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Musings on Southern California
Los Angeles area. Twice I’ve moved away.Despite this, I find myself returning from time to time to see what has changed.In some ways, little has. Los Angeles is an enigma, the literal expression of a Tinseltown ideal. Bu… -
Eat Woys Crackers
Returning to the subject of Thai culture, there is an interesting series of print advertisements running in the BTS Skytrain stations. These are for Woys Crackers, a cheese-flavored cracker sandwiched with a butter-like… -
Ancient Coffee
I'm a coffee drinker, an addiction that I purposefully nurtured in university. No kidding. There was a cafe across the plaza from the movie theatre I was managing, back in the day when Starbucks were few and far betwee… -
Four-Way Intersections
As I travel around my adopted hometown of Krungthep, I sometimes see things and think, "Oh, that is so very Thai." These things usually seem innocuous enough at first glance, but I think they illustrate the differences… -
Independence Day in the Big Mango
Edit: Video is now public. Sorry for not catching that before posting. Thanks to Gary for informing me.It may surprise you to hear that there was a large celebration of July 4th in Bangkok. The American Chamber of Com… -
Shots from Around Town
Let me conclude the week with a few shots I took while out and about. The morning after we have a heavy rain storm, the skies are really clear and the sun is tremendously intense. Here at the Thong Lo BTS station, pass… -
Dining on Sukhumvit Soi 38
Our friend Jackson is in town from San Francisco, his first time back since late 2006. The other evening we took him for dinner to Sukhumvit Soi 38, a side street near the Thong Lo BTS station known for its nighttime ea… -
The Air Conditioner Drama
It started innocently enough. We called the air conditioning service company out to move a unit from one room to another and install a new unit. A simple procedure that should have been unworthy of note. And yet it ma… -
Angels without Nipples
The two-year old white elephant - I mean, international airport - here in Krungthep is filled with all sorts of artwork, most of which is kind of cheap, mass-market versions of traditional Thai temple murals. There are… -
Your Guardian Angels
Continuing on the theme of Thai taxis, almost all taxis here in Krungthep (and pretty much everywhere else in the kingdom, I'd suppose) are given special protection for their drivers and occupants through a variety of me…
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