F.I.G. food is good!

wow, i am lucky to have this amazing restaurant 
just down the street from me...

fig is rustic and sophisticated.

mike the chef knows how to let his local product shine while

enhancing it's flavors.

see for yourself..

http://www.eatatfig.com/

                                                                                                     

bubbles........

when i can't sleep,

     i think about bubbles.....

all different types of bubbles........

wouldn't i love to be amidst a million bubbles?

maybe i will dream 

about

bubbles

i hope so.

a chandelier changes a room and mood........

http://www.shabbychandeliers.com/juli.html

             

i love chandeliers. i put them in every room, even my closet.


http://www.notooshabby.com/index.htm

helen duckworth~

i love helen duckworth, a local artist.........

i can't wait to go to her home and see some of these originals.......

charleston is such a great

city. i am so lucky 

to live here.

ประเทศไทย thailand heaven on earth........

หาด

the beach...
 even more

breathtaking

in

person.

when i was here the $1.00 = 40 thai baht

so yes that is $5.00 for 

an hour massage.

lounge bars playing trance music...

over looking the ocean...

 the sun sets like this every night.

it is a purely spectacular sight.                    พระอาทิตย์ตกดิน

and the food...

we found this little hut on the beach as we 

were taking a walk...

we crawled inside, rang the little bell and viola... 

we ordered an amazing lunch...

it is absolutely indescribable.

this is fried shrimp wrapped around 

sugar cane

with a sweet & spicy sauce.

these salads were prepared in a small hut on the beach

สลัดบนชายหาด

grilled corn on a stick with a lot of salt and butter...

i must have eaten a hundred...

these vendors cary 

everything they need on a stick.

they drop and cook then 

continue to the 

next spot.

garlic fried fish...

i must have eaten 10 whole snapper a day...

all different 

preparations....

how delightful to walk up and

select your fish or lobster, that was just caught, and have a bowl

of orchids and lemons to rinse your fingers.

thailand in one word - extravagant.      

ฟุ่มเฟือย

everything luxurious at your finger tips, yet nothing expensive.

actually quite the contrary. 

the flower market in bangkok

food, flowers, beaches oh my!!!! 

thailand is an amazing adventure. the kindest people

the best food and the cleanest 

restrooms.

every which way you look is another remarkable

sight and smell.

khao san rd

ถนนข้าวสาร

this pad thai cost about a dollar 

and keeps me

awake dreaming about it.

 to die for street food.

view from our hotel window.

the peninsula hotel in bangkok for about 

$200.00 a night:

this view, a mercedes car picks you up

from the airport .

a breakfast buffet fit for kings.

three rooms of 

delicious food..... thailand is 

luxurious.

these street vendors could put top 

chef to shame on flavors and presentation.

 big golden buddha aka big face.

someone once told me that once you go to thailand you will 

always want to go back.

i thought the world was to big to ever want to

go to the same place twice.

i was wrong.

 i want to return to thailand.

เดินทางกลับประเทศไทย

it truly is like a dream.

something so special i shared with my sister.