Survive & Thrive in Korea
Maybe you’ve seen the brightly colored plush monster toys on a nearby shelf in your local toy store? You know the ones: cuddly in that Addams Family kinda of way. Well, those toys are the by product of an American Illustrator and his Korean girlfriend (they are now Married) who created the line of toys […]
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Gangnam-gu is one of the mos affluent districts in Seoul. The area is teeming with high end boutiques, trendy cafes, luxury hotels, and mega high rise condos. If you want to watch the power shoppers in action then Gangnam is certainly one of the places to people watch. Besides the shopping opportunities, I really liked […]
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Well, my last trip to one of the mega stores left me confused. It turns out the post before about Homever was actually Homeplus. Easy mistake to make, and this time I noticed the giant HOMEVER sign just to be sure I was indeed in the right spot. So, like Homeplus, Homever is mega shopping […]
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T-Money Card Korea. What do you do in Seoul when it’s late at night, you have no cash, the banks are all closed, and there is no atm in sight? You break out your T Money card and put that baby to work. T Money cards are smart cards here in Seoul. They act as […]
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I’ve posted before about all the stuff you can buy on the Seoul Subway system. It lliterally is an underground shopping paradise. I’ve never bought anything on the subway. Usually the things just weren’t up my alley or I didn’t really need them. You know, kitchen gadgets, umbrellas, hats, pet outfits, but that changed the […]
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COEX is a gigantic shopping complex located in the high priced gangnam area of Seoul. If you’re ready to do some extreme power shopping then COEX might just be the place for you to empty your wallet and leave your credit cards into burning twisted puddles of plastic from all the action. The hundreds of […]
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