06/06: Bangkok Style
Let me offer a disclaimer before I get into this. I have no style. More accurately, I have my very own style that doesn't align itself well with any established and accepted "styles." I like yellow and black. I have a yellow and black bag, yellow and black jacket, and yellow and black shoes. I can often be seen with all three. OK, so maybe I don't have any style. (The high-visibility thing is a result of riding a bicycle in San Francisco. Better safe than sorry. But, I will admit that it doesn't really look so fashionable...)
Los Angeles doesn't have any style either. It's been so long, I forget if New York even has a real sense of style (not just "fashion) either... it could just be a California thing.
Bangkok has style. The beautiful people have class, style, and some fashion. The not-so-beautiful people don't apply to this story. (Although they are the reason we love Thailand.)
We went to one of the fancy shopping malls in Bangkok, Siam Paragon. We were there the last time in Bangkok as well, shortly after it opened. It is a mall for the beautiful people.
Since my wife is Beautiful, they let me in with a visitor's pass.
Our first time, we were simply overwhelmed by the food court. This time, we could take the Patrick Principal, and just go back to the restaurant we went to before... it was good. (Patrick rarely orders different dishes from a given restaurant. That's why it is nice that there are a lot of restaurants in the world.)
This trip, We Would See a Movie. We were in a splurging mood, so we decided to go to the VIP Theater. 32 Seats with a 60' screen in a 3,000 square foot auditorium. The seats recline almost flat, and are arranged in pairs, "loveseat style." It cost about as much as going to the movies in the US, but they threw in free soda and popcorn. They also gave free massages in the lounge before the movie. Aaah. We saw Da Vinci Code. It didn't offer me anything that the book had already done, but was entertaining to some degree. In that theater, no loss-- quite comfortable for sleeping as well.
This place really is amazing, though. They have a Patrick Floor (stuff for nerds) and at least a floor for Marie. They had the fancy (not really) new phone Patrick wanted... but forgot to buy, and plenty of other toys.
The mall also has a very fancy gym, yoga place, Ocean-arium, indoor car dealerships (thank god they don't allow for test drives through the mall!) and plenty of other toys.
For all our efforts to engage in Retail Therapy all we bought in the mall was some Granola Bars for Koh Tao. Gotta have them Granola Bars!
(And a special thanks to Stacy and the jellybean for reading!)
Los Angeles doesn't have any style either. It's been so long, I forget if New York even has a real sense of style (not just "fashion) either... it could just be a California thing.
Bangkok has style. The beautiful people have class, style, and some fashion. The not-so-beautiful people don't apply to this story. (Although they are the reason we love Thailand.)
We went to one of the fancy shopping malls in Bangkok, Siam Paragon. We were there the last time in Bangkok as well, shortly after it opened. It is a mall for the beautiful people.
Since my wife is Beautiful, they let me in with a visitor's pass.
Our first time, we were simply overwhelmed by the food court. This time, we could take the Patrick Principal, and just go back to the restaurant we went to before... it was good. (Patrick rarely orders different dishes from a given restaurant. That's why it is nice that there are a lot of restaurants in the world.)
This trip, We Would See a Movie. We were in a splurging mood, so we decided to go to the VIP Theater. 32 Seats with a 60' screen in a 3,000 square foot auditorium. The seats recline almost flat, and are arranged in pairs, "loveseat style." It cost about as much as going to the movies in the US, but they threw in free soda and popcorn. They also gave free massages in the lounge before the movie. Aaah. We saw Da Vinci Code. It didn't offer me anything that the book had already done, but was entertaining to some degree. In that theater, no loss-- quite comfortable for sleeping as well.
This place really is amazing, though. They have a Patrick Floor (stuff for nerds) and at least a floor for Marie. They had the fancy (not really) new phone Patrick wanted... but forgot to buy, and plenty of other toys.
The mall also has a very fancy gym, yoga place, Ocean-arium, indoor car dealerships (thank god they don't allow for test drives through the mall!) and plenty of other toys.
For all our efforts to engage in Retail Therapy all we bought in the mall was some Granola Bars for Koh Tao. Gotta have them Granola Bars!
(And a special thanks to Stacy and the jellybean for reading!)
