I'm still super-busy these days with lots of extra work and lots of extra friends visiting Bangkok. Last night I had a few of them over for dinner at the restaurant downstairs and then a little party in my condo upstairs. Then we headed out to a few clubs near Chutuchak Market. A fun evening all in all, so no complaints here.
Since I don't have time to write much today, I just wanted to share an interesting article about Bangkok that I just read online. It starts off talking about my favorite breakfast place that I have written about before -- Au Bon Pain in Thong Lo's J Avenue.
To the untrained eye, the Au Bon Pain at J Avenue, a strip mall on Soi Thonglor in Bangkok, doesn't look like much. On a recent evening, a group of university students in jeans and studded belts were "studying" their textbooks and showing off their new cellphones. At another table, four office types were examining floor plans. A mother brought her children in for snacks. A young woman quietly smoked a cigarette.It could have been any Au Bon Pain in any mini-mall in any city on the planet. But this was not just another fast-food franchise. This was, according to Krissanaphong Kiattisak, the epicenter of creativity in Bangkok.
The rest of the article, called Bangkok's revolution in creativity is an interesting read about the new youth culture that is appearing in Bangkok.
Update 4:15 PM: I think that the article I mentioned above was actually written for the NY Times. On the Times website, the article is called To Be Young and Hip in Bangkok and even includes a few pictures.
