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As the cold winds of winter creep in, people look to their homes for the comfort of warmth.
While everyone knows that food, drink or shopping can be swiftly delivered to your home, the capital is witnessing a growth in special services available direct to your door.
Here`s a look at some of the most delightful and despairing things available for those who don`t want to venture outdoors.
Rent-A-Friend
Everyone gets a little lonely. Fortunately, in this modern age, the cure for loneliness can be delivered right to your door.
Claiming 283,000 friends worldwide, Rent-A-Friend is a relatively new service that allows users to search by area and, for 175 yuan a month, can contact "friends" to watch movies, go to the park, or just hang out with.
Bear in mind though that when you do find a friend, you will need to pay to keep them - company comes at a cost, roughly 70 yuan an hour. Who says you can`t put a price on a friendship?
Bagpiper
There something undeniably soulful about the eerie whine of the highland bagpipes.
Beijingers now have the opportunity to enjoy the moving melodies of the highland instrument in their own living room thanks to award-winning bagpiper Duncan McKay.
For 1,050 yuan an hour, the Australian bagpiper will fill your home with the serene scream of one of Scotland`s most treasured instruments.
Ice Bar
Impress party guests with cocktail-making skills as you blend behind a bar carved from huge blocks of ice.
Nothing says cool more than a white Russian served from a frosted counter top in your home.
Crafted by experts, the bar comes custom-made costing 2,000 yuan for each one-meter-long block. That said, a 3-m-long, 2.5-m-wide bar will cost around 10,000 yuan before it melts away.
Superman
It`s a bird, it`s a plane - no it`s Mr Magic.
For just 1,000 yuan an hour, one of Beijing`s most enthusiastic entertainers will show up to your door dressed up as Superman.
It`s a childhood dream come true. While he may not have the ability to take to the air, Mr Magic is about as fly as they come.
And if superheroes are not your thing, he also claims to do a stellar Elvis.
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冬季寒潮來臨，人們都指望宅在溫暖舒適的家中度過寒冬。
如今，食品、飲料、物品快遞上門已經不是什么新鮮事了。但京城如今卻涌現出各式各樣、千奇百怪的快遞服務。
下面讓我們來看看這些針對“宅人一族”的，讓人歡喜讓人憂的上門服務。
朋友租賃
每個人都有寂寞的時候。不過幸好在當今社會，治愈寂寞的良方是可以快遞上門的。
相對而言，“朋友租賃”是一項新興服務，據稱在世界上已有283000名會員。會員們每月只需支付175元，就能按照地域搜索、聯絡“朋友”們一起看電影、逛公園，或者只是出去隨便逛逛。
不過要記得，當你真的找到朋友時，就需要付錢了——獲得“朋友”的陪伴是要付出代價的——大約1小時70元。誰說友誼不能用錢來衡量？
蘇格蘭風笛手
高原風笛神秘的哀鳴有著讓人無法抗拒的深情。
如今，風笛手鄧肯•麥凱的到來，讓住在北京的人們能夠足不出戶，便有機會聆聽這來自蘇格蘭高地的樂器演奏出的動人旋律。
只需支付1050元/小時的酬勞，這位來自澳大利亞的風笛手就能為您演奏蘇格蘭國粹之一——風笛，讓這清澈悠揚的笛音響徹您的房間。
冰吧
派對上，你可以在巨型冰雕酒吧中，一展調酒技術來驚艷全場嘉賓。
身在家中，便可在冰霜覆蓋的吧臺上為賓客們調制一杯“白俄羅斯”，沒有什么能比這更酷的了。
這種為個人量身定制的酒吧經專家雕琢而成，每米售價2000元。也就是說，一個3米長2.5米寬的冰吧在融化前的身價為1萬左右。
超人宅急送
他是一只鳥，他是一架飛機，不！他是魔術先生
只需要1000元/小時，便可欣賞到京城最富激情的表演者之一裝扮成超人上門表演。
這使得許多人的兒時夢想成真！魔術先生雖然沒有騰云駕霧的本領，但卻呼之即來。
如果你不喜歡超人，那也沒關系，魔術先生還可變身成為巨星貓王。
