I’m starting up this travel blog again as I got to Bangkok and felt inspired by what I was seeing. It’s a very cool city. I’m staying at a digital nomad enclave that has work space built in. I take a motorcycle about an hour to get to the city center for maybe 8 bucks. It’s a fun ride, zipping through the city.
I’m a light chaser, so if a city has beautiful light, I tend to get excited about golden hour. So the last couple of days, I’ve cruised into Bangkok to capture some shots at the end of the day, because it’s so enchanted. It looks enchanted.
But I’ll write another post about that once I gather my bearings — I’ve just been chasing light and marveling at how magical everything looks.
It’s all about this vegetarian restaurant: Ethos.
My friend and I happened to pass by it and I thought, that’s cute, with the intimate “sit on the floor” option at real tables. Perfect.
I’ll go back and update with images. They’re open for breakfast with a page of pancake options.
I just hate being that person taking photos of everything, sometimes.
But these are the coconut banana shakes we got— delicious.
I would tell someone to have an intimate dinner with a friend here which is what I did.
With Ashton. My friend. She happened to be traveling through Bangkok, a magical person. She’s sort of a good luck charm.
And behold, I had turned in an excerpt of another idea for a memoir as I’ve been working on a couple of ways to package my crazy childhood, so I tried something new for this contest.
However, approaching Asher in the most resplendent light, I wasn’t too happy about it, because I sent in the wrong draft. And a window opened for me to edit it, simply, so I had a chance to slip in the right version. So good luck charm. That’s what I mean about her.
People used to say I was psychic, which I’m not subscribing to anymore. She is. She’s got a true magical vibe. Things happen. That’s the point. There’s something inexplicably beneficial about her. Pixie dust, something.
Whatever suggestion she gives ends up producing immediate results. I respect her as someone who probably could practice psychology, type deal.
Over red curry and coconut soup noodles and crispy spring rolls— all of which was delicious—and our banana coconuts shakes (so it’s just girls getting excited) we talked about cultivating enthusiasm.
Trying to do one thing a day or approaching my tasks with that kind of charge as it tends to lead one in positive and fruitful directions.
I woke up, so grateful for the chance to resubmit, thanks Asher, and I realized how excited Bangkok made me. A place I was inspired to explore.
She gets downloads and things, so she told me that she got a vision of me in bed. I was trying to climb some epic wall when it was covered in archways that I could just walk through.
That’s my task right now. Generating enthusiasm. And thinking about sharing my favorite places as I go.
Maria