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Ruen Thai sounds interesting, I'll check it out. THIS is what I call an Irish Coffee: The Guiness Book of World Record's largest Irish Coffee. From the Buena Vista Cafe in San Francisco, which serves about 2,000 a day (mostly 6 ounce glasses), and where I discovered this exhilarating elixir.

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I really admire the Irish, they'll put whiskey in anything. So, whenever I need a break from crawling the GoGos I like to 'sober up' with an Irish Coffee at King's Cafe, across from the Ice Bar. It's a good spot for people watching, and you can peer up at the Eastern European girls on the Moulin Rouge preview stage next door. I've never been inside, so it's interesting to watch customers walking up and down the stairs, and note how long they stay. Your Irish Coffee is prepared table-side at King's Cafe. Igniting the flame temporarily attracts the attention of hoards of Walking Street strollers, away from the Michael Jackson impersonator, as they're wondering along like zombies with motion camera turned on, usually fixed on the Moulin Rouge stage girls. Do they bother to watch these when they get home? After the inside of your mug is coated with whiskey, 3 tablespoons of brown sugar are evenly distributed inside the glass and heated with the flame. Add the coffee, topped off with a delightfully gooey layer of unwhipped cream. Finally, the whiskey is lit and poured over the top like a lava flow. Be careful the flame has expired before raising the glass to your lips. 200 baht, plus 10% service charge, maybe the most expensive Irish Coffee in town (unless it's served at Moulin Rouge). Used to order at 19th hole, for 150, but is no more. Also, Cafe Patani on Soi Buakhao. Irish Coffee 'purists' may complain about the use of whipped cream, but good value for 130. Where else can I get a good Irish Coffee? Irish Coffee, it's not just for breakfast anymore!

I one I use want 3 month minimum. I've heard some good reviews of this one, but I haven't used them personally http://dancewatchers.com/

Rent a condo for a month. Much more cost effective than a hotel.

One place on Oahu I really enjoyed was Kailua, off the usual tourist path. There's a beautiful beach there, particularly good for wind surfing, that's nearly deserted on weekdays. For lunch, Cisco's Cantina, home of the Megarita, served delicious crab enchiladas. After one of their Megaritas (a 40 Oz Margarita), I was in no shape to drive back to Waikiki and would spend the rest of the afternoon at the beach drying out.

Blade Runner

Wouldn't it be great if Pattaya beach was kept as clean as the beach at Waikiki?

Diamond Beach hotel collects IDs but it appears 3 times on this list. Fake and stolen IDs aren't difficult to obtain, surveillance cameras may be more effective in apprehending perpetrators, as was the case in one of the homicides, where the woman used a stolen ID: http://www.pattayada...ead-two-in-icu/ http://pattayamail.c...81/news07.shtml

If you like freelancers, be aware the risks. Here's a list of recent incidents, by no means comprehensive, complied using google, includes some fatalities. Most occurred this year. Is this an epidemic? Russian drugged and robbed at Walking Street short time hotel: http://www.pattayaon...-south-pattaya/ Italian drugged and robbed at Soi 16 hotel: http://www.pattayama...rostitute-17927 Australian, suspected of being drugged, collapses on Walking Street: http://www.pattayaon...-south-pattaya/ German drugged and robbed at Soi Bouchow guesthouse: http://www.pattayaon...ya-guest-house/ Italian drugged and robbed at Central Pattaya Hotel: http://www.pattayaon...aya-hotel-room/ Russian drugged and robbed on Pattaya Beach: http://www.pattayada...g-on-the-beach/ Customer drugged at Walking Street Bar: http://www.pattayaon...ya-club-courts/ Englishman drugged and robbed at Chaba Hut hotel: http://www.pattayaon...-south-pattaya/ Englishman drugged and robbed at Bird In Hotel: http://www.pattayape...IdArticle=13571 Omani man drugged an robbed by 15 year old Beach Road freelancer: http://www.pattayape...IdArticle=18248 Australian drugged and robbed at Diamond Beach Hotel: http://www.pattayaon...-pattaya-hotel/ 3 Bangladeshi Rotarians drugged and robbed at Bella Express Hotel: One dies, 2 in a coma http://www.pattayada...ad-two-in-coma/ Norwegian drugged and robbed on Soi Yamano: http://www.pattayape...&IdArticle=5734 Australian drugged by Beach Road freelancer: http://www.pattayama...ad-hooker-15187 Iraqi drugged and robbed at Diamond Beach Hotel: http://www.pattayape...IdArticle=31729 German drugged and robbed at Nakula hotel: http://www.pattayape...IdArticle=28544 Swiss man drugged and robbed at Welcome Plaza Hotel: http://www.pattayape...IdArticle=26940 German drugged and robbed at View Talay 4: http://www.pattayama...eetwalker-14741 German drugged and robbed at View Talay 5: http://www.pattayaon...tien-apartment/ Israeli drugged and robbed at Sunview Hotel: http://www.pattayada...pattaya-hooker/ Swiss man drugged and robbed at Carlton Hotel: http://www.pattayaon...-pattaya-hotel/ Australian drugged and robbed at Diamond Beach Hotel: http://www.pattayaon...nd-beach-hotel/ http://www.pattayada...st-with-hooker/ South Korean found drugged and robbed: http://pattayamail.c...76/news10.shtml Dubai man dies at Botique Hotel after drugging and robbery: http://www.pattayama...rostitute-14962 Turkish man drugged and robbed at Sabai Wing Hotel: http://www.pattayama...prostitute-2360 3 Italians drugged and robbed: http://www.pattayama...ya-hookers-2217 Indian drugged and robbed at Midtown Inn Hotel, fighting for his life: http://www.pattayaon...-pattaya-hotel/ Indian drugged and robbed at Town Inn: http://www.pattayama...prostitute-8607 Iranian drugged at Thai Thing Hotel: http://pattayamail.c...35/news10.shtml Dubai man drugged and robbed at VC Hotel: http://www.pattayaon...-south-pattaya/ Danish man drugged on Walking Street: http://www.pattayada...s-working-girl/ FIVE Indians drugged and robbed by ONE Beach Road freelancer at Daimand Beach Hotel. Hey, I've actually stayed in one of these rooms on the 5th floor! http://www.pattayada...ed-by-one-thai/

Being There

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Harvey Korman - Count The Money

Golf Club on LK Metro with steaks from the Weber Grill, really gives some needed flavor to local beef. Large Porterhouse for 550, oogle the Devils Den girls while you dine. Beefeaters is decent too.

Humphrey Bogart

M*A*S*H

Caddyshack

This made me go in. It reminded me of The Creature from the Black Lagoon.

I've heard there can be some unpleasant odors in the sea-facing units because of cremations at the Wat.

I used to live on the 4th floor in Center Condo and enjoyed my 9 month stay there. They actually had a GoGo bar on the ground floor at one time, I think it was called the Blue Lagoon, and they added the pool while I lived there. I rented a 51 sq m unit for 14,000 which included electric, water, and cable, but it was a few years ago.

What about Tina Turner? [media=] [/media]

Last Tango in Paris [media=] [/media]

The Rack

Judgement at Nuremberg

From Here to Eternity