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Community Happenings is an opportunity for all clubs, businesses, hotels, restaurants and entertainment outlets to inform the Pattaya Mail’s readers what new “happenings” are coming up. Send us your happening by email to: [email protected] or by fax 038 427 596.

Announcements

The Parents Teachers Association and ISE are pleased to invite you to the Family Fun Day 2005 at the International School Eastern Seaboard, Burapha Golf Club on January 30, 11 a.m. till 3 p.m. Apart from great food and lots of activities there will be soccer and softball games to take part in. Come and join them! All parents and guests are welcome. For more information, contact Ning or Mem at ISE on 038 725 915, 038 345 556-9.

Clubs

Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States of America, Pattaya Post 9876 (VFW) is having their monthly social luncheon at Hogsbreath Saloon, Soi Batman, 148/78-79, Sukhumvit Road, Pattaya on Saturday, January 8 beginning at noon. Everyone is invited to attend and enjoy some good “down home” food and hospitality. Minimal donation for food is accepted. For further information please contact George at 05 903 2013 or Eric at Hogsbreath Saloon 038 423 462.

Scandinavian Expats Pattaya meet the second Sunday of every month. For details contact John tel. 01 523 6080 or Per tel. 07 083 3834.

Dining

Amari Orchid Resort, Pattaya hosts an Italian evening in their lush tropical gardens for their Pizza and Pasta Festival. Home-style cooking. Enjoy the antipasto or create your own pasta dish. A full dessert buffet is also available and the house band will entertain you all night long. Every Friday from 7 p.m. for 330 baht ++ per person. For further information contact guest relations at 038 428 161.

Bavaria Beer Garden at Beach Road now offers a comprehensive choice of white asparagus. The asparagus is prepared daily and offered in different variations as starter or main course. Prices for the main course range from 175 baht for a serving with hollandaise and buttered potatoes to 295 baht with smoked salmon or New Zealand rump steak. Every Sunday “Asparagus All You Can Eat” is served for 195 baht per person. The same price applies to the “Spareribs All You Can Eat” every Wednesday. New in Bavaria Beer Garden is the seafood barbecue. Every Friday the seafood of your choice is prepared on an open grill. Musicians perform live every Wednesday and Sunday night. Bavaria Beer Garden is located on Pattaya Beach Road just south of Soi 6.

The Montien Hotel, Pattaya is continuing their Theme Buffet Evenings in 2005. Tuesdays - Verandah Coffee Shop for the Asian Buffet Dinner from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Adults 420 baht ++/Children 220 baht ++. On Wednesdays-La Mer Restaurant has a Mediterranean Buffet Dinner 6.30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Adults 450 baht ++, Children 250 baht ++. Friday’s at the Verandah Coffee Shop it’s a BBQ & Seafood Buffet Dinner 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Adults 500 baht ++ and Children 280 baht ++. On both Thursdays and Saturdays the Verandah Coffee Shop lays out an International Buffet Dinner 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Adults 450 baht ++ and Children 250 baht ++. Pamper yourself with the exceptional variety of all-you-eat favorites, dazzlingly laid out for an evening of leisurely dining. For reservations please call 038 428 155 ext 1620-1 or email: [email protected]

Entertainment

Tropical Bert’s Beach Bar (ex Bobby Joe’s 60s Bar) is now up and running just off Beach Road on Soi Regent Marina. Draught Guinness and Heineken, great value pub grub, golf and fishing trips and a great place to sit and watch the world and Pattaya go by.

The Pine Wing Suites, brand new high class hotel-suites for just 950 baht. Special for everybody who might be interested: The 1st of every month is Payday-Party! From 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. 2 drinks at the price of 1. Just drop by! Pinewood Condo, Pattaya Second Road, opp. The Market Pattaya. For Info: Tel: 038 362 273-5 or 01 340 1177.

Visit the Beefeater Steak House & Pub, now open at Central Shopping Arcade, next to Soi Diana Inn Pattaya 2nd Road. For more info call 038 720 926.

Learn to dance the real salsa at the Moon River Pub & Restaurant. A professional Latin dance teacher will easily teach you steps and moves every Friday evening from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. From beginners to advanced dancers, all are most welcome to join each lesson for only 250 baht net per hour including one soft drink. Exotic and delicious cocktails and other drinks will be served at special discounted Happy Hour prices. Always a fun night out at the Moon River Pub, Thai Garden Resort, North Pattaya Road.

Events

On National Children’s Day, Saturday, Jan. 8, Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum invites kids up to 14 years old to celebrate Ripley’s 10th Anniversary and enjoy the world’s most unusual museum for just 10 baht. Unbelievable, Believe It! On this special day, children will not only be astonished by the museum’s collection of oddities, they will also able to watch 4D simulator movies for just 10 baht per feature (normally 200 baht per feature). And for the first time in Thailand - the kids will journey into the magical world of Infinity Maze, Ripley’s newest attraction designed to ignite the imagination. Be sure to join in the celebration this National Children’s Day and discover Ripley’s World of Entertainment at a price that will be easy on mom and dad’s pocketbook. All attractions are open daily from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. For more information, please call 038 710-294-8 and ask for Ripley’s Museum.

Art Exhibition - “The Memory of Siam” at Amari Orchid Resort Pattaya to support the people in the south of Thailand. Over the past week we all have seen the devastation in Phuket and in the South of Thailand. Many of those affected are in urgent need of help, be it clothes, food, medicine, etc. In order to support the victims of this disaster, the Amari Orchid Resort, in cooperation with a group of 13 young Thai artists, has organized an Art Exhibition - “The Memory of Siam” now until January 15. The hotel and the respective artists have decided to donate 30% of the selling price of each painting being sold during the exhibition. Stop by at the Amari Orchid Resort’s Lobby, there are various nice paintings with best prices waiting for you to choose for your own interests.

It’s not too early to sign up for the Super Bowl party on February 7 at The Haven on Soi 13. All you can eat and drink, plus a special prize at the end of the game, all for 500 baht. Limited to the first 100 tickets sold. It is great value because it does mean all food and beverages, including bloody marys, etc. 5 hours of eating and boozing cannot be bad value at 500 baht. Sign up now at The Haven, 30 meters or so from Beach Road on Soi 13.

Promotions

Door 2 Door have certainly gone over board this January with a special double promotion. Not only can you receive 10% off from Swiss Food, you can also please your tastebuds by getting a free dessert from the Sportsman Pub & Restaurant, Soi 13, with any order over 1,000 baht. That’s right, cash in on this special double promotion, simply call 038 720 222 and one of their friendly drivers will deliver a free menu to you. Or visit them www.door2doorpattaya.com.