Survive & Thrive in Korea
Editor’s Note: La Tavola has closed La Tavola is an Italian restaurant nestled in the heart of Itaewon. The specialty is pizza, and what great pizza it is, but there is a host of other fine dishes on the menu. La Tavola is located near the Hamilton Hotel right above Kraze Burger. I met my […]
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The next morning, after breakfast, we jumped into our tuk tuks and headed for the Killing Fields. On the way out of town we passed the independent monument, which resembles a tower from Angkor Watt. People hung out underneath grabbing a bit of shade. Along the road we stopped to take a few pics of […]
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Cambodia Getting There. My Cambodian holiday adventure both thrilled and chilled me to the bone. The trip was filled with unexpected surprises, both good and bad. And on that note I must thank Ryan, Jane, and Sheila for all of the pics since my camera with its 2000 photos became a casualty of bad karma […]
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Today, August 15, is Liberation Day in Korea. It celebrates the freedom from Japanese Colonial rule in 1945. Lots of people get the day off, but I’m still going in to work. Happy Liberation Day! The North Korean government had planned to participate in a joint South Korea commemorative event, but backed up days ago […]
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I was recently surprised to discover that Reggae thrives in New Zealand. I had no clue that the music was so big there. Jamaica and the Caribbean, the UK and sometimes the United States seemed to be the big spots for Reggae music. So imagine my astonishment when a Korean Reggae artist hit number […]
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The indomitable Vanessa accrued another year this weekend. She found out about the surprise and instead decided to show up and give us a scare in her Scream get up. We threw her birthday dinner at Buddha’s Belly and then dashed through the rain to Gecko’s across the street to for drinks and dessert. Vanessa […]
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