Survive & Thrive in Korea
To find Garousu Gil, aka Fashion Street, take Exit five at Apgujeong station, face the Hyundai Department store and then walk left for five or so blocks. Cross the street left and head down the block to your new fashion haven. Or you can take exit 8 of Sinsa Station walk two blocks and make […]
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Need a new weekend brunch spot? I’ve got the perfect place for you. It’s in Apgujeong on Fashion Street. Never heard of it? Well I hadn’t either until heading out there for the Gangnam Fashion Festival, but it’s more than worth a look. I spotted my new brunch spot by noticing its wrought iron archway […]
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I’ve been a posting spree about Fashion Street in Apgujeong. I can’t help it. I had such a great time there that my fingers fly across the keyboard when it comes to blogging about the place. Another hot spot I discovered was Coffee Smith. Now when it comes to coffee housed there are things that […]
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The Swine Cometh! My friend just sent me a link of facebook to an organization called Rate My Hogwon. They have an aticle up about teachers in Korea being rounded up for testing postive for Swine Flu. The teachers were all in the same training program for their chain of schools and now have been […]
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I don’t know who she is or even the name of the movie she’s in, but I love her. She’s a cinematic tour-de-force, a tragic Shakespearean heroine and the Korean Meryl Streep. I know that’s high praise but just look at that eyebrow and how much work it’s doing! Only Meryl can put so […]
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For all you shopaholics out there worried that the only place in South Korea tthat could cater to your shopping needs is Seoul let me tell you to fear no longer. Busan has a few tricks up its sleeve to entice and satisfy even the most die hard shopping despots in the world. Once you […]
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