lunch Mediterranean style at the ever so quaint and cozy Fat Olive (Sinan Mansions). Yummy hummus and Greek food galore await you!

Lunch sets include an appetizer, main dish and soft drink for 78 rmb. Opt for dessert for an extra 20 rmb.

Please rsvp so we can reserve (or save seats!) accordingly.

Organized by Kristin & Franny.

Dolls Hump Day

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:02:59 +0000

Title: Dolls Hump Day
Venue: The Geisha / Shanghai
Category: Boys Friendly
Date: 03.04.2013
Time: 21.00 h - 00.30 h
Description:

Wow! The first long weekend of the new year! So let's start it off the right way by having a proper ladies night Shanghai Style! And how better to do this than to start the night off with free (yes you heard me free) sparkling wine at The Geisha from 9pm till 12:30am.

And if you know Shanghai you will know that party does not stop at 12:30! And if you are new to Shanghai, well then it is time you learn how it works! So after The Geisha, let's go and check out the new AFTER HOURS ladies night (morning, if you are picky about these things) at The Flamingo (1/F 390 Shanxi Nan Lu, close to Fuxing lu) from 1:30am till 2:30 am! Oh and yes, it is more free sparkling wine!

Feel free to bring a boy as long who is confident enough to hangout with a group of great ladies as this is a boy friendly event, plus The Geisha has a pretty sweet deal for guys as well.

So if you are new to Shanghai, and you do not know what Hump Day is all about, it is to celebrate that we have passed the half way mark of the week, and it is a great time to meet new friends and catch up with old friends over a glass of sparkling wine!

Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

Organized by Erina

Dolls Book Club: Narcopolis

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:59:56 +0000

Title: Dolls Book Club: Narcopolis
Venue: The Fat Olive / Shanghai
Category: Girls Only
Date: 28.03.2013
Time: 19.30 h
Description:

We are reading Narcopolis this month by Jeet Thayil. Some of us went to see him and his fellow follicly-challenged firend H M Naqvi at the literary festival.

See you there!

Organized by Mary

Dolls Hump Day

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:56:17 +0000

Title: Dolls Hump Day
Venue: Favola (Le Royal Meridien) / Shanghai
Category: Boys Friendly
Date: 27.03.2013
Time: 19.00 h - 23.00 h
Description:

This week we are heading to Favola (jus behind People Square) for the hump day.

For those of you who do not know what a “Hump Day" is, it revers to Wednesday as being over the biggest part of the week and that it is all downhill from here on out to the weekend! So whether you are new to Shanghai, a veteran or could almost qualify to be a Shanghairen, feel free to come along to Favola to make new friends or to catch up with old friends.

Special prices for the Dolls (and their friends) that night. Appetizer cocktail, red and white wine 55RMB a glass, canapés and snack included. If we also want to order some other food we will get the 25% of discount on à la carte menu. Gift packages will wait for all the Dolls.

Feel free to bring you boyfriends, husbands and guy friends as this will be a boys friendly event.

Please RSVP for this event so we can book in advance.

Looking forward to seeing all of you!

Ambra

Dolls Weekend Dinner

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:49:23 +0000

Title: Dolls Weekend Dinner
Venue: Nepali Kitchen / Shanghai
Category: Girls Only
Date: 16.03.2013
Time: 20.00 h
Description:

Wow! Can you believe that almost a quarter of the year is almost over? So lets get together in March for our monthly weekend dinner at Nepali Kitchen and catch up and hear what the other Dolls have been up to and what exciting things have happened to them during this time.

And if you are new to Shanghai it will be a great opportunity for you to come and meet some new and great people! As an added bonus you can order the cheese balls at Nepali Kitchen, they are pretty awesome!

Please confirm whether you are planning on attending this event that we can reserve a table.

Looking forward to seeing and meeting you there!

