The cherry on top of all of it is that we also have the option of enjoying downtown Bangkok kid free. After our debacle last weekend and in anticipation of a bunch of travel that will keep us apart in the future, Jeff and I decided to spend Friday night downtown. He also has a work friend in town, so it was a great opportunity to show him some of our favorite spots.
First stop was the Red Sky Bar. We headed over to enjoy the post-work/pre-dinner happy hour. The first challenge was figuring out how to cut through the mall to get to the Centara at the back. There were signs, but after following them, we got to a dead end. I didn't mind too much though, because I got to discover new things in my favorite mall. They've redecorated the escalator circle too.
Eventually we figured out that we needed to walk through the parking garage to get to the Centara elevators, because, why not? We just had to make sure not to get distracted by the half floors.
We got to the bar around 5:00pm, which turned out to be the perfect time. We had our pick of seats and got settled with drinks before it got crowded. The daylight view was really nice too.
We enjoyed our slightly smoggy sunset,
and then got our favorite night view with the city all lit up.
After several rounds of buy one, get one free drinks, we figured we should probably get some dinner. Jeff wanted to go back to Neil's Tavern which is where we went for his birthday dinner when we first got here. It's either a short taxi ride or a long walk from Red Sky. We opted to walk and enjoy more of the city. On the way out, Jeff got a picture of the big curve that decorates the bar. It changes colors, and he caught it on green.
After a delicious dinner which we ate too fast to photograph, Jeff and I walked back up the street to the Oriental Residence which is right next to the main embassy building. We had found a great last minute price on a suite there, so we could spend the night downtown. We went onto our balcony and waved hello to the Red Sky bar which we could see was back on the green light (back and to the left).
I had checked into the hotel earlier while Jeff was at work, and it was hard for me to convince myself to leave. The sofa was super comfy.
And then they brought me complimentary macarons.
I was in heaven. They even had fancy technology stuff for Jeff. We really liked the hotel, and it's definitely one that we could go back to. We have a lot more exploring to do though.
When we got home the girls were happily playing. Elena's new thing is dumping all the duplo blocks at once.
Young said both girls were happy and slept through the night. Vivian loves having a "sleep over" with Young. It makes it so much easier to enjoy ourselves downtown knowing that they're having just as much fun out in the burbs. We'll definitely be doing it again soon.
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