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  • HOLIDAYS HOME

    Notes | The Holidays in Photos

    We didn't factor into the equation was how much we would miss our families, and how being away from family over the holidays intensified those feelings at least tenfold. We have…

  • DC HOLIDAYS

    So This is the New Year

    We rang in the new year with my sister and a couple of her friends at a seafood restaurant with vintage decor. A grown up New Year’s Eve,  as my sister…

  • BOOKS

    2016 | A Year in Books

    Last year, I just barely accomplished my goal of reading 20 books, so this year I thought I'd challenge myself to read 25. I ended up blowing that number out of…

  • HOLIDAYS

    The Last Day of the Old Year

    As expected, the last week flew by too fast. We watched musicals and movies, hiked trails, and played Mario Olympics, but mostly we spent our time walking to the grocery store,…

  • HOLIDAYS MEMENTOS

    Happy Holidays!

    It’s been a bit quiet here on this blog with all that has been going on lately (traveling, visiting in-laws, another friend’s passing), but I thought I’d briefly stop by and…

  • ETC HOLIDAYS

    Notes | November in 10 Photos

    Fall is usually my most favorite time of the year, but this November was a bit of a strange month. First, the election... And then I spent the first half of…

  • FOOD SEOUL

    Seoul Cafés | Mangwon | Coffee Conhas

    Our Seoul café hopping continued in Mangwon with a visit to Coffee Conhas, a portmanteau structure that combined the former residential building’s concrete-walled building with a stack of re-purposed shipping containers. The mix of…

  • FOOD SEOUL

    Café Hopping in Mangwon | Hungo Ringo Bread

    We recently read an article about how Mangwon was “becoming Seoul’s hippest neighborhoods,” so while in Seoul, we made sure to carve out a day specifically dedicated to cafe hopping. The first cafe…

  • FOOD SEOUL

    Seoul Eats | Brunch at The Beastro

    Since moving to Korea we have only gone out for brunch a handful of times. Not because restaurants don’t offer brunch (many do) and not because brunch isn’t good here (it…