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Uncle's Egg Noodles on Ekamai

How good would a bowl of bamee, the ubiquitous and simple Chinese-style egg noodles, have to be in order to justify a wait of ten, twenty, or even thirty minutes? For many residents of Bangkok, they would have to be as…
James Bond on the Khlong Saen Saeb Express

After two trips to the old city on Saturday to visit a lock store (which gave me the opportunity to see horses on the expressway while driving there), I needed to make a third and final visit on Monday, since the store w…
Horses on the Expressway

Saturday I had to drive twice to the old city to visit a store that sells door locks. This particular store because they are the only place that sells the particular knobs and locks we have on our doors. Two visits bec…
Helping Abandoned Buildings Shape Up

The skyline of Bangkok bristles with the skeletons of unfinished buildings. These ghostly structures, frozen in various states of incompletion, number in the hundreds and most are a result of the Asian economic crisis o…
Skytrain Sukhumvit Extension Opens

Another piece of Bangkok's transit network puzzle fell into place on August 12, as the 5-station extension to the BTS Skytrain Sukhumvit line opened. After more than a year's delay caused by a problem ordering track sw…
Funny Condo Names

Sometimes I think I should have a series in my blog for funny condominium project names here in Bangkok. I see advertisements for them from time to time and wonder how a particular name was chosen.Take, for example, Ren…
A Weekend with the Kids

We have several social circles in our life here in Bangkok. One of those circles is with Tawn's high school friends, most of whom are married and are starting their own families. Many of those friends are making a conc…
The Venice of the East

Riding my bike a few weekends ago past the new Skytrain Sukhumvit Line extension (more about that later), I crossed this khlong, or canal, near the Third Stage Expressway. Bangkok has long been referred to as the Venice…
Mandarin Oriental Dhara Dhevi - Chiang Mai

This is the final entry on our trip to Chiang Mai. Since I entered a cropped version of one of these pictures to a contest at the MyWinningPhoto site (I came in second, thank you for your votes), I had to hold off on po…
Food in Chiang Mai: Huen Jai Yong

On our final day in Chiang Mai, Tawn and I drove east of the city to search for Huen Jai Yong, a restaurant highly recommended by our hotel's staff. Four or five people around the front desk agreed that this was the res…