Lotus Lantern Festival: Loving kindness personified by the masses

Walking up to Jogyesa Temple last Sunday, I had no idea what I was getting into. The courtyard was packed with people of all nationalities. Dancing and drumming echoed around the streets. Incense burned filling the air with a hearty, floral punch. Lanterns flooded the sky with colorful shade. Photographers craned their heads around crowds [...]

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Rockabilly + Korea = Kimchibilly

Photo by Andre Francisco Seoul’s new young, hip generation has a billowing new underground music scene popping out in pockets around the city. One of the greatest examples of this we have seen (and become slightly obsessed with) is The Rock Tigers. The group looks like a bunch of Korean punk rockers, but they wail [...]

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Korean Customs: Seoul’s super (squished) subway system

Taking the subway every morning in Seoul can garner some widely varying results. Andre’s trek to work is like pressing the snooze button on the alarm: he is guaranteed a seat to relax in and free space to lounge. My trek on the other hand is a whole different kit and caboodle. The first leg [...]

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Hot spine for a cold night

Last night during a night out on the town for Andre’s birthday, we came across a new Korean dish: Pig Backbone Stew. Wanting some food, we had two rules: it needed to still be busy at 12:30AM (we didn’t want to walk in somewhere that was about to close) and it could not have chicken [...]

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Drink, Drank, K-Drunk: Seoul’s Reaction to Swine Flu

Yes, we have been away for a while. My family visited over Christmas break. We have been working on a new, non-food-centric website. The days are shorter, the nights are longer, and sleep has been a priority. But we are back and to get us back up and rolling here is a silly, little video [...]

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Time to walk on the right

When Anna and I first got here we were relieved to see everyone driving on the right side of the road, but then we were confused to see everyone walking on the left side of escalators, sidewalks and stairs. Even the sidewalks in our neighborhood have a yellow line of bricks down the middle that [...]

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