Thai themed Sunday

This weekend my coworker "M" showed me a place where we could go for Thai massage. I've heard Thai massage aptly described as "passive yoga" before, since a masseuse will turn and pose your body in combination with pushing pressure points with forearm, foot, thumb, palm, etc. They start with the legs, then arms and hands, before moving on to extended and deep back massage, then neck, head and face. Finally you sit up and she puts you in a full-nelson which makes pseudo-handles for her to turn your body from side to side, stretches your back, and then pull your arms up and back so it seems like every part of your body relaxes back into place by the end of the session. The place we went to charged only $15 for a 60 minute Thai massage. The lady came from Thailand over a year ago, she said, and we talked a little bit about Thailand; she came from Chang Mai and I had visited there for a couple days about 5 years ago. She said she didn't really like Ethiopian food and started talking about different Thai food dishes. Afterwards I suggested to M that get Thai for dinner and he knew a good place 10 minutes from Chez Glo called Gati Thai. We walked over there and ordered a couple beers with fried rice toped with big slices of cucumber, tom ka gai soup with coconut milk, lemongrass and chicken, and pad thai noodles with red pepper, sugar, crushed peanut and lime. I had almost forgotten how excellent Thai food can be. It was definitely a nice theme for one day of the weekend.