Remember that old game show Let’s Make a Deal? The one where you had to make a decision about whether or not to trade in the prize you’ve already received for one of three mystery prizes? Each mystery prize was hidden behind a door labeled 1, 2, or 3; some doors opened to reveal what’s…
We’ve crossed over. If you can read Korean you can check out a piece on us by 정호재 in today’s Dong-a Ilbo, our first appearance in the Korean-language media. Woot! Or, rather, 웃! And if you can’t you can at least check out Liz’s lovely photography as well as some great portraiture shot by our…
Note: This is a guest post from a member of Nanoomi.net, a community of writers, translators and Korea-enthusiasts who represent part of the diverse ecology of the Korean blogosphere. You can read more from Tammy at http://www.koreaforniancooking.com. “MacArthur Station is a major BART transfer point near the commercial heart of Temescal, one of north Oakland’s…
This is a long post with lots of links – there’s a lot going on in Hapjeong, people – so before we even get started we’re going to get lunch, OK? OK. And we’re going to go to Liz’s favorite sushi joint, Sushi Kimpura, right next to Tapkun (탭꾼) the dance studio where she takes…
Bokjeong Station is, for all intents and purposes, simply an extension of the surrounding highways, of which there are a lot. How do I commute thee? Let me count the ways: the Seoul Ring Expressway (서울외곽순환고속도로), the Songpa Highway(송파대로), Yakjin-ro (약진로), the Seongnam Highway (성남대로), Heolleung-ro (헌릉로), and the Dongbu Expressway (동부간선도로). The prime function…
Seoul Sub→urban 