Micaela Marini Higgs

Quarzt at Work

Onboarding interviews can help new team members get to know others and their work.

Four Seasons Magazine (Print, Issue 2 2021)

Embracing spontaneity becomes one writer's new priority.

(Part of a MarCom Award winning feature)

The New York Times (Print May 7 2020)

Yes, you’re stuck at home. But you can also (somewhat) keep up your social life.

The New York Times (Print, January 19 2020)

A mantra to embrace: "This sucks I'm unhappy with what's going on.”

Four Seasons Magazine (Print, Issue 4 2019)

Step out for an afternoon ramble through the Spanish capital to explore the city's spirited relationship with vermouth.

The New York Times (Print, October 18 2019)

Don't confuse loneliness with time by yourself.

Marker

From Marriott’s Bonvoy to Slack’s ‘swastika,’ the public has made it clear: Don’t dare change a logo on them

Culture Magazine (Print, Summer 2019)

Tips for globetrotting with wedges and wheels in tow.

The New York Times

Go forth and read that trashy novel.

The New York Times (Print, May 27 2019)

So much of who you are is wrapped up in work, but you are more than your job.

Vox, The Goods

For 30 years, China took in the world’s plastic. What happened when they stopped?

The New York Times (Print, December 10 2018)

Acknowledging small wins, even if they barely chip away at our larger goals, can still boost our mood and motivation.

Marriott Traveler

Stepping inside Madrid’s 1912 Museo Bar is like entering the best kind of time capsule — one with strong drinks and plush seating alongside a hearty dose of history.

The New York Times

How to stop making vague plans you know you’ll never follow through with. [scroll to bottom]

The Goods

The complicated relationship between art and commerce has a home in the museum gift shop.

Women’s Wear Daily

As Spanish fashion retailers see generally declining sales, beauty chains register strong growth driven by fragrances and color cosmetics.

Folks

With her popular series of designs symbolizing issues such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD, tattoo artist Fidjit is helping people like her struggling with their mental health.

Michelin Guide

Talad Plu (Thonburi) owes its reputation as one of Bangkok’s best places for street food to the stalls and restaurants that have served the local community for generations.

Michelin Guide

If you walk past Bangkok’s shophouses and food stalls you’ll begin to realise just how popular moo krob is based on how many businesses display sheets of crispy pork belly to entice customers from the street.

The New York Times

No, you don’t have to have a degree to appreciate and love art.

Women’s Wear Daily

Rings and diamonds; handbags and accessories, and high-end watches are among the top-three categories most frequently taken to luxury pawnbrokers by consumers seeking quick cash.

Southeast Asia Globe (Print Magazine, August 2018)

When Thai authorities poisoned dogs at a temple while battling a rabies outbreak, it raised the ire of animal welfare groups – which are leading efforts to find humane solutions and bring the stray dogs in off the streets.

Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet Local Micaela Marini Higgs moved to Bangkok and quickly fell in love with the city’s diverse culinary landscape, vibrant markets and maze of sois (lanes). She spends her days wandering through the city’s neighbourhoods snacking on street food, and her nights sampling Thailand’s new offerings of craft beer.

Women’s Wear Daily

Alejandro Gómez was inspired by a cabinet of curiosities for his show, held at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid.

Ozy

It’s part Korean barbecue, part hot pot and all effing delicious.

INTO More

How Jojo Trasher’s webseries helped the push for greater representation, and why gay stories are worth sharing.

Huck (Print May/June 2018)

Thailand’s most visible student activist on what inspires him and why free speech is worth fighting for.

Racked

Mucin is a popular ingredient in K-beauty products like sheet masks. But how do they get the slime?

Racked

A brief history of timepieces.

Ozy

In Laos, technology is an unlikely ally in helping rural female weavers build an economic future.

Prestige (Print March 2018)

The very exclusive Sushi Ichizu omakase restaurant might be a newcomer on Bangkok’s fine dining scene, but its roots in Japanese culinary tradition run deep.

INTO More

Despite Thailand’s famed sex industry, few visitors realize that the Buddhist country has obscenity laws prohibiting everything from prostitution to realistic dildos.

Shondaland

Author Maya Rodale on the role that romance novels play in readers’ lives and why the genre is worthy of respect.

