Category Archives: Nightlife

The Gift Of The Hitman

May 17, 2012 – 9:34 pm

Pattaya has a well-earned reputation for a refuge of scoundrels. The city fathers campaign ceaselessly to promote the city’s other attractions such as golf, food, shopping, and the beach, but a pig is a pig is a pig no matter what color the PR flaks paint the pig. Things have improved since the 90s, but […]

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Five Excuses For Why A Farang Must Go To Walking Street

April 5, 2012 – 10:41 am

Most farangs in Pattaya are not church-goers, for their temples are the beer bars and go-go bars. For some it’s an every night adventure, but the majority only attend services on the weekend, which sets up the rest of the week. It’s Friday and you’ve haven’t ventured in the direction of Walking Street for the […]

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BACK FROM THE DEAD by peter nolan smith

March 6, 2012 – 1:55 pm

ONE DEGREE OF SEPARATION By Peter Nolan Smith John Guare in his play SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION contended that everyone in the world was connected to everyone in the world by six people. Sometimes even less. My sister-in-law had worked at the CIA for George Bush, whose father met Hitler, so I’m connected to Der […]

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THE JOY OF DISCO – BBC

March 4, 2012 – 8:56 pm
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Sleep Like A Baby

November 21, 2011 – 5:10 am

Last evening Madame l’Ambassador and I attended a concert by the saxist Joshua Redman, the son of Dewey Redman. We had spent the day touring Triers’ roman ruins and I was feeling a little frayed by the time we arrived at the Luxembourg Philharmonic. “I might fall asleep,” I warned the ambassador. It was a […]

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