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…
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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…
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While in Seoul, we stayed in the un-trendy, (former) blue-collar part of Mapo-gu, right next to “Mapo BBQ Alley” which is an area known for its Korean bbq, and in particular,…
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We drove up to Seoul over a long weekend and immediately regretted it the moment we approached the outskirts of the city. What was to be a 3-4 hour drive turned…
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After a day of eating, hiking, and strange art coffee shops, we jumped in the car and hit up two of Cheongdo’s most popular tourist attractions: Provence Photo Land and the…
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On a rainy weekend this past summer, we met up with some of our Korean friends at a local coffee shop and made plans to rent a place in nearby Biesulsan. Over…
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Every so often an American or English-singing band will have a tour stop in Korea to/from Japan, although usually that happens in Seoul, on a weeknight. In the past year and…
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We’re back from Hawaii. It feels like ages ago since we left even though it’s been only a couple weeks. It’s taken me a couple of days to kind of process…
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This is one of those posts where I start off by listing all of our failed attempts at trying to attend one thing or another, or in this case a Samsung Lions baseball…