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Great Eats in Bangkok Volume 3 - Thai Breakfasts

Here's the third video in my "Great Eats in Bangkok" series. In this chapter, Tawn and I head out for a typical Thai breakfast in our neighborhood, Thong Lo. While Thong Lo has developed over the years in the "Beverly…
Food in BKK: Beef Noodles on Sukhumvit 16

One of the nice things about knowing Chow, the author of Bangkok's Top 50 Street Food Stalls, is that I get exciting offers like, "Oh, there's this really good beef noodle vendor on Sukhumvit Soi 16 I've been dying to go…
A Year After the Protests

A year ago today, mobs set fire to various parts of Bangkok in the wake of the breakup by the military of a 40-day long anti-government protest. Those events, along with a related confrontation in April 2010, resulted i…
Where to Buy Stickers in Bangkok

From the innocuous "men" and "women" signs on restroom doors to the urinating cartoon Calvin on the back of many a vehicle, stickers and decals play a much larger role in the life of Bangkok residents than one may realiz…
Great Eats in Bangkok Volume 2 - Khanom Krug

As I promised, my "Great Eats in Bangkok" series is in fact becomming a series and not just a single video. Using my new wireless microphone that plugs into a Kodak Zi8, the audio quality is a bit better than the first…
Bangkok to Hong Kong

Well, I'm back and reasonably well recovered. Recovered enough, at least, to start sharing the story of our trip to Kaua'i. First part of the story, our flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong. This may be a bit more detaile…
Terminal 21 Nears Completion

In November 2009 I first wrote about the construction of a new mall at the northwest corner of Sukhumvit and Asoke roads called Terminal 21. I visited the subject again in February of this year as part of an entry about…
Food in Bangkok - Khao Mok Gai on Convent

Flipping through Khun Chawadee's book Bangkok's Top 50 Street Food Stalls, I got an itching to try the Khao Mok Gai vendor on Soi Convent. Khao Mok Gai, which alludes to a mountain of rice burying chicken, is the Thai t…
Food in Bangkok: BKK Bagel Bakery

First it was the cheesecake; now the bagels have arrived. There seems to be a growing affinity for things New York (or, at least, things perceived to be in the New York style) here in Bangkok. This trend first caught m…
Around the City

Saturday morning so I'll wrap up the week with some bits from around the town:Several of our friends here work for the UN, various non-government organizations (NGOs), or are attached to various embassies. They find the…