December 2010
8 posts
Overwhelmed
Our Seoul Tumblr Family had a Secret Santa gift exchange last Saturday before we are parted for the next month while everyone is off on their various adventures (or being royally screwed out of vacation time, as the case is for some).
My name was drawn by Jessica. She, in her usual fashion, went over-the-top and presented me with what may be the most personal and heart-felt gift I’ve ever...
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Get in loser, we're going shopping.
Upon my arrival at work this morning, my manager Reyna mentioned that she heard women talking about me while she was shopping this weekend. They were discussing a “tall, beautiful, blonde woman” who was sporting red tights in Maseok. Inspired by my sartorial choices (also known as, “it’s fucking cold, it’s laundry day, and dammit I can wear ridiculous elf tights if I...
Winter's not so bad after all
Last night, needing to get out of the apartment, Stuart and I went to the grocery store to pick up potatoes and greens (and wine, duh) for dinner. When we left the store, it had begun to snow. A lot. Snow novice that I am, I began to scream and jump excitedly in the street and refused to go home. Instead, we snuck (why does spell check tell me this is not a word? Sneaked?) up to the roof of one of...
Big News
Dear friends and family,
I hesitate to do this on my blog, but it is the easiest way to communicate with the largest number of you at once.
As I mentioned in one of my most recent posts, I have been vacillating heavily about whether to extend my stay in Korea or leave at the end of my current contract. I marinated on the issue for weeks, but I knew what I really wanted some time ago. For a...
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Gluttons
This beef is my new favorite thing. Although one order is more than enough for 3 people, Stuart and I killed it on our own the other night.
It was worth it.
“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change...”
– -Anthony Bourdain (via memoirsofavagabond)
Even though I don’t like Anthony Bourdain, nor his tv show, I like this quote.
(via lastafford)
Very true for me. I have been ruminating over a post about life a year ago when I signed my contract until now.