Survive & Thrive in Korea
Seoul is a city teeming with millions of people. So many millions that I believed the gay population would be bursting at the seams making queer seoul apropro. Years ago, as a freshly minted expat, I pictured a gay Asian mecca analogous to San Francisco. How naïve. Still, undaunted, I waded through the deceiving sea […]
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Going out in Jongno requires determination, grit, and a steady resolve. First, it’s a warren of twisty narrow streets and back alley ways that crisscross and zig zag in every way imaginable. It’s easy to get lost even if you know exactly where the place you’re going is. Then you have to deal with the […]
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In Jogno with a panging hunger that couldn’t be satiated with just any old morsel, I consulted the wise words of Seoul Eats via my Iphone and discovered a winning recommendation for the Nepalese restaurant Durga. It also helped that the place coincidentally happened to be a block away. The restaurant shares space with a beer hall […]
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Last week, after the Van Gogh exhibition, we stopped for a bite to eat at nearby Bang Pane. It’s down the block from the Chong Dong theater. It’s a cute little restaurant and their specialty turned out to be hot pockets that they call pouches. The food was marginal. I mean, it’s a hot pocket […]
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