Tag: Thailand

  • TRAVELING SOLO [Tricks of the trade]

    TRAVELING SOLO [Tricks of the trade]

    I’m a woman and I travel the world. Alone. (With some occasional exceptions.) Alone, I’ve stayed in a stone cottage on top of a mountain in Tuscany, an 11th-century fort on an island off the coast of Brittany, an estancia in Argentina, and a riad in Tangier. Alone, I’ve shopped in chaotic flea markets in…

  • 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.

  • CHIANG MAI | The day I rode an elephant and went into a tiger cage

    CHIANG MAI | The day I rode an elephant and went into a tiger cage

    So it all started with a taxi driver named M. He was nothing like the all-powerful M in James Bond movies. My M was an unassuming twenty-something Thai taxi driver, who became my personal tour guide the day I landed in Chiang Mai.

  • STYLE MOMENT | Khrueang kaeng*

    STYLE MOMENT | Khrueang kaeng*

    “To be fortunate enough to be able to visit Thailand, to eat in Thailand, is a deep dive into a rich, many textured, very old culture containing flavors and colors that go far beyond the familiar spectrum.”

  • 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