During my professional years working with luxury brands, I was fortunate enough to learn a lot about silk. Silk is a natural material that brings a sense of delicate touch to our skin while at the same time, allows every colour to bloom into its fullness. Silk makes the perfect canvas for any story to be illustrated in its most
One of the Xmas presents my husband gifted me was a book titled The Kamogawa Food Detectives, written by Hisashi Kashiwai. The novel is about a retired detective turned diner chef and owner, who on top of running a restaurant, also helps his clients to recreate dishes they have had in the past based on little clues they managed to remember. My
I was very exited to write about a Thai fashion designer for the first time, an actual designer who had worked as a designer for a fashion brand professionally before creating her very own label. Her style was vintage inspired, with a modern and tropical twist, and a flare of classy and sassiness! My very first question to said designer
I was looking for hand soap online. After typing “soap Thailand” into Google, hundreds of results appeared. Soap Opera was the one stood out and immediately led me to its site. Coming from brands, I am often intrigued by the brand name that the founder had decided upon. Right away I thought to myself, “That’s a very clever and dramatic
By now, this Tai Tai has covered two eco-friendly Thai brands that produce high-quality products made from recycled plastic: Little Ocean Heroes and MAT-ER. Hence, I was super excited and decided to write about SaveUsFromPlastic when I saw their colourful sea turtle smartphone or sunglasses stands that are completely made from recycled plastic. “SaveUsFromPlastics is a family recycling project. We are a
Do you know any Thai word beyond “Sawadee”? I have been studying the language since our relocation to the land of smiles. My favourite Thai word so far is “RAK”, which means LOVE. And recently, through a natural and effective health remedies brand, RAKS Natural, I learned another new word: “RAKS.” When LOVE becomes plural, the word “RAKS” makes up most of
Once we decided to make Thailand our base in Asia, we looked for a forever home for our family. Due to our son’s mobility challenges, we struggled to find the right home. Most villas are split into levels, when we were looking for one that could allow our son to move within the same floor, while there would be plenty of rooms
Embracing Thailand’s Shoes-Off Culture I can count on my hand the number of times I wore closed-toed shoes since I relocated to Thailand. After the first few times, I switched to flip flops entirely, as most of the places we go to expect visitors to take their shoes off. Even venues like shops, café, yoga studios, and nail salons expect customers
What is your morning routine with your children? When it comes to my kids, Max, my five-year-old son, is always the first one to get up. This to happen at any hour between 1 and 4 AM, but recently, he has started to get up between 4:30 and 5:30 AM. (Oh yes, a bottle of champagne is being chilled in the fridge once this
My husband is very picky when it comes to swim shorts. They have to be the right size, right colour, right cutting, right feeling, and right pattern for him to be happy. What seems “right” to me may not be “right” for him. For one thing, he does not like the swim shorts too long to make him look like a surfer
