I shot these photos shortly before we left South Korea.  It is from the food court at Home Plus and it just gives you an idea of all the food choices.  These samples are made of plasti ...

Louie is truly a fraidy cat..  He hides when anyone comes to the door.  He hides for days when we have company only coming out when everyone is asleep.  He's pretty much a homebody with ...

In a similar vein to Chris Tharp’s and Jeffrey Miler’s recent contributions to literature, Alex Clermont’s Eating Kimchi and Nodding Politely will feel familiar to expats that have spent
any ti ...

The two of us were interviewed by the lovely (and fellow UW alum!) Julia Bass at Chincha?!진짜?! web magazine for their blog of the week column.  We talk about some of our favorite stops, our
methodolog ...

seafood and green onion pancake (해물파전) I briefly talked about traditional Korean bars here.  While that place may have had the better-tasting booze, this place has the better
food. &n ...

Todai is a seafood/sushi buffet chain with locations all over the world.  It's one of the more pricier sushi buffets costing 34,000 + VAT a head on dinner and weekends.  A buddy of mine wa ...

“I have a curious regard for the history of art. My painting practice is unusual in that, I seek to undermine both the Renaissance perspective and the flatness of Modernism by combing both.&r ...

The third annual Seoul Lantern festival is lighting up the Cheonggyecheon Stream once again with lanterns depicting everything from fish to transformers. This years theme is “Stories of Seoul ...

My schedule was changed and no one told me. That’s par for the course and I’ve gotten over it, but when I went to find my students they were sitting in a dark room, lights were off, chat ...

A reader writes in: I’m having a problem. I’m trying to find a new job in [city redacted], but no hagwon owner will hire me without speaking to my previous school about why I left early. ...

For those dissatisfied with the highly portable but underpowered netbook, the robust ultrabook is an attractive option. First there were UMPCs (ultra-mobile personal computers), then netbooks (and the ...

Apple Korea recently announced that Siri, the personal secretary embedded within the company’s newest phone, will not be part of the Korean iPhone 4S. While the phone is coming to Korea next mo ...