The Lonely Planet

Preparing to launch its first Bangkok Design Week between 27 January and 4 February, the Thailand Creative & Design Center (TCDC) hopes to promote the Thai capital as a growing centre of arts and innovation.

Bangkok 101 (Print January 2018)

This energetic chef’s Italian cuisine is both contemporary and refined

Racked

After a lackluster IPO, longterm shopkeepers notice shifts.

Eater

Widespread mobile pay makes grabbing lunch easier for locals and tourists alike.

The Lonely Planet

One reason for the Thai capital's popularity, besides its gorgeous religious buildings and proximity to pristine beaches, is how budget friendly it is – if you eat like a local and avoid túk-túks you can save major baht.

Racked

Derision for the genre might have as much to do with the bodice as the ripping.

The Lonely Planet

In its final month, the Bangkok exhibition ‘Through the Lens of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’ is drawing crowds of visitors to the ninth floor of the Bangkok Art & Culture Centre with its offering of never-before-seen photographs taken by Thailand’s late monarch himself.

Bangkok 101 (Print November 2017)

For Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River the future seems clear, even if the details are a little murky.

The Lonely Planet

Through the end of November, visitors to Bangkok can take a trip to the Upside Down.

BBC Travel

When the Thai government threatened to ban street stalls, vendors in Bangkok’s Ari neighbourhood came together around an ancient practice of colour coordination.

Pacific Standard

In the wake of recent hurricanes, multi-level marketers like LuLaRoe have leveraged sellers' networks to peddle products in the name of disaster relief. Little of those sales ever make it to relief organizations.

Bitch Magazine (Print Fall 2017)

Remembering Hollywood's white history.

Bangkok 101 (Print December 2017)

An iconic Bangkok landmark, Terminal 21 is both kitschy and cool.

2 Magazine

On the anniversary of the October 6 student protests, we discuss Ing K’s banned film, Shakespeare Must Die, as the filmmaker submits her final appeal to overturn the censors.

2 Magazine

In the first episode of our Soi Stories column, Micaela Marini Higgs explores the revival of Bang Rak's Charoen Krung Road, as new businesses reinvent old structures.

Racked

Ethical-shopping experts explain what to look for in a brand.

Vogue

The crackdown on alcohol advertising impacts everyone.

Bangkok 101 (Print October 2017)

Discovering some gems amongst the city’s café cornucopia.

Bangkok 101 (Print October 2017)

Digital nomads love Thailand, even if Thai immigration doesn’t always love them.

Bangkok 101 (Print September 2017)

New menu moves away from café staples to embrace fine dining.

Eater

Which restaurants get to be star-worthy?

Racked

Plenty of people boycott restaurants or gas stations they don't agree with. Why is it so hard to do the same for stores?

JSTOR Daily

Amid a broader decline of American retail, Sears is struggling. Did changes in the business model over the course of its history doom it to failure?

Racked

Culottes are year-round.

Racked

Old wives’ tales, fake news articles, and apocryphal laws have bolstered the idea that cosmetics are intended to fool men.

2 Magazine

Soi Nana’s Craft+Jumble Trail is an aptly named art, music, food, and drink festival. 2Mag gets the lowdown on what’s happening in Chinatown this Sunday (May 14) from artist Micaela Marini Higgs.

Tonic - Vice

A bill being voted on next week would lower prices on the essential drug.

Tonic - Vice

Diabetics stretching their doses should be scared of the GOP’s health plan.

[Was shared on Bernie Sanders Facebook page, receiving more than 10k shares on his post and a total of 67k shares in its first week online]

Munchies - Vice

New campaigns from local government and real estate developers are threatening the Southeast Asian nation's world-famous street food scene.

Vice

Your subconscious has a lot to answer for.

Racked

Cosmetics have an expiration date, but who follows it?

Art Asia Pacific

Thai sculptor Sivadol Sitipol examines themes of spirituality and reincarnation in his first solo exhibition in a decade.

2 Magazine

A talk with the New-York based artist about his current exhibition at NOVA Contemporary, first time in Asia, and favorite part of Bangkok.

Art Asia Pacific

A look at Paramodel's Installation in Thong Lor Art Space

2 Magazine

Street art enters the gallery as high art: what Monet and a girl in a rabbit costume say about Bangkok.