Cabbages & Condoms

When Ramiro and I decided to hire a maid/nanny, we said that we would make Friday night date night. We had the pleasure of eating out, our first Friday night, without baby. Our friend Frieda also minus one (her husband Scot away on business) decided to venture out for a night on the town. We went to a Bangkok classic, Cabbages and Condoms. It is a restaurant that provides family planning and HIV education to the community. The food is good and they have a coconut drink that we think is the best in town. The dining room is outdoors. The mock ceiling is adorned with lamps, vines and thousands of lights. If you look closer you will see that the lamps are covered in condoms. Overall it is a unique dining experience.

We got caught in a down poor on the way home. It was a good thing the rain held off till we finished dinner since we were seated outside.

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Getting Around Bangkok

Ramiro and Bryce Ride the BTS Sky Train.

Bryce loves to be carried and the streets are horrible for using a stroller. There are no sidewalks on side streets and the bricks and cement are not even on the roads that do have sidewalks. We have a few different carriers, this is the most recent addition.

Bryce's First, 4th of July

On the 1st of July Ramiro came home early from his trip to my surprise.
We Celebrated the 4th of July with the American Embassy on the 2nd, with good old fashion BBQ. Over a thousand people, US Embassy employees and their families attended. We had a lot of fun.

The 4th we went to the Great American Rib Company for a buffet. Our friends reserved a indoor (air conditioned) table. It was a good thing they did. It started to poor buckets half way through our meal. All the people outside scrambled in to a cosy dry (packed) dinning room. They put a huge tent over the buffet and the party continued. Bryce, the stud muffin, had 3 cuties to dine with.
Tommorow will be the big American comunity BBQ, with fireworks. However, many Americans left for the 3 day weekend. It should still be fun.

Bryce, Jordan, Hannah, and Kayla (the twins).