Tag: Bangkok

  • MESSAGE TO THE WORLD

    MESSAGE TO THE WORLD

    When you go into a temple in Thailand, there are two non-negotiable rules: 1.  Take off your shoes. 2.  Dress properly.

  • BANGKOK | Baipai Thai Cooking School

    BANGKOK | Baipai Thai Cooking School

    When in Thailand…learn to cook Thai food! And if you’re going to learn to cook in Thailand, do it at Baipai Thai Cooking School, like I did. Baipai Thai Cooking School is an oasis of serenity in the middle of boisterous, bustling Bangkok. Just see for yourself…

  • STYLE MOMENT | Bangkok market

    STYLE MOMENT | Bangkok market

    “Live each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.”  -Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, and historian

  • BANGKOK | Chatuchak Weekend Market | How-to

    BANGKOK | Chatuchak Weekend Market | How-to

    The Chatuchak Weekend Market can bring you to your knees.  We’re talking thirty-five acres, split into twenty-seven sections of eight thousand stalls.

  • The Best Pad Thai in Bangkok

    The Best Pad Thai in Bangkok

    While I was in Bangkok, I went on a nighttime tuk tuk tour with a guide named Jeeb, and three people by the names of Baby, Junior, and Buddy.  The names were not the only peculiar aspect of the evening.

  • WEIRD BUT WONDERFUL | Take notice

    WEIRD BUT WONDERFUL | Take notice

    It is often in the settings of magnificent historical landmarks that I encounter the most amusing signage. Bangkok’s sacred temples were no exception: Exhibit A, the photo above. The graphics indicating not to sit on the monuments gave me a chuckle.

  • STYLE MOMENT | Grand Palace, Bangkok

    STYLE MOMENT | Grand Palace, Bangkok

    “If you are facing in the right direction, all you need to do is keep on walking.” ― Buddha

  • Who is Buddha anyway?

    Who is Buddha anyway?

    More than 90% of people in Thailand are Buddhists, and if I was going to be in their presence and visit their temples, I needed to learn more about who Buddha was and what Buddhism means.  A small disclaimer: I don’t claim to be a historian or an expert – this is what I learned,…

  • BANGKOK | Lucky charms, a buddha in repose, and monks in training

    BANGKOK | Lucky charms, a buddha in repose, and monks in training

    I had started my first day in Bangkok at the magnificent Grand Palace. Spectacular, yes, but it was also filled to capacity with tourists. Suffice to say, I was not unhappy to be back on the streets and heading for good fortune. The amulet market, that is. What’s not to love about a whole market…

  • BANGKOK | Sa wat dee kah (hello), Thailand!

    BANGKOK | Sa wat dee kah (hello), Thailand!

    Behold Bangkok.  Full ceremonial name: Krungthepmahanakhon Amonrattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilokphop Noppharatratchathaniburirom Udomratchaniwetmahasathan Amonphimanawatansathit Sakkathattiyawitsanukamprasit, aka, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon.  Translation: “City of Angels.”  Resident population, 8.5 million.  Tourist population, 24.5 million per year.  This was my first day in the exotic, boisterous, quirky, sweltering, exhilarating city of Bangkok.  I had arrived from Dubai the night before. …