We took a curious side trip in Thailand to a place called Cabbages and Condoms. It’s a restaurant and resort created to provide financial support for the PDA (Population and Community Development Association). PDA is Thailand’s foremost non-governmental charitable organization…
A little more than an hour drive outside of Bangkok is the Damnoen Sauak Floating Market. Basically it’s a shopping mall on water. Though slightly reminiscent of Venice with its many canals, with the abundance of brightly colored and exotic…
The food venders in Thailand are merchants, business people who bring their products to market sometimes in carts and sometimes in baskets attached to shoulder poles. The venders sit on street corners, and I don’t know if they have a…
This year we spent Christmas and the New Year in Thailand. It’s a long flight from New York to the Orient. We were in the air 14 hours before we caught our first connecting flight in Hong Kong, not to…
Many thanks to all of the loyal readers “Fish Kicker” won the story of the month in the on-line publication, www.bartlebysnopes.com. The Story of the Month is a monthly contest voted on by the readers of Bartleby Snopes. Near the…
It’s just at the south end of Dunbar Hollow Road, that’s where the Dunbars are buried. Not all of them mind you. There are some who because of dastardly deeds were banned from the cemetery. It’s a sad but true…
A Halloween Hologram. Just the other day there was a ghost of the summer baseball season still living in my martini!!!
Ah, the tricking and treating season is drawing near and there is no end to the fun that everyone is having this year. Devon will be 4 years old in a week and his energy and joy of life just…
It was a cold and blustery day in New York, the promise of many more wintery days to come. But these furry fellows were quite warm and comfortable in their special tropical jungle exhibition building. And they were very interested…