Theatre at it’s finest

What does a girl with theatre degree from Northwestern University do in a recession? Make theatre with unsuspecting little Korean children of course. Once a week over two months, four charming snot buckets wrote, acted in, and assistant directed their very own play. And all of it in English. And, I swear, I barely helped [...]

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Happy Birthday to My Mom’y!

I forgot last year. I figured I should try to make up for it. Here you go, Maman. I didn’t forget this time. Happy Birthday. I love you.

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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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Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! We’ve been taking a break from blogging over the holidays while Anna’s family has been in town, but I thought I’d share something fun with you. For Christmas I sent a video to my family wishing them a Merry Christmas from all my students. The classes in the [...]

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Jagalchi Fish Market Part 2: The Shrimp That Season Themselves

Photo by Anna Waigand. Coming from the Midwest, I didn’t always get the freshest of seafood (except for whitefish livers in Bayfield, Wisc.). But the ring of restaurants around the towering Jagalchi Fish Market in Busan offered many opportunities to get fresh seafood whether you wanted it caught that morning, raw or still alive. After [...]

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Jagalchi Fish Market Part 1: Slime eels

Photo by Anna Waigand When I first saw them they were just tubes of raw, pink flesh frantically writhing in a shallow red bowl. No skin, no scales, no head. Just a line of pink flesh with a white lattice of fat woven into it. In a couple of seconds, the slithering turned into an [...]

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