Organized by Erina

Women's Day Indulgent Luncheon

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:06:37 +0000

Title: Women's Day Indulgent Luncheon
Venue: Larder / Shanghai
Category: Girls Only
Date: 08.03.2013
Time: 11.00 h - 15.00 h
Description:

International Women's Day Night Out!

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:52:33 +0000

Title: International Women's Day Night Out!
Venue: Brownstown / Shanghai
Category: Girls Only
Date: 08.03.2013
Time: 20.00 h
Description:

Here is a call to all you ladies to put the little black number aside on Friday and to strut your stuff in some pink and to celebrate the wonderful woman that you are! So come and celebrate International Women's Day with the ShanghaiDolls.org at Brownstone on Friday.

All ladies wearing pink will get a free cocktail to kick of the night with great tunes supplied by Brownstone! And if you are going to the Women's Day Luncheon even better! Then you can just come and join us for the after party!

Organized by Erina

Dolls Weekday Lunch

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:22:52 +0000

Title: Dolls Weekday Lunch
Venue: Blue Frog (Pudong) / Shanghai
Category: Girls Only
Date: 04.03.2013
Time: 12.00 h - 14.00 h
Description:

One of the great things about Shanghai is all the great lunch deals that you get throughout this crazy town. And for this next event, we are heading across the river to Pudong.

Join us at Blue Frog in the World Financial Tower on Century Avenue for a lunch of good food and even better company! Lunch specials are 60 to 65rmb and get you a set lunch with a soup or salad and a drink selection.

Please reserve a spot that we know how many people to expect!

Organized by Franny and Kristin

Doll's Book Club: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

Sat, 12 Jan 2013 01:47:43 +0000

Title: Doll's Book Club: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Venue: /
Category: Girls Only
Date: 28.02.2013
Time: 19.30 h - 21.30 h
Description:

We’re combining Jan & Feb bookclub giving us chance to read Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, a sizeable book (and now movie).

Mitchell's virtuosic novel presents six narratives that evoke an array of genres, from Melvillean high-seas drama to California noir and dystopian fantasy. There is a naïve clerk on a nineteenth-century Polynesian voyage; an aspiring composer who insinuates himself into the home of a syphilitic genius; a journalist investigating a nuclear plant; a publisher with a dangerous best-seller on his hands; and a cloned human being created for slave labor. These five stories are bisected and arranged around a sixth, the oral history of a post-apocalyptic island, which forms the heart of the novel. Only after this do the second halves of the stories fall into place, pulling the novel's themes into focus: the ease with which one group enslaves another, and the constant rewriting of the past by those who control the present. Against such forces, Mitchell's characters reveal a quiet tenacity. When the clerk is told that his life amounts to "no more than one drop in a limitless ocean," he asks, "Yet what is any ocean but a multitude of drops?"
Copyright © 2005 The New Yorker

“[David] Mitchell is, clearly, a genius. He writes as though at the helm of some perpetual dream machine, can evidently do anything, and his ambition is written in magma across this novel’s every page.”—The New York Times Book Review

“One of those how-the-holy-hell-did-he-do-it? modern classics that no doubt is—and should be—read by any student of contemporary literature.”—Dave Eggers

Please join us on Thursday, 28^th Feb at 7:30pm for this month's Book Club! We're meeting at Napoleon Chocolate Bar (242 Julu Lu, near Shimen Yi Lu) to talk about Cloud Atlas as well as general chat, chocolate eating and tea/coffee/wine/cocktail drinking (happy hour til 8pm). Napoleon also serves a selection of sandwiches, salads and pastas. New members are always welcome. Please register on the Doll’s website and come along. See you there!

Dolls Hump Day

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:08:19 +0000

Title: Dolls Hump Day
Venue: Dr Wine / Shanghai
Category: Girls Only
Date: 27.02.2013
Time: 19.00 h - 23.00 h
Description:

This week we are heading to Dr Wine to drink up for the hump day.

The Dolls Hump Day event is an easy and relaxed get together on Wednesdays where we can make new friends or hang out with old friends.

Organized by Kristy