The time to move home came more quickly than I imagined.  Looking through these blog entries, I really feel I should have been able to write mor…

Revision 7 May 07. An acquintance of mine mentioned that he had read this review and was curious about my recommendations. Indeed, I have learned …

Cheap Charlie’s is so much more than a place for cheap beer. It is a Bangkok Icon, a classically famous and yet completely unkown corner of the cit…

My three year assignment here in Bangkok will be coming to an end this August, and I am starting to think about all of the things that need to get do…

On New Years Eve Bangkok was initiated into the international club of terror victims.   I'll let you read all of the gory details on the news.&n…

Like many westerners traveling to South East Asia, I have been fascinated by Buddhism and the many romantic stories of wisdom and enlightenme…

Where to begin?  It all started when my wife talked me into going to a fancy ball.   Fancy balls involve dresses and Tuxedos, so I dragge…

On 28 September, Bangkok officially opened it's new Suvarnabhumi Airport.  When I say opened, I don't mean that it is 'finished', or 'ready'.&nb…

As you may have heard on the news, the government of Thailand recently underwent a coup that ousted the democratically elected Prime Minister and has…

An informal poll of my female friends has suggested that Naria Phad shopping center is the best place to go for Thai Souvenir arts and crafts, leat…

Ok, I know you are wondering how a Salon can be a life changing experience, but I have to assure you, it was for me.  I have never had the ben…

Once every decade or so, the beloved King of Thailand commands an armada of Royal Barges down the Chao Praya river.   This year we were privel…

I had the opportunity to join the folks at Groovy Map and a gathering of other Bangkok Expats for a pub crawl off of the Bangkok Skytrain.  The …