Picture book is a really cool boutique hotel similar to the HoDo in Fargo but has some incredible social enterprise surrounding it. They help kids through 'Youth Connect' to gain confidence and skills to help them enter the work force after school. First by training and then by lining them up with apprenticeships with approx. 80 employers throughout Mae Sot.
Read more about it here!
http://www.picturebookthailand.org
After our meeting Mark went with Kara to meet with Salinee about her projects at Sun Sawang and Grace Garden. Then he went to another meeting at Mae Toa Clinic. I will let him fill you I on those.
The girls and I went for Pad Thai and fruit smoothies and then to some of the local shops. Later, I was determined to find a coffee shop that I had spotted the evening before named Hazel's. We finally found it and were delighted to find that it had air conditioning to cool down in, awesome blue berry cheesecake, and really good iced coffee. Most of the people inside were American and European. I guess we're not the only ones needing a break from the humidity. I think the locals are used to it. 
This evening we headed back to the Picture book guest house for Yoga with Nook and also got to meet her husband Patrick Kearns. He is an artist and the founder of The Picture Book Guest House and also started The New Horizon's school with Mickey. (The school Mark taught at last week). Patrick just finished work for a show at a local gallery. I'm hoping to check it out tomorrow.
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