Woody Woodpecker

A mechanical man walking across Sukhumvit at Soi 11 last night. WTF?

I buy my groceries at Foodland across the street

Girls like to wear them, will check the mirror to see how they look. Sometimes it can be difficult to get your hat back 🤣

I've stayed there a couple nights, when it was managed by Amari, the location is good. The hotel was popular with Arab visitors. Rooms were starting to show signs of age. I was charged a joiner fee for bringing in guests but maybe that's been relaxed with new management.

The Terrace is open again. Always enjoyed it for people watching, but prices seem much higher now. Service inside too

Finch has completed restorations, but I still only see one or two customers. Rib Eye 🥩 at El Gaucho Steakhouse, although I prefer the Soi 19 location. Have a lot of history with the building there and they play soft jazz 🎷 in the background. I tried Mullis, for the first time, decent sports bar. They add on 7% for VAT but no mandatory service charge. Lots of traffic on a Friday night. Two weeks ago, the cops 👮‍♂️ made a sweep and arrested eleven African guys for cocaine possession. As a result, there were very few African guys around for a while but they're slowly starting to return. These guys have never bothered me but I'm not a user, haven't done coke since the 90's and have no interest. Bang Bang Burgers are now featuring bands on the weekends, lots of music in the street. The Golden Giraffe features the Cotton Mouth Blues Band 🎹 on Fridays, they have a singer who belts out a mean Proud Mary. Papa Benz 🎸 is a regular on Wednesday nights, he also plays at the Green Room on Soi 7/1. I didn't include Le Fenix in the OP because the hotel looks like a real eyesore in the daytime, looks better at night. I've never stayed there but recently tried out the rooftop bar. Lots of hookahs but with 'No Ganja' signs everywhere, seems only shisha is allowed. WTF? Cannabis is legal, I thought shisha wasn't legal. 😕 There used to be a BJ bar down the first subsoi to the left in front of Le Fenix, can't remember the name. The second subsoi has the Havana Social Club, who charge a 400 baht cover Friday and Saturday nights (includes one drink). Unlike Finch, this place was dark and jammed with people inside, many in Panama Hats, gyrating to the DJ's selection 🎶 over a decent sound system. I took my Mojito and retired to the upstairs lounge. If only I had a Cohiba it would have been perfect. Upon leaving the bar, and employee asked for my hat back. It seems they loan or rent out Panama Hats for customers to wear in the bar. Well, mine is a fedora and it's made of toquilla straw, not paper. I used to enjoy people watching at Paradise but they've recently added 17% to the bill, so I don't think I'll be back. A troubling trend in the Soi, which is why I dine more often on Soi 8. At least the Old German Beer House still has no surcharge. 👌 Cheers 🍺

I haven't tried the burger at Wine Connection, but I like the fettuccine and scallops.

From my experience, Hua Hin is not as good. I think if you're solely going for mongering you'll be disappointed. However, it's available if you have another reason to visit Hua Hin. For example, I used to go for the annual Jazz Festival when it was on the beach. I also took the ferry from Pattaya when that was available.

I also don't see the value. Do some research and create your own walking tour based upon your specific interests.

Sliders, at Fitzgeralds on Soi Nana, closest thing to White Castle in Thailand.

You can get a gorillapod from any camera store at MBK or Fortune Town for about 600

This is really sad. I happened to be walking by Tuesday while parametics were trying to revive the victim, and again yesterday while mourners were holding a vigil. RIP

I'll have to try the Brooklyn Badboy's restaurant next time in town, I've been meaning to for awhile.

Here"s the daytime look. They'll be opening a new burger joint called "Meat Head", an Italian restauran, and a Chinese restaurant.

The unveiling has begun, but looks like still more work to do inside.