Street Smart Sukhumvit

THE SPECIAL TOILET EDITION~~~!!!!!Thankfully, special toxic gas masks are NOT required to view this entry~!!***************Flush WHERE~??(found in Terminal 21 - Asoke, Sukhumvit 21)***************Weird toilet seat direction:(found in Emporium, Sukhumvit 24)***************More engRish on the toilet seat:(can't remember where in Sukhumvit I found this hahaha)***************So... what's the difference between "FAMILY" and "FEMININE"~?!What if you're a female and is living with your...

Perhaps this was how Sukhumvit looked like before'Yeap, so at the hyper-modern Terminal 21 (at Asoke, Sukhumvit 21), there is some kind of "Retro Fair" going on~!!I stumbled upon this clay model of a fast-disappearing traditional Thai village on the ground floor.Unsurprisingly, this display was reeeeally popular with the kiddies~!! I also had a lil' bit of fondness of miniature models when I was a kid (LEGO, I love ya~~!!!!).I can't help but imagine that before most of Sukhumvit...

When the heat's scorching hot, and the humidity's making everyone so friggin' SLEEPY, just like these two restaurant workers caught napping (Thonglo Soi 2, Sukhumvit 55):HAPPY SONGKRAN, EVERYONE~~!!!!!   zzz Songkran on Sukhumvit...streetsmartsukhumvit@gmail.com sukhumvit bangkok thailand

Written by Imogen (Guest Writer)*Sofitel is finally opening a branch on Sukhumvit. Currently in its final stages of development, the 32-storey, 345-room hotel is designed by BBG-BBGM, a New York based architectural firm with an extensive portfolio of international hotels, resorts, retail space and high-rises, including Trump International Hotel and Tower in Dubai and Centara Grand Hotel and Convention Center at Central World in Bangkok.The company's project in Sukhumvit is a representation...

 A BTS security guard attacked and bloodied a foreigner on the BTS Promphong Station (next to Emporium, Sukhumvit 24), apparently for insisting on carrying balloons into the BTS!!   Bloody Balloons on Sukhumvitstreetsmartsukhumvit@gmail.com sukhumvit bangkok thailand

Written by Imogen (Guest Writer)*Bangkok's nightlife is one of its biggest draws for visitors. From makeshift street bars to the Khao San Road serving up buckets, to sophisticated hotel bars with gleaming tables: whatever your particular nightlife preference, Bangkok will oblige. Sukhumvit brings together all of the city's nightlife personalities in one place, frum grungy backpacker bars, to the ultimate in urban cool. Here are some of the best the area has to offer.Cheap Charlie's(Sukhumvit...

So here's another round of the bizarre and nonsense found on Sukhumvit Road OH YEEEAAAAHHH~~!!!!A door to nowhere at Thonglo 4 (Sukhumvit 55):***************Found this message inside the toilet of Dasa Book Cafe (used bookstore shop between Sukhumvit 26 and 28):(look at the scribbled "reply" at the very bottom right)***************Bird-on-head girl in the subway station at Asoke (Sukhumvit 21):***************Someone is definitely hostile towards the little ones:(found at K-Village,...

Last night I experienced something so bizarre, I'm still thinking about WHAT IT WAS EXACTLY.Hmmmm, how can I explain this' It was basically some sort of an "event". Called "Ayutthaya Redux" it was a kind of trippy, kaleidoscopic (magic mushroom optional) event at Sukhumvit 105 which paid homage to the lost glory days of the kingdom of Ayutthaya (Thailand's former capital, which was sacked by the Burmese army and later abandoned for present-day Bangkok)."Ayutthaya Redux" (held at...

I managed to catch "Baroque Me Baby" at TCDC (Thailand Culture and design Center) at my beloved Emporium (Sukhumvit 24) and boy, was I glad for getting some treatment for the ears and eyes!!"Baroque Me Baby" was a modern take of Baroque music using traditional instruments like spinetta and viola da gamba. The musicians were very good, and they looked like they really enjoyed playing to a rapt audience.There were also three contemporary dancers accompanying the musicians (though I...

The "boutique mall trend" is still going on strong right here on my beloved Sukhumvit. Yet another boutique mall opened on Sukhumvit 47 recently! The name is "Rain Hill", and it consists of four floors of restaurants, dessert and coffee shops, specialty stores (for clothing, candles, paper products and gadgets), a kids' school and a 24-hour supermarket.The concept is sort of like an urban jungle with trees and a "stringy waterfall" amid black metal (OK, OK, just take a look at the...