Thanksgiving Roundup Cross-post with Seoul Eats with additional information by Daniel Gray One of the downsides of being an American abroad is that when one of our holidays rolls around you may find yourself waving the stars and stripes alone on the Fourth of July or barbecuing a single hot dog for Memorial day. This…
I blogged about Tomatillos before and had only good things to say about the place. Well it turns out I’ll have even more good things because on the fifth of May, Cinco de Mayo, Tomatillo is having a holiday bash! To celebrate the Mexican Holiday Tomatillo is offering up huge discounts on the food and…
Yeah, yeah this is way late, but here it is anyway: Christmas at Geckos 2008! Repeating last years get together Amanda and I were joined by Rebecca, Angela, Melissa and Martha. During the Christmas time holiday season Gecko’s puts on a buffet Christmas dinner with the proceeds going to charity. The the buffet was laden…
I know, I know I am a few days late posting this, but better late than never, unless of course I was posting this on December 31, 2009 which wouldn’t be too much better at all. So without further ado! 1. Money I am notorious at spending huge amounts of money on frivilous items….
Part two of my trip back home is coming at you without much of a delay. One of the stops I made back in Milwaukee was to the Three Domes. They’ve been around forever. Each dome houses a veritable variety of vegegation from the desert landscape to the steamy tropic jungle. Yeah this doesn’t seem…
Over the Thanksgiving holiday I flew back home to Milwaukee to see my family. It had been almost two years since I last saw everyone and I was happy to be back in town. Above is the Milwaukee Public Library. Below is the famous Pfister Hotel. One of the things I wanted to do was…
Afraid you missed it? Thought it went by without your noticing. Well, fear not Pepero Day is back again and right in your face. Wherever you go there are stands and boxes of pepero in a variety of flavors and combinations. Chocolate? Check? Nut Crunch? Check. Honey coated sugar almond orange sensation? Well, not…
So Halloween has come to another school in South Korea. This year I went as Afro Samurai which went right over the heads of the kids, but most of the teachers got it. Half of the teachers dressed up and half didn’t, so I wasn’t totally alone in the costume department. Christian is rocking the…
