Category Archives: Drinking

Sin Tax Hike

August 28, 2007 – 11:05 pm

The Nation published the government’s intention to raise the taxes on alcohol and cigarettes obstentively to reduce treament costs for those afflicted by the deadly killers. I googled ‘free cigarette treatment Thailand’ without finding a single reference on the first five pages pertaining to these search words. Officials hoping that the excise tax will discourage consumption […]

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Shenangin’s Pub Move

August 10, 2007 – 3:28 am

August 9, 2007 was the final night for Shenanigan Irish Pub at its long-standing address below the Royal Garden Shopping Plaza. The bar/restaurant had been serving excellent pub food and entertainment to its faithful clientele since 1997 under the mirthful watch of Simon Dutton, the general manager. The former rugby player from Oz runs a […]

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Dives of Pattaya – Entry Date – Aug 3, 2007

August 3, 2007 – 2:37 am

Aug 3, 2007 Wikpedia defines a ‘dive’ as a rundown drinking establishment offering the cheap drinks of a high alcohol content to a questionable clientele frequenting the bar for the sole purpose of drinking and not petty drinking either. New York City had been loaded with such dubious haunts on the Bowery ot the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. 50 cents […]

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Good News for Beer Drinkers

July 24, 2007 – 2:40 am

Bad news cascades on Thailand for farangs and Thais alike; a coup, rising gas prices, visa confusion, nightclub raids, falling value of the baht, collapse of the real estate market ad nauseum. Bad luck is contagious and many farangs have jumped ship for Cambodia where the welcome mat is not so trodden as in the Land […]

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St. Patrick’s Week Pattaya 2007

March 25, 2007 – 9:51 pm

7 days after March 17th St. Patrick’s Week finally came to an end in Pattaya. At least for me. The week’s alcohol consumption was probably 30-40 beers, five bottles of wine, and an undisclosed number of vodka tonics. My Celtic heritage was celebrated in Maggie May’s, Shinnanigan’s, Janet’s on Soi Excite, Dirty Dens’ on Soi 6, The […]

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