Monthly Archive: September 2010

Myunghee’s Trip to Somewhere

I’m not sure where all they went, but Myunghee and a friend joined a busload of people from the neighborhood heading down south for the day. They visited this mountain creek area and then made it to the Geumsan Ginseng Festival ([EXPIRED LINK REMOVED: https://www.geumsan.go.kr:8080/festival/autumn/2008/index.jsp]) where Myunghee picked up some...

An Average Sunday Evening at Homeplus

Click here to see the video I posted of our recent trip to Homeplus on a Sunday evening. The following photos were taken on the same visit. The parking lot was full all the way to the 4th floor roof lot. I'm always amazed how many people are at Homeplus. Do...

Get Some Korean Beef for $60/Pound

This beef is currently being advertised in the paper for about $60/pound. That's really not all that expensive, when you consider that what makes it special is that it's from a slaughtered cow that hadn't given birth… I'm not sure I like the thought, but well, I guess the beef...

Jeju Island Trip – Our Pension

I'm not sure why Koreans call this form of accommodation a "Pension" but we picked out a nice place… It even had high-speed wireless Internet… which worked for all the Koreans but mysteriously, wouldn't connect to any of the three US-bought laptops we had with us. We never figured it...

Jeju Island Trip – “All In”

Apparently there was a Korean drama called "All In" a few years ago and some important scenes were filmed here. With all the Korean TV shows being made and the limited size of Jeju, it's not going to be long before every last beautiful location on the island is the...