Bangkok Week 62 September 3, 2009 A packed weekend that was artsy, merry and Japanese. View fullsize Even funky old cars have to sit in Bangkok traffic. View fullsize It's Bangkok Arte' Weekend! A weekend festival of artsy vendors, art exhibits and concerts. View fullsize (They offered a shuttle from the BTS for the lazybones... including us.) View fullsize Attention to detail: including these benches! View fullsize Heading "inside". Everything was under a covered soccer field. View fullsize The event! Many vendors selling artsy clothes, jewelry, second-hand shoes, etc. View fullsize A big Color-Me wall stood in the middle of the field. View fullsize Checking out the prices of shirts-I-wouldn't-buy-anyway. View fullsize A purchase! A stylish new laptop bag! View fullsize A maker of colorful shirts and skirts blends right in with her wares. View fullsize Caricatures, sponsored by a bank. View fullsize Caricatures, not sponsored by anyone really. View fullsize The field was littered with bean bags, so people could just "chill". View fullsize Group shot with a background audience. View fullsize A boy contributes to the community project while avoiding the flu. View fullsize Yes! I made it to the goal! View fullsize Can't leave without vandalizing the wall himself. View fullsize Finally, dining at the vegetarian Japanese restaurant we stumbled upon last month. View fullsize Grilled Chicken! View fullsize Mixed tempura... with shrimp and dashi!!! View fullsize Look! It's shrimp tempura! View fullsize He he he. Japanese food. View fullsize Chicken? (Unfortunately, they didn't serve Japanese rice.) View fullsize And sushi, of course. This one had ham (along with the standard fixin's). View fullsize Ooh. Full now. View fullsize The new bag we won at the art fair, full of Japanese groceries. View fullsize The next morning, the penguins get ready for another wedding! View fullsize Recognize the dress? The necklace from prom? View fullsize The bride and groom are linked at the head by a string, and relatives come pour water on them. Romantic, no? View fullsize Some of the German relatives sit with a band of teenagers playing traditional music. View fullsize The red carpet shot? Featuring everything from mum. Help, my dress-up box is emptying quickly! View fullsize The Boston Boys (Wang, on the right, is the one whose sister's getting married.) View fullsize Everyone takes pictures in front of the backdrop while waiting for the bride + groom to change for lunch. View fullsize Group shot + shadow-of-photographer blocking face. How professional! View fullsize This kid couldn't wait till lunch started. View fullsize The new family. Quick, one of these is not like the others! View fullsize The wedding crashers? View fullsize One of many ice sculptures in the dining room! View fullsize This table is reserved for Wang's friends. All two of them. View fullsize Wang, Fu, Vee posing with drink supplements imported from the US. View fullsize The super-grande buffet. View fullsize And the vegetarian option. Irony here: these are fresh vegetables made to look like western frozen vegetables. View fullsize The couple are projected as they slice the cake with a sword. View fullsize And the requisite bouquet-tossing. View fullsize No visible progress this week, except for the disappearance of the workers' huts!
