I know this is a bad picture.
I know I was bad when I took the photograph. Yes it is through my windshield. But really. Look at it. It is so Korean. My beautiful friend, inside and out. I met Kat the first week I moved to Korea. 2 Martini's in hand I walked to the park to find a friend. It didn't take long as Kat was sitting on a park bench pretending to watching her kids while she was secretly watching me out of the corner of her eye to see where I where I was going with that 2nd martini. Instant friends. Today I was more than happy to plan a little birthday outing for her. Right after this little show we ask Kat:
"SO.....when was the last time you sat in a back alley in the middle of Insadong - Seoul, South Korea while someone played Happy Birthday to you on an accordion while everyone within ear shot sang happy birthday in multiple languages, while you ate dinner outside over a 50 gallon barrel with hot coals burning by your feet for heat and you checked your coat in a trash bag?" In the future you ever ask her, she will have a date. ;) Happy Birthday Kat! I cherish our friendship. My fish monger ALWAYS tries to give the 'parts' to me.
I always decline. Next time I'm going to take them and try to make fish stock. She will be SHOCKED. The things I see while on foot in Korea....
This is an auto repair shop ON A BRIDGE. True story....ON A BRIDGE. AND on the right side of that van is an entry lane onto the bridge, on the left side 3 lanes of traffic. Every time I run by he is busy. I wonder if you have to make an appointment. I was trying to capture the essence of the daily hustle and bustle of the flower market today.... I'm afraid my picture DOES NOT do it justice. Wishing you all could see it for yourself. I had to post just one more, because really I just can't get enough of this place and I just love how they line the flowers up in these little stalls...and I know, I know I have showed this to you before, but maybe just maybe you are getting a sense of how much I love it here. ;)
Forget your reading glasses? No worries...they think of everything here. Complementary reading glasses can be found anywhere from banks to hospitals across the peninsula.
Anywhere you might need to fill paperwork out there are reading glasses to borrow. Korea doing it right. |
Project 365
Am I insane? Have I lost my mind? After thinking long and hard about it (OK, really I only thought about it for about 12 hours) I just committed to doing a photo a day for a year - a 365 'they' call it. This is going to be SUPER HARD for me. Not the photo part, but the editing part. I mean you guys KNOW how far behind I am. A photo a day - that doesn't sound like much, but in reality, who are we kidding? Anyway I'm going to TRY to post each day, but there will be times I might be MIA for a couple of days, just bear with me and I will catch up. Archives
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