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Big Bite Bangkok
Last Sunday I attended a small fundraiser-slash-food market called Big Bite Bangkok. Originally scheduled for World Food Day last October, it was twice postponed due to the flooding. While the scale was small - ten ven… -
Bangkok Homes and Gardens Charity Tour
On Saturday the Dusit chapter of Soroptimist International, an organization that concerns itself with issues surrounding women's welfare, held their biannual Bangkok Homes and Gardens Charity Tour. We had the opportunit… -
Hidden Dangers: the Bangkok Gem Scam
Jenny Forster is a contributor at catandnat.com, another site where my writings appear. She recently wrote an article about gem scams, a type of deceit all too commonly propagated against tourists in Bangkok. Every gui… -
Dining in Bangkok: Krua Apsorn
A few weeks ago, I accompanied my friend Chow for lunch at Krua Apsorn. Chow, who is the author of Bangkok's Top 50 Street Food Stalls, was researching restaurants for an article in an Australian airline's inflight maga… -
Terminal 21: Mall as Airport
In early November, a new mall opened in Bangkok. Terminal 21, located adjacent to the Asoke Skytrain station along Sukhumvit Road, is a 9-story mall with 20 stories of serviced apartments and office space above the mall… -
Last Word on the Flooding
Quick (and hopefully final) update to the flooding situation here in Bangkok:While the waters have started to slowly recede, many areas on the northern, western, and eastern edges of the city continue to be under a meter… -
Swastikas Popping Up in the Oddest Places
After our lunch of southern style dishes, Tawn and I did some shopping at Bangkok's famous Chatuchak Weekend Market. With thousands of stalls and vendors, you can find most anything for sale and the people-watching is e… -
New IKEA in Bangkok
The first IKEA store in Thailand, and the largest in Asia, opened this past week in Bang Na - the eastern suburbs of the city. I went with some friends to check it out. Here's the video:720p HD version here -
Food in Bangkok: Prik Yuak
Bangkok's Chatuchak Weekend Market is popular among locals and visitors alike for its almost endless maze of vendors selling everything from fashion to frogs, souvenir trinkets to silverware for your dinner table. Shopp… -
Riding Around to View the Flood
Sunday morning, the city quiet as many residents have fled the flooding, I rode my bicycle for a first-hand look at the situation in the old city and along the river. What I found was not as bad as flooding further nort…
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