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Centra by Centara Hotel Bangkok Phra Nakhon
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 25/05/2023
» A new alternative to change the mood without leaving town, I checked into Centra by Centara Hotel Bangkok Phra Nakhon in the afternoon and spent the rest of the day at its cafe observing local life through the floor-to-ceiling windows while sipping iced tea paired with freshly baked pastries.
Random acts of kindness impress
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 06/11/2022
» In late August, Erin Alexander, 57, sat in the parking lot of a Target store in Fairfield, California, and wept. Her sister-in-law had recently died, and Ms Alexander was having a hard day.
When the everyday looks special
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 09/10/2022
» Julie Blackmon grew up in Springfield, Missouri, a city of 165,000 people in the southern part of the state, and went to college there. She got married in Springfield and raised three children there.
New Kids on the Block
Guru, Pornchai Sereemongkonpol, Published on 26/07/2019
» The wet season may want to make you hole up and wait out the rain (perfect bed weather and all that) but it doesn't seem to slow down new venues popping up in Bangkok. From a new upscale dining destination to a low-key night market in the city centre, here are five new and upcoming venues that are worth braving the rain for.
What's trending and happening this week
Muse, Published on 14/07/2018
» 1 For sweet lovers, enjoying a bunch of desserts can bring in that much-needed sugar rush. Recently, Escape Sansiri Hotel in collaboration with Dandelion Café launched a campaign Sweet Treat By Escape x Dandelion Café, finely creating three scrumptious sweet recipes with a unique design to match the rainy season. Our favourite is Snow White Apple Crumble, which offers a red apple from the oven with crumble and fresh butter. Served with vanilla ice cream, this dessert is one mild-blowing delicious dish. The two others include Crumble, Toasted Dark Raspberry S'more and Seashell Macaron with Sea Jelly. The campaign runs until Jan 13 at Escape hotels in Hua Hin and Khao Yai, with starting price at 195 baht.
Signs of the times
B Magazine, Andrew Biggs, Published on 10/06/2018
» A brand new community mall opened at the end of my soi in leafy Samut Prakan.
Revelations in Convent
Life, Vanniya Sriangura, Published on 19/01/2018
» Soi Convent has a strange pull. Crawling with office workers by day, it welcomes drinkers and diners by night. At one end is a cloistered convent protected by high walls, at the other a hospital and a church, and in between a motley selection of an Irish pub, street stalls, cafés, bars, dessert shops, dining venues, a som tam joint and an all-girls school. Flanked by the gaudy lights of Patpong and the business-minded Sathorn, the 800m soi in the busy financial district has a discreet but unfailing, perennial charm.
Livin' La Vida Mocha
Guru, Lydia Bilton, Published on 10/03/2017
» Here's a Friday fun fact for you. Did you know that Starbucks (that world-famous green and white coffeehouse you Bangkokians love) failed miserably in Australia? In 2003, the American coffee giant opened eighty-four stores Down Under, and eight years later, sixty of those closed.
You an Elf or a Grinch?
Guru, Mika Apichatsakol, Published on 23/12/2016
» There are two types of people in this world: those who live for Christmas lights, ugly sweaters and an endless airplay of We Wish You A Merry Christmas; and those who seek to hibernate through the "winter" and wake up only when times are sane again. Here are signs that you're either straight outta Santa's workshop or the spawn of Scrooge.