I don't follow sports. I just have never really been that into them. There are a few exceptions to that, of course. I love White Sox games and Blackhawks games live. I used to love going to Illini hockey games and had season tickets in...
My entire trip around Asia has been designed to get me to Bangkok right at this moment. It was part of the reason I decided to switch my initial flight in from Bangkok to Singapore. It was part of the reason I decided against getting...
After a night train from Chiang Mai I settled into my Bangkok hostel in Siam Square. The area was more geared towards shopping malls than anything else. But there would be a big eating contest in the area a few days later and so I...
Lighting paper lanterns in Chiang Mai, Thailand....
On my last day in Chiang Mai, Jenny and I took a ride out to Tiger Kingdom. It's a little zoo of tigers that you can get up close and personal with. And by that I mean you pay a lot of...
Soup has always been one of my go-to comfort foods. There's something about a big bowl of broth that just makes me feel at ease. Maybe it's that, often, a bowl of soup will fill me up without weighing me down. Maybe it's that, always,...
The first time I cooked a bowl of curry was the first time I had tasted a bowl of curry. When eating Thai food at home and, well, in Thailand, I had always avoided curries. I assumed they were too hot. I assumed they were...
I learned to make this pad thai recipe at a cooking class in Chiang Mai. When traveling in Thailand, I'd often get these Thai fried noodles from street stalls, night markets, and even hostel restaurants. At home, pad thai is a frequent favorite in my...
One of the things that I've kept wanting to do but, for some reason, haven't been doing is take cooking classes. I love to cook and at home am always whipping up something or another for dinner, so the thought of learning to cook the...