August 2011

Phong Vu is well known in Saigon, many people tend to buy their computer and computer parts here. The service is okay, I have bought motherboards from them before…

I had an early morning breakfast at the Big C Highland's Coffee shop in the Phu Nhuan District. I has been over a year and a half since I have been there. Scenes like…

I had dinner last Friday at Vincom Center with my business partner, staff and a visitor from Singapore. It has been over a year since I have visited Vincom Center when I…

Last Friday I had a meeting outside of the Continental Hotel. They were doing some fashion shooting at the Opera House across the street. I decided to see how well my…

I love this video. Sorry, limited English, majority Russian but worth the time. Really great clip that you should watch. Back in 1999, I would never expected that women…

Just saw a clip from a Turkish Airlines flight landing into HCMC today. It was upload just a couple days ago. I flow with Turkish Airlines from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to…

A couple times a week, my American friend and I meet up at a coffee shop along Xo Viet Nghe Tinh street not far from the Saigon zoo. Guess what this street is well known…

It is hard to believe but I have been using my Macbook Pro for six months now. Oddly enough, I have no regrets, I really like it. I have been staying up late at nights…

Still one of my favorite beef steak places in Saigon, Bo Ne Le Hong is a great place to visit if you have the time in the Phu Nhuan District. It was also featured in the…

Another nice good beer house in town. I wrote about Bia Tuoi Tiep Pho in East and West Traveler magazine's August issue. It is really a good beer house worth a visit…

Some people been asking me about the location of GNC in Vietnam. Since I needed some Whey protein shake powder, I decided to find the the GNC shop that I remembered…

Here is really nice popular coffee shop in the Phu Nhuan District called Tram Cafe on 100 Tran Huy Lieu street. If you like quiet coffee shops, Tram Cafe is for you…

Visited another of my favorite Japanese restaurants in Saigon last night. Curry Shika offers a great Japanese curry dish with side salad. It is a small place, very…

A friend (Leon) emailed this video from Corning this morning. I originally posted it on TheRightBrainer.com but decided I needed to post it here as well. It is a very…

Hoshi slept in my lap today. He is more active now playing with his various toys. He is still very quiet, only meows when he is hungry. He will have another checkup with…

Today I had some Hue street food in the Tan Binh District. This is one of my favorite street food vendor in Saigon. This place is run by a family during the evenings for…

Here is a new bo ne restaurant I tried in the Tan Binh District called Bo ne 2 Chi Em. I paid 55,000 VND for a bo ne with the works including a small piece of bread and…

A former colleague and student of mine from Indochina Capital called me today to visit his coffee shop on 206 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia street in District 1 of Saigon. He named…

Last week I took some nice photos from NYDC in District 1 of Saigon. My students like it there. It was a beautiful sunny day as you can tell from the photos.

I made my first visit the the Bitexco Financial Tower today to attend a meeting. I needed to be directed from the basement to the lobby and then finally through 2 sets…