For someone who likes to eat so much, I’m not a cook. Whenever anyone asks me whether I cook, I’d say “I make food, but I don’t cook.” I can whip up a delicious bowl of fried rice and make praise-worthy guacamole, but real cooking? Nah. I don’t have the patience nor a particularly developed palate to know when something needs just an extra pinch of salt or whatever. Of the two of us, D is the chef. He grew his own…
A day in the life: Nimmanhaemin, Chiang Mai
aka. how much do we eat in one day? aka. how much does it all cost? Days in Chiang Mai begin slow and lazy. Because D ends us working in the middle of a night a lot (and me with him), we don’t set the alarm and let ourselves naturally come out of slumber. But some days, the day begins early. Sometimes much too early, like today. I stir, reach for my phone, and groan at the hour: 8 am…
Dreams come true: floating lights in Chiang Mai
I remember the moment when a dream was born. It was in a movie theater 4 years ago, as I sat wearing ridiculous 3D glasses in a showing of Disney’s Tangled. Instantly, it became one of my favorite movies of all time (let’s establish that I have the mental development of a 12 year old, ok?). Later when the Blu-ray release came out, I immediately purchased it and watched it again and again in the privacy of my own apartment…
Finding my stride in Chiang Mai
You guys… I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to become a backpacker cliche. You know the ones… the ones who travel to Southeast Asia (specifically Chiang Mai, Thailand) to find thrills and indulge in good food, all while (and most importantly) living on the ridiculously cheap. And the ones who inevitably settle down there because, why else would you go anywhere else now?! But I have something to confess. I LOVE Chiang Mai too! I love it so much…