The absolute best, and worst, of 2007 (read more...)

A quizzical look back at 2007 (read more...)

CITY LIVING

Why were clear plastic garbage cans placed around Bangkok?

New Millennium

Dear Mr. KIA: I am 25 years old and am told I look like a “grandma” with my glasses on. The abuse has gotten so bad I don’t want to wear my glasses when I go to work—despite the fact I have serious myopia. No type of modern-looking eyeglass frame looks right on me, and I’m too scared to try out contact lenses. (read more...)

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AIRLINES

Flying Yellow

The Hugo Boss Prize and Silapathorn Award winner and an associate professor at Columbia University spends his time in New York, Berlin, Bangkok and Chiang Mai, creating and teaching conceptual art. (read more...)

We looked out of our 22nd floor offices one blazing hot afternoon and saw a couple spidermen clinging to our windows. Dangling from his rope, “Vut,” Vutti-ard Tanong, 33, told us about keeping Bangkok’s towers of glass clean. (read more...)

Find a life coach to get you through the coming year.

The New Year is soon approaching, so what will be your resolutions? This New Year, if you’re hitting a low or just simply want to improve your life, try getting yourself a life coach. (read more...)

Last year, we rounded up four fortunetellers (Khata Chinbunchon, Meen the Tarot, Mohr “J” Phranakorn and Mettawan) and asked them what 2007 would have in store for us. (read more...)

Celebrities and famous faces look back at their pigging year. (read more...)

Instead of blowing a fortune on Champagne, celebrate with sparkling wines.

‘Tis the season to eat, drink and be merry. And what better for general merriment than a glass of bubbly? Most of us, when we think of sparkling wine, think of Champagne. But not all sparkling wines can rightly be called Champagne—and, contrary to popular belief, not every bottle of Champagne is superior to every bottle of sparkling wine. (read more...)