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December 1st at 2 PM, a bunch of poets and poetic types will gather at the <a href="http://www.yamu.lk/place/hansa-coffee/" title="Hansa Coffee">Hansa Cafe</a> for an open mic of sorts. Hansa has cheap coffee and bites and it's BYOW (Bring Your Own Words).
The Castle Hotel is the finest of dodgy bars.
The French Connection and Out Of Time are playing a benefit concert for the <a href='http://www.ideschool.org/'>IDE School</a> on the 30th November (Friday). Barefoot usually hosts a good show and it's for a good cause.
The Full Stop has the highest quality stationery in Colombo, at the highest price. If you want regular paper or a few pens and exercise books, your local stationer or someplace like <a href="http://www.yamu.lk/place/sarasavi-bookshop/" title="Sarasavi Bookshop">Sarasavi</a> is a better bet. If, however, you want a long-lasting moleskine or some fancy-glide pens that make you feel more productive for the one-week before you loose them, then Full Stop is the place.
The Vespa is a fantastic dodgy bar a stones throw from the beach in Kollupitiya. Down Sea View Lane, it's an absurdly large property for what is essentially just a crumbling verandah and an expansive, ill-tended lawn/parking lot.
The Vespa is a fantastic dodgy bar a stones throw from the beach in Kollupitiya. Down Sea View Lane, it's an absurdly large property for what is essentially just a crumbling verandah and an expansive, ill-tended lawn/parking lot.
Video International is the gold (or blue) standard for DVDs in Colombo. They have a good selection of foreign films in high quality, including Blu-Ray.
Independence Square is still a great place to relax in Colombo. It's part monument, part park, part walking ground. It's main function seems to be as the place where Colombars go for their evening constitutional (walk).
While Rize doesn't blow you away with it's concept or theme, it is blissfully non-douchey compared to many other nightclubs. You can wear rubber slippers and nobody's likely to smash your head into the bar while asking 'do you know who my father is?'
This tiny memorial to Sri Wickrama Rajasingha in the Ceylinco parking lot is a quirky destination.
Video International is the gold (or blue) standard for DVDs in Colombo. They have a good selection of foreign films in high quality, including Blu-Ray.
Independence Square is still a great place to relax in Colombo. It's part monument, part park, part walking ground. It's main function seems to be as the place where Colombars go for their evening constitutional (walk).
