November swept in on Halloween night, with high winds and plunging temperatures. When I woke on November 1st and threw back the covers, I could feel the first hint of winter in the chill morning air. Sipping coffee, I browsed through email...
What if you could focus on your work — entering that elusive “flow state” where great work gets done more quickly — whenever you needed to? That’s the seductive promise made by the folks at Focus@Will, a music service...
Update (7/17/2015): With virtually magical versions of Ulysses now out for both iPad and Mac, I’m not sure why anyone would be using Daedalus. But if you are, and you’re still having problems with the syncing, here’s the line of...
Healthland Massage, Bangkok (Photo Credit: Healthland Massage) In Bangkok, legitimate massage parlors line almost every block. Ninety minutes of pampering plus a generous tip sets you back about twenty bucks. At those rates, everyone indulges. On...
Today, we board the aggressively air-conditioned SkyTrain (Bangkok’s BTS monorail system) and take a short, quick ride to our old stomping grounds: the neighborhood around the Shangri-La Hotel. Seated on the hotel’s riverside patio, we order lunch...
How far would you paycheck go if you were paying Bangkok prices for the products and services you use back home? A bottle of cold water, available anywhere: twenty cents A twelve-ounce Coke, sweetened with cane sugar: fifty cents A bowl of gourmet...
On the walk home from this afternoon’s massage, the sky shifts from cloudy to swollen and grey. In Bangkok’s heat, the frist spritz of rain refreshes us. But minutes later, the sky grows darker, and fat drops hammer down. The satay vendor at the...
