Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Universe


Hi,

Today was a beautiful day, and we managed to 'take care of ourselves'.  We experienced storm drain detours and dined at the newly opened Art Bridge Restaurant.  

Well, it seems that there are still some memories intact.  The 'Easy Monday' song got a proper response.  Here's more:
"Mistakes, I know I've made a few, but I'm only human, you've made mistakes too, and I'm cryin'.  __ __ __, __ __ __."
Clue:  When the smoke cleared he was still in love.

Boot and Rudy had plans for a day trip to Mae Sai.  They were going to visit some friends in the Mae Sai Riders motorcycle club.  She told us we would have to take care of ourselves, meaning get our own lunch and dinner.  We're big kids and we know how to do these things.  We stayed home until late afternoon and had a restful but productive day.  

Our dear friend Blue is coming to Thailand at the end of the month.  He'll be here for almost 3 weeks and we've been waiting for his return for a long time.  There are also many friends of his/ours who have been asking us when he'd be back.  

We had to go downtown this afternoon and we were pretty sure we'd hit the 'New Chiang Rai Traffic'.  It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, thanks to a policeman directing traffic at the Clock Tower circle.  That could have been a disaster, but it was pretty smooth.  Construction is on the main north/south thoroughfare through town.  With not many alternate routes, things back up quickly.  We got to our destination, in the construction zone, parked on the sidewalk, and that was that.  I never thought I would just do something like that and take it in stride.  (555)  I guess I'm becoming 'localized'.  We stopped by Work@Home and while we were waiting for our bread to be sliced, we had a Thai/English lesson with the woman at the counter.  She has been asking customers questions as a way to learn English, and in turn, teach them a little Thai.  Our lesson with her today was how to say 'It will rain tonight'.  We also learned that she is 65 years old.  It's pretty cool that this woman is working on her language skills at 65, on her own.  She deals with tourists a lot and realizes the value of being able to communicate.  

Our dinner at Art Bridge was great.  They did a lot of work, not only on the kitchen, but the general presentation.  The menu has been expanded, there are little touches of class around the place, and what we ate tasted really good. While we waited for our food we went into the gallery to see some of the new work that went up over the weekend.  We could spend hours looking at the different works of art, since there are so many styles and concepts represented.  Art Bridge Rocks.

Today's photo is from our dinner cruise on the Ping River.  It was taken from the bow of the boat and the colors kept changing.  This was one of the best.

                      Glowing Purple Bridge

Have a Happy Tuesday.

                  Peace,
                             Danny

"The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our
wits to grow sharper." 

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