By BK staff | Dec 22, 2014 01: Silom turned into a market 02: Tea made its way into our cocktails 03: Our favorite coffee shops started to multiply. And haven’t stopped. 04: Our street stalls disappeared... sort of... from a couple of areas 05: We fell under a military regime 06: Italian food reached new levels 07: French bakeries happened 08: We went on actual nights out in Chinatown 09: Atelier Robuchon finally opened 10: But was beaten to it by a bunch of other Michelin chefs 11: Duangrit Bunnag invented a reason to cross the river 12: Craft beer became the only beer anyone drinks 13: Largely because cocktails were so expensive 14: Especially the barrel-aged ones, though they were delicious 15: We went crazy for kebabs 16: We started living slowly 17: Thailand got a proper music festival with camping and everything 18: Food trucks trucked into town 19: Burger standards got so good our old faves seemed inedible 20: Though they had stiff competition from Taiwanese buns 21: And people turned on Escapade 22: Cycling became so serious we invested in fly-wheels 23: Followed by proper running shoes 24: We started drinking cold brew 25: Everyone flew to Japan 26: Really, the amount of craft beer we drank was ridiculous 27: Farm-to-table was out; wilderness-to-table was in 28: We learned what omakase means 29: A machine learned to judge Thai food 30: Mariah Carey proved that somewhere in the world people still care about her 31: We swapped our New Balances for Nikes 32: Shouty men shouted exercise instructions at us from DVDs 33: Vintage Scandinavian got dumped for industrial American 34: We put down Monocle and picked up Kinfolk 35: Which taught us to hang dry flowers upside down and eat off chopping boards 36: No menu was complete without burrata 37: We didn’t buy any clothes at Siwilai. But we did like the idea of it 38: Beef needed to be better than just Kobe 39: Did we mention the craft beer? 40: Everyone wanted to be a craftsman 41: New apartments shrunk to micro-size 42: Meaning our decades-old condos were deemed cool again 43: Sqweez Animal played everywhere 44: We stopped petting cats and started playing board games 45: Chiang Mai became seriously awesome 46: We attached our phones to sticks and took the most awesome selfies ever 47: We all Instragrammed this 48: Some nice places to drink popped up in shopping malls 49: The Japanese threatened to leave even though we made such an effort with their food 50: But not before bringing us good cheesecake 51: Cosmic Cafe closed and we had nowhere to party 52: Then Studio Lam opened 53: We all wanted to join a co-working space 54: No matter how many places opened, Phra Khanong continued to suck (kinda) 55: We lost track of how many Water Libraries there are 56: Uber arrived, but then got taken away, but none of the drivers stopped working, and now we’re not really sure what’s happening. Latest News Bangkok Island in murky waters as permit issues plague the party boat’s pier After the 4/20 party this weekend, Bangkok Island will be adrift, but you may find “pop-up” parties around the river. 1 day 5 hours ago city living News Bangkok Island in murky waters as permit issues plague the party boat’s pier Bangkok Island will be adrift after the 4/20 party this weekend, but look out for “pop-up” parties around the river. 1 day 5 hours ago city living News Shut Up and Dance: Where to find dancing communities in Bangkok From freestyle hip-hop and swing to K-pop and voguing, BK explores where (and how) to strut your stuff. 3 days 5 hours ago city living News