Happy Chinese New Year!

First off - completely unrelated to Chinese New Year - Congratulations to Jimmy and Elyssa on their engagement!! We are bummed we are not home in the states to celebrate the good news, but will certainly pop some champagne when we get back in March. What exciting news!

Happy Chinese New Year! This is a BIG holiday in this area of the world, with most people getting off work for the whole week and doing lots of traveling and celebrating. 6 of us headed down to Chinatown this evening to check out the festivities and get some dim sum for dinner. Here are a few of the highlights.

Chinatown in Bangkok

One of the MANY street cart vendors making
fresh-squeezed pomegranate juice. Delicious. 

A toast to antioxidants!

some good street cookin'

I think this is illegal...? Although it seems to be on all the menus...

random pup dressed in his best casual wear.
Check out those jeans and kicks!

Of course this prompted us to start singing
"99 red balloons.. floating in the summer sky..."

No one seems concerned about gigantic fires
in the middle of the crowded streets. Whatevs.