Met a real-life leading lady at Siam Paragon the other day: Patravadi Mejudhon (aka Lek Patravadi) – the actress who so eloquently played Sritala, the resort owner in The White Lotus Season 3.

Ms Patravadi was graceful, gracious, and every bit as charming off-screen as she is on.

Bonus memory: during Siam Paragon’s inaugural week in December 2005, I was invited through a PR agency to be among the first to scuba dive in the mall’s giant aquarium Sea Life.

Yes, it was definitely surreal to dive with nurse sharks and other sea creatures while hundreds of young and old visitors to the aquarium checked me out from the other side of the thick glass. It was my first and only indoor scuba experience.
Photo credit: Charlotte Raboff