Last year I had the unique opportunity to visit Changdeok Palace at night (it’s very rarely open at night and even then only open to a handful of psychotic fans rushing to get on the sign up page… see those posts here & here). Well, I finally went during the day. It was still amazing. [...]
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I’ve left my blog to ruin as of late. It’s because of photography. I’ve become obsessed. It’s only been a few months since I bought my first DSLR camera, but I’m in love. (I have a longer blog post to write about hobbies, but that will have to wait.) Right now, I’m spending all of [...]
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By chance (i.e., human error) I was able to go back to the moonlight tour of Changdeokgoong (Changdeok Palace) with a couple of friends. Changdeokgoong was one of the main palaces of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897). It was completed in 1412, and while only 30% of the original palace remains, it is still a sight [...]
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I had the rare opportunity to visit Changdeok Palace at night. The Palace is normally closed at night as it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has limited electricity. It was one of the best things I’ve done since moving to Korea. It was incredible. They only allowed 100 people in this tour, and [...]
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A few years ago I was volunteering for a mayoral candidate in Hartford in hopes that he would defeat the now imprisoned Eddie Perez. A friend and I asked him what his plan was to get people downtown. His answer was “street theater.” We both kind of stood there with our mouths gaping because all [...]
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I was so excited when I found out about the Chicken Art Museum. However, none of my Korean friends knew anything about it, and upon learning of it, were not entirely thrilled at the prospect of going. So, earlier this summer I dragged a friend to come with me… The grandmother working was so excited [...]
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Reasons for moving to Seoul: Reason #1 was so I could date, fall in love, not get married, and live happily ever after. Reason #2 was so that I could do fun things that did not involve batting cages. Things were going swimmingly with both. I was two dates away from changing my Facebook relationship status [...]
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After two long days in Seoul walking more than I have ever walked in my entire life, I pulled it together enough to wait it out for the Lotus Lantern Festival Parade. I’m glad I did, because I loved it. In my former life working in politics, I attended many (MANY) parades. As a rule, [...]
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This weekend I spent some time in Seoul to check out the Lotus Lantern Festival. Buddha’s birthday is this month and there are a lot of things going on. It was very interesting in comparison to American festivals… by that I mean it was A LOT less annoying. Of course, I can never figure out [...]
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Giving into Olympic fever, I went out to visit Olympic Park in Seoul last weekend. I’m always so divided on the Olympics. I think it’s such a gigantic waste of money, but at the same time I can’t stop loving them. In my heart I really, really wanted Chicago to win the bid for the [...]
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I went to the War Memorial of Korea several weeks ago, but I haven’t written about it in hopes that my original feelings about the place would moderate. It is very different from war memorials in the United States, and I didn’t want my pre-conceived notions to get in the way (because I do actually [...]
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