I’m one of those fortunate enough to have and hang out with diverse groups of friends, both in real life and out here in the blogosphere and twitterverse. All of them different shapes and sizes in colors of the rainbow with even larger variety of interests and points of view. All have great sense of humor and never take anything too seriously. But those we pull no punches on the most are Brandon’s circle of friends. The boys have known each other since high school and once we’re welcomed to the family, you’re also fair game for endless teasing and...
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2009 in pictures * 2009 Awards Drinking Buddy of the Year: Brandon, actually. Surprise! The mister doesn’t usually party down, but he has taken up a beer here and there this past year, a stressful one for his work. So we had gone out for a beer together more than the year before. Cheers to you, honey bunny! Bar of the Year: Hennessey’s Tavern and Beachwood BBQ in Seal Beach. These two places never fail to deliver cold pints and some great eats. They’re our go-to places when we want to run away from the daily life for a little...
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It’s not quite a year-end recap yet. But hot dang, where did 2009 just go?!?! Recap will be here after Christmas to see how I did with my last year’s goals. I don’t think I did too horribly…? In the meantime, here’s our eCard, wishing you a wonderful Christmas or whatever holiday you are celebrating…or your right to not celebrate at all! Heathen’s Greetings! 😉...
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One week in Bangkok. One movie. One episode of a Thai TV novella. And I’m hooked on the one, super hot Ken, Theeradej Wongpuapan. I only went home to Thailand for one week and I came back completely obsessed with a Thai TV novella, just like the rest of the female population in the country, Sood Sanaeha, directly translated to “Recipe for Love”. It’s all about the leading man, Ken, who plays a chef. He was tasked to teach a superstar to cook because she wants to win the heart of a tycoon, also played by one of my favorite...
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I told you about my multi-talented friend Note, the co-owner of Kinnaree Gourmet Thai and tarot card reader extraordinaire. The latter, at least our group of friends think she is anyway. I promised Note that I would blog about my month-to-month prediction, so that as time ticks on, we can come back to see how accurate she really is. Before we get to that, what she said about my overall future gets me giggling. She said that although I am a team player, I work better alone. Same thing with my social life, great with friends and going out but...
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Sawaddee from the Big Mango, y’all! A nice, crisp, 75F “winter” Bangkok, no less. I am enjoying the cool morning here. I arrived at dawn yesterday and what a day it was! My brother and sister-in-law picked me up in his brand new BMW X5. We had breakfast and I was left to myself all morning. I unpacked, played some piano, and took a crack at the Nikki Heat novel before succumbing to sleep after lunch. My friend Note called to wake me up and off I went to her condo for a 4:30 p.m. pool party that didn’t happen....
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