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1. New bike helmet. Gets a lot of looks because its for motorcycles — and kids here don’t wear them even on a motorcycle. He [...]
December 28, 2009
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Sometimes this town seems so small. One real grocery store. Three expat food joints — none with A/C or glass windows. Hazels, the [...]
December 27, 2009
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He is amazing. My man went down to Bangkok for some preliminary, hone-your-interviewing-skills meetings and came back with 3 really solid [...]
December 24, 2009
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I got sick. Stomach sick. Pretty miserable actually. It was bound to happen but boy being sick in a foreign place, with squat toilets and [...]
December 22, 2009
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Yesterday afternoon we went to a Christmas party/craft sale to benefit an English school for Burmese students aged 16-26. I had such a great [...]
December 20, 2009
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KFC lunacy. Note Dennis the Menace and my fake smile. The sign behind reads that Col. Sanders opened the first KFC in 2501 or something. [...]
December 16, 2009
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Today is Karen New Year. (The Karen are one of the ethnicites from Burma here in Mae Sot.) So we have a day off. It is always my substitute [...]
December 16, 2009
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I love this place! Borderline is a cafe, shop and art gallery that I have come to frequent almost daily. They are located at 674/14 [...]
December 13, 2009
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I love eating here. Here are a few of my favs. 1. Burmese Tea Leaf Salad (pictured). Nuts, tomato, garlic, cabbage and more. YUM! We [...]
December 13, 2009
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I am known for calling it like I see it. So here are some lessons I’ve learned over the past 3.5 months. Maybe they’ll help [...]
December 12, 2009