HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM HONG KONG!

IFC2 building about an hour ago... 8 a.m. Redwood City time.

Happy and Healthy New Year to all!

BANGKOK

Bangkok for Christmas 2008! This was an amazing vacation... I took over 1100 photos.

PHOTO 1: Longboat ride through the canals of Bangkok with my Hottie hot and Singha beers.

PHOTO 2: Chakri Maha Prasat Hall (home to 3 kings) at the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaeo.

PHOTO 3: Wat Pho, Bangkok's oldest and largest temple built in the 16th century.

PHOTO 4: Wat Arun, established by King Taksin in 1768.

PHOTO 5: Chatuchak Weekend Market, 15,000 stalls with an estimated quarter million visitors each day. 

*more photos on facebook

WREATH

Hollywood Road @ Queens Road (looking east).

KUSH 222 in background...our window on the 25th floor has a big wreath in it.

(Click on photo to enlarge)

SHOPS

SECOND PHOTO SHOOT

Nahum's (top photo) 9th birthday party.

FORREST GETS FIRST HAIRCUT!

My godSON.... Forrest James gets his first haircut!

A couple of people asked Karen what "her" name was.

Barber credits go to:

C. Rhodes (aka... dad)

footnote: 1ooth

MICHAEL ENTERS THE DRAGON

DOGHOUSE WINS 15-14!

Doghouse wins in last at bat when Eric (red shirt) dives into first base and then Dave(#25) crushes ball to deep left center for walkoff homerun! 

DOGHOUSE RECORD (3-0)

SILVER LAKE HOLIDAY DINNER @ CLASSIFIED

Silver Lake Hong Kong had their 2008 holiday dinner at Classified. Stories were told, Rubik's cubes were solved and books were read... :). A good time was had by all.

Happy Holidays!

MY FLAVOR OF "KOOL AID"

INCOGNITO...

This lady was hiding behind a paper napkin while snoozing at Starbucks... 

Is it just me!?

REPULSE BAY AND BEACH

This is the Santa Cruz of HK island.

STANLEY

This is Stanley... there is a huge "open air" market here that is very popular. This is a shot of the bay and waterfront.

FLOWER

WEEKEND WEATHER... NICE.

From our flat on Sunday morning... nicest weather we've had since our arrival.

JUNK BOAT

This guy is "fishing" trash out of the harbor with his net.

FLAMINGOS

HAPPY VALLEY

222 HOLLYWOOD ROAD (25/F)

THE VIEW FROM "222"

TOP: Looking North (towards harbor)

MIDDLE: Looking down (West side)

BOTTOM: Looking down (North side)

NIGHT & DAY

Taken from "the peak" atop Hong Kong.

SILVER LAKE HONG KONG

Silver Lake Hong Kong opens November 10, 2008.

PHOTO 1: Lobby

PHOTO 2: Hallway

PHOTO 3: Blueprint (click on photo for close-up)

PHOTO 4: "The Crew" (L-R) Brett, Douglas, Michael, Kathleen and Kevin.

CHEERS!