Category Archives: Nightlife

Thailand’s Happiness Index Deficit

In 1972 Bhutan’s King Jigme Singye Wangchuck attempted to reform his country’s feudal economy on a Buddhist spiritual level rather than a capitalistic model. To best judge his efforts the king created a Gross Domestic Happiness Index based on life satisfaction, life expectancy at birth, and ecological footprint per capita. The Wall Street Journal ignores […]

Red Sox Fever Pattaya

Two games versus the Yankees and the Red Sox won both in April; the only bar in Pattaya to watch Red Sox games is the Janet Bar on Soi Excite. The owner hails from Newburyport and Mike played b-ball against Patrick Ewing. “He dunked it from mid-court.” Patrick Ewing was named to the top 50 NBA Players of […]

What’s Up A Go Go Pattaya

“You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar.” I love that line from the Human League’s DON’T YOU WANT ME BABY, only in Pattaya men tend to fall in love with go go girls dancing around a firepole. I fall in love with them too although only from a distance. Not that I’m […]

Heaven Above a Go Go Pattaya

If Heaven Above A Go Go was operating in LA, the vice squad of the square city would close the exotic art establishment within an hour, otherwise traffic jams on the nearest freeway would extend for miles. Dancing girls, techno music, lesbian sex shows, and lounge couches for groping in a setting from CLOCKWORK ORANGE’s […]

CASINO CLUB PATTAYA

Saturday night out on the town and it’s 2:30am. Way past a man my age’s bedtime. however the gentle persuasion of my good friend Sam Royalle coaxed the devil in me to stay out another hour. Most punters head to Marine Disco or the JP Bar, however our choice for a nightcap is the Casino […]