The_Munchmaster Posted October 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 did a walk through WS or better what is left of it last night... only Easy Pub and Square One are still open but both were completely empty, no guests, no girls and then the two open air bars at the entrance from Soi 22 they already demolished the houses from former Silver Dollar to Cat's Meow As HT said the only drinking options in WS are now, Easy Pub Can have quite a lively expat crowd mid afternoon to early evening but any later and it's usually dead and depressing. New Square One Pub, aka Taffy’s Hairy Pie Club Some of the same crowd to be found in Easy Pub later in the day congregate in Taffys earlier. Not much sign of life after dark. Streetwalk Cafe Stays open until the last customer goes home. Sometimes quite busy but fairly quiet these days. Dennys Corner Bar Same as Streetwalk Cafe, stays open until the last customer goes home. Very busy most nights now, mainly with the airline crowd from the Imperial Queens Park. Owned by Khun Som who also owns Soms Restaurant and Bar on the right side of the entrance to the Regency Park Hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamokhamok Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Thanks for the photos - makes all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 Sad to see those last two photos, Munchy. Cant say that I spent a lot of time in either bar, but it was obvious to anyone who walked into either than a lot of love (aka money) had been thrown at each of them. I did think the old ladyboy theatre was an odd choice for a brand new sports bar, but I assume the owners were given a killer deal on the rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 I appreciate overall the flavor/scope of NotTheNation...but that article was just fucking mean-spirited. It ranged from being simply grossly ill-informed (implying that even the Dubliner is still open) to grossly pandering to WRONG (conveniently so) stereotypes of sex-work customers in Thailand...e.g. that they're all in their 80s, bald, and fat...such a view is convenient because it fits typical Western stereotypes of sex work...and it's bullshit!! At least 50% of the clients of sex workers in Bangkok are young, hot guys in their 20s with washboard abs, who could easily get laid by one of the flabby, doughy cunt bitches their age in the West... But that reality doesn't fit with Western condemnations of sex work, so it's ignored... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 I appreciate overall the flavor/scope of NotTheNation...but that article was just fucking mean-spirited. It ranged from being simply grossly ill-informed (implying that even the Dubliner is still open) to grossly pandering to WRONG (conveniently so) stereotypes of sex-work customers in Thailand...e.g. that they're all in their 80s, bald, and fat...such a view is convenient because it fits typical Western stereotypes of sex work...and it's bullshit!! At least 50% of the clients of sex workers in Bangkok are young, hot guys in their 20s with washboard abs, who could easily get laid by one of the flabby, doughy cunt bitches their age in the West... But that reality doesn't fit with Western condemnations of sex work, so it's ignored... The way I read it, your take on the article is what its all about. Here's the thing, what is 'Not The Nation'? If you can answer 'A (somewhat) humorous poke in the eye with a sharp stick at all and sundry' you get a gold star. Maybe not a good idea to take their reporting in any way seriously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 At least 50% of the clients of sex workers in Bangkok are young, hot guys in their 20s with washboard abs, who could easily get laid by one of the flabby, doughy cunt bitches their age in the West... Doughy cunt bitches, eh ? Nothing mean spirited there. I don't spend a lot of time thinking about said bitches, but then I don't spent a lot of time thinking about hot young guys with washboard abs having sex, either. The article was clearly a piss take - I probably wouldn't let it ruin my year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted October 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Was going up to Club Perdomo on Soi 28 last night for a cigar, so took the shortcut through Washington Square as usual to get to Suk, only to find when I got to the Dubliner that the entrance from Suk into WS is now completely blocked off! So had to walk back through WS, down 22 and up Suk just to get back to where I'd already been. Can anyone translate the red letter sign on the hoarding. Presumably something about no access to 22 via WS? Someone was telling me the other day that WS is going to be developed into a shopping mall, but who knows, many different rumours going around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 In their bid to keep emulating Singapore, Washington Square will be rebuilt as a 40 story whore house. Bangkok's answer to Orchard towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 In their bid to keep emulating Singapore, Washington Square will be rebuilt as a 40 story whore house. Bangkok's answer to Orchard towers. yes please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 The sign says: Enter Thiengthong (Golden Candle) Shop through Sukhumwit Soi 22. Presumably Thienthong as a gold shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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