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A boy gets a haircut featuring an Olympic Fuwa mascot in Tianjin August 3, 2008. Wu Dasheng, a local Beijing barber, offers the boys in his neighborhood a free Olympic-themed haircut as part of his effort to cheer for the upcoming Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. (Photo: China Daily/Agencies)

A pair of twins show their Olympic-themed haircuts in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, August 3, 2008.(Photo: China Daily/Agenices)

A boy with a Beijing 2008 Olympic haircut drinks at a community centre in Beijing August 2, 2008. (Photo: China Daily)

A boy with a Beijing 2008 Olympic haircut plays at a community centre in Beijing August 2, 2008. (Photo: China Daily)

A boy with a Beijing 2008 Olympic haircut plays at a community centre in Beijing August 2, 2008. (Photo: China Daily)

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Beijingers love their snacks and thanks to a courtyard restaurant near Houhai, a dozen of the capital’s most famous eats have a new home. Time Out joins the queues of hungry hordes

A dozen of Beijing’s oldest and most famous laozihao, or old brand name stores, some dating back more than a century, have found refuge under one roof in a large traditional courtyard house in Xiaoyou Hutong, beside Houhai .

The old Menkuang Hutong of Qianmen has been ‘recreated’ in this courtyard house, with stalls set up on both sides of an indoor ‘hutong’ that serves as a food court, with diners sitting at traditional wooden tables and chairs. Nice black and white photos of old Beijing adorn the walls.

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Fireworks explode with an Olympic logo over Beijing’s National Stadium, or ‘Bird’s Nest’, during a rehearsal of the opening ceremony for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, August 2, 2008. [Agencies]

Beijing is praying for the mercy of Mother Nature this Friday, as the latest weather forecast calls for rain and thunderstorms on the day of the Opening Ceremony.

“We may see a cloudy sky on August 8, and it will probably also meet scattered showers or thunderstorms,” said Wang Jianjie, deputy director of the Beijing Meteorological Bureau. “The highest temperature may be between 30 and 32 C.”

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