The Neighborhood

 The other day I took a walk around the neighborhood. There are 2 parallel large roads, Sathorn and Silom that are very busy with crushing traffic and very noisy and active. They are connected by several quiet side streets. I walked from Sathorn Rd up to Silom Rd on Soi Convent, named for a Catholic orphanage and church on the street hen I walked down Silom Rd and returned to Sathorn Rd via Soi Sala Daeng. Toward the Silom end there are several areas where the local office workers eat their lunches from vendors on the sidewalk. The famous tasty, cheap and ubiquitous "street food."

 The people line up to buy their food from the vendors which is very fresh and inexpensive.
It is 99.9% safe and clean since it is sold and consumed quickly and does not sit around.

Then they sit at small tables on small plastic chairs or stools to eat and talk.

Many of the vendors bring their younger children to work with them.

There must not be much daycare in Thailand as this is a very common sight. Often the grandmas accompany the vendors to help watch the kids.

There are quiet areas on these tree lined side streets just away from the hustle and bustle of the the office and business areas.

On one side street/alley seemed to be the home of a an entrepreneurial medical center:

One stop shopping!!

I did go to the Hannukah party with my cousin at the 25th story apartment of her Israeli friends. Friends of hers thru her book club. The building was on the riverside with a great view of one of the bridges spanning the Chao Praya river.