View From The Bar

Relationship Issues…

With A Satanic Cowboy Coyote. In this week’s Hazel’s Agony Aunt Address we talk with Dave about recent relationship issues he had with a Satanic Cowboy Coyote. Hazel. Hi Dave. Dave. You don’t want money do you ? Hazel. No…

Up Past Cocoa Time

A Tale Of Soi Cowboy Up past cocoa time. It appears to me that for many red light patrons, gogo bar reviews are paramount in giving an accurate description of Bangkok nightlife. Last night as a result of ingesting too…

Thai Virgin Part 2

Apple decides that than staying in Bangkok is a little boring so we should head off to Phuket for a week and sample the beaches, so like I love sick puppy that’s never had a treat before I agree to…

Why do men come to Thailand?

It isn’t solely about sex. Is it? It is personal to the individual, and on that note I will selflessly share my experience. It started 7 years ago, after a short visit. I had an ‘l’ll be back’ moment, a…

An Expats View On The New Bangkok

Long gone are the days where you would find me and some friends doing the old-fashioned pub/bar crawl over the wee hours, old father time has called on that as a regular past time, it‘s a young man’s game or…

The Red Lights Of Bangkok

The great city of Bangkok has three western oriented red light districts: Soi Cowboy, Nana Plaza, and Patpong. Whilst all three have some similarities, they all keep their own identities and to a point have customers that prefer one over…

Red-light Morning to Night: Patpong

Hey there. I’m Seven. I live the dream in case you can’t. This is the first in yet another series I’m doing called “Red-light Morning to Night” which consists of….well, exactly what the title says. There are 3 red-light districts…

Finding a Wife or Girlfriend?

10 Top 10: Finding a Wife (1-5) or Girlfriend (6-10) Behold the next installment of Seven’s 10 Top 10. It’s a doozy. So, as you may know, Thailand is many things to many people. It’s got gorgeous beaches, a rich…

The Red – Light is a puzzle

And every girl is a piece When Electric Blue closed in Patpong and became The Steakhouse Co., it sent shockwaves through the red-light. Girls who had danced there for years were suddenly cast into the sea, as it were, to…

The unbearable politeness of being

I think the British, for the most part, believe they always have to be. Canadians actually enjoy it, even when they’re being duplicitous pricks. Aussies take pride in eschewing it. As an American it was something I always hated and…

Confessions of a Red-Light Addict

Part 3: Nana as Methadone It’s 7:40 on a Monday night. It’s pissing down rain. I’m having an argument with myself in the mirror…..”Yeah, I know I should hang around the house and watch Westworld…yes, I realize I haven’t ironed…

A Bar Girl Intervention

When should you conduct an intervention for a bar girl? I mean, their job consists of drinking and dancing for a living. Can you really have an alcohol problem if you get paid to drink alcohol? I’m asking because I’m…