I have been having a lot of Korean adventures, but what I haven’t been doing is remembering to come blog about them. I usually wait for a comment or two on each post before doing another one, so the lack of activity has made me bad about posting… but I will try to do better about getting one up every other day or so as long as someone is still out there.

While living in South Korea I got together with Metal Guy and did some metal designing.  I told him what I wanted, drew it out and he made the prototypes.  He also had a Korean manufacturer that he used.  He scratched his head over my delight.  He sees hangul every day and didn't appreciate the beauty of it much like I feel about the English alphabet.The earrings say "Sara ...

Wow, what a deal or should I say ordeal.  This post I'll fill you in on our flight and first days back home.  We did somes sightseeing those last few days in Seoul and I'll blog about that at a later date.  Grab a coffee or Coke and sit back, this is going to be a long post.  Rocketman decided to check our plane tickets just to make sure everything was fine.  It's a g ...

The wintry view of Mireuksa Temple in Busan up on Geumjeongsan Mountain.Hello Again Everyone!!I had been to Mireuksa Temple two times in the past, but it had been four years since I last went during Buddha's Birthday. And even though the temperature was -9 degrees Celsius up in the mountains, nothing would stop me during my vacation.Mireuksa Temple (미륵사) is named after Mireuk-bul, the Future ...

Still feeling disoriented?  I've been here like 3 lifetimes and I still have a hard time figuring out where my local Immigration office is.  Here's a quick head's up from your good buddies over at the Itaewon Global Village Center. 

And after five years?  What then? The minute someone sits down at a keyboard, sets an f-stop, or turns over a fresh page in a sketchpad and tries to describe a place, it’s already a little bit gone.  Unavoidable and just fine really.  It clears the way for new records, allows for comparisons (maybe even lessons or conclusions), and staves off obsolescence for at least a few magazines and pap ...

There are two places in Hongdae that offer up one of my favorite meals in Korea, but since I was in Busan last week I got to eat the stuff where it came from. Some years ago I was introduced to dwaejigukbab, or pork stew, and haven’t been able to get enough of it since. This meal, I was told, isn’t generally eaten by girls because the smell can be strong, or foreigners, ...

The extremely ornate pagoda from Samgwangsa Temple in Busan.Hello Again Everyone!!Another interesting aspect to the Korean pagoda is the varying number of tiers that make up the height of the pagoda. And like all things related to the pagoda, the tiers also have a lot of symbolic meaning attached to them.First, it must be stated that hardly any Korean pagodas have an even amount of tiers to its he ...

When we were at Seoul Station last weekend, we saw this wonderful light show on a building across the street.  I took some video of it.We've been running around doing a ton of sightseeing which I'll post about when we are back home.  It's been wild and we have been having a blast.  Our flight leaves at 11:30 am on February 1st and arrives in Minneapolis and the same time.  Imag ...

Chris Golightly, a former American Idol contestant who got disqualified from the show after making the top 24, has left Korea.  You might ask, "what the heck is this blogger talking about?" A few months ago, Chris appeared in the Korean version of the American Idol called Superstar K.  While standing out with his bright blond hair, he lasted into the group of final 7 before getting the b ...