One Night in Bangkok & the World's Your Oyster

I know my kid is getting older when, at 7 1/2, he's almost as tall as I am (reaching my collarbone) and can do a number of things much better than I -- like playing video games and kicking my butt in chess.

Which brings me to the cutest thing ever: his first chess tournament this weekend!

That Simpson's chess set that my girlfriend gave to us years ago is paying dividends. Bangkok here we come.

Bangkok, Oriental setting
And the city don't know that the city is getting
The creme de la creme of the chess world in a
Show with everything but Yul Brynner.