Not many cities can pull off a building like the DDP, but the ever-so-modern Seoul can. Designed by Iraqi-British architect architect Zaha Hadid and built over a former sports stadium the…
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If I'm being fully honest, a huge reason why I selected Maple Tree House Korean BBQ was in large part because of its close proximity to our hotel. It took…
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Seoul in the winter: A brutal, bone-chilling beast. The kind of cold that attempts to freeze one's eyes open and it feel as if your teeth will turn to icicles and…
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The Leeum Museum was designed by three powerhouse architects: Mario Botta, Rem Koolhaas, and Jean Nouvel. Impressive, right? And all in one place, though technically not a collaboration on the same…
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After a lazy morning of coffee and shopping we speed walked (in heels for me) in the sweltering heat to Jungsikdang. We underestimated how far the restaurant actually was from our…
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Fireworks photos are probably the most boring photos to look at after the fact. It's one of those you-had-to-be-there sort of things that I feel like photos never are able to…
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On a sticky, hot, humid Saturday afternoon, we -- like many other Korean couples -- took a stroll through the charmingly quaint streets of Samcheong-dong. Nestled between two palaces and the…
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Just around the corner from our hotel, down a quiet street lined with trees and boutique shops, across the street from a gourmet 'cream pop" shop (ice cream = popcorn =…
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The last time we were in Seoul we stayed at a cute little loft we found on AirbNb. This time around, because MERS scared away all the tourists, we scored a…