One of our favorite massage parlors in Bangkok, is Lek Foot Massage,.   They are located right across from the Novotel  Hotel and Siam Paragon Shopping Center.  I discovered this place a few years ago when I went to Thailand in search of the perfect pouch for my Friendship Stones, and have been running back there as soon as I arrive in Thailand ever since!

You can get a 1 hour head and shoulders massage, and at the same time a 1 hour foot reflexology massage for the grand total of 500 Baht, which is about 15.50$!  That is four hands, can you believe that!  This is one of the reasons we LOVE Thailand!  We all line up for our massages.  Nothing like a Family all getting massaged together.  What is great in Thailand is that everyone does it,  no matter where you are or who you are, there is a place to get a massage. We managed to get three in a 24 hour period! We were definitely their best customers that day.

Then we would run across the street to the Siam Paragon Center, that is also a MUST see in Bangkok.  The lower floor with the food court is not to be believed, any kind of food you could ever want.  Of course, I have a favorite there too as well,  MK’S, Thai Sukiyaki

My Favorite Restaruant

I LOVE their Green noodles and roast Duck,  and I always ask for extra duck sauce,  I don’t know how they make it but it is the best I have ever tasted.  My husband and Daughter also fell in love with it, so we also managed to eat it twice!  Because I was with my family, I got to try the hot pot, which was really fun.  You order all kinds of veggies and meat and cook it in the hot soup and then dip it in a sauce.  Really good!

So, that was Bangkok, great food and wonderful massages.  Helped us over jet lag before we headed off to Singapore.  Fill you in on that tomorrow…

First,  Singapore is beautiful and we are having an amazing time.  I am so blessed that I can travel and take my children with me.  We have decided that we will take each child on their own trip– so this was Gymnasts trip.  My other two children also had their “on their own trips”  It is a whole other world spending quality time with one child when you are used to spending it with three.  As I put my daughter to sleep last night and she told me “that there is nothing more that she could ever ask for in a Mother” I knew this trip will remain in our memories for a lifetime!

For all of you who are arriving to my new blog and site for the first time, I thought that I should introduce to you the Friendship Stone Team, you can read their full bios on the site but this is more of a personal note.

Jill – She is my best friend – and my sister – what is better than that!  She is an amazingly talented woman, a professional culinary stylist, a fabulous mom and great to work with.  She deals with the company’s entire PR, content, and lots more! She truly is the Gift Specialist.

Laure – We met in Art School in CA, many years ago and have remained soul sisters and best of friends.  Laure is an amazing photographer, and expert quilter (oy you should see her stuff) an amazing mom and of course fun to work with. Laure takes care of all of our logistics, shipping and inventory!

Shari – she came into our circle of friends through the smallest of Job Ads in the world – I was looking for a personal assistant! (Didn’t realize the scope of the business when we first started).  Shari is a multi-tasker extraordinaire, a great mom and a wonderful friend.  Shari is our web producer – she makes sure that you can read this blog and runs all three of our company sites!

A few months ago Jill, Laure and I met up in Florida for the Big Brothers Big Sisters National Conference.  Our partnership with BBBS was announced there.  What an honor to be involved with such an important mentoring organization. As we live in different cities – different continents – being together at this event was very fulfilling.

I turned 50 this year – and one of the best birthday gifts was to spend time with Laure and Jill in Thailand together!  Just having fun in the sun – Three best girlfriends!

So I will be back in a few days – and  I will let you in on the tales from Singapore – the people I met, the places that we visited and the friends that we made!

Have an amazing day

Cathy