Thanksgiving 2018 – An Appetizer-ey One
Tomorrow’s our third annual neighborhood Thanksgiving. Jian is really into it this year....
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Category: Diary
Chuseok 2018
Lately Chuseok and Seollal have been my “Bachelor Weeks.” I usually get tours booked,...
Read MoreMoving Across the Street
It has already been four years since the last move. That move in 2014 was a big one. I had lived in that apartment and in Anyang longer than I’d lived anywhere in my adult life. So much history had happened there,...
Read MoreDeveloping Thoughts on Bourdain
A week has passed. This is more of a personal post, so forgive the rambling. I decided to take the website off of “mourning mode.” It’s no longer black and gray. It’s not that I’m done...
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Anthony Bourdain: Patron Rogue To the Restless
We will hear a lot of tributes from the restaurant community about Anthony Bourdain. He’s...
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Our PyeongChang 2018 Experience
I wouldn’t have done this if not for my daughter, Jian. After all this time, the PyeongChang...
Read More2017–A Year of Reflection and Big Questions
This is one of my personal posts. Super personal, so don’t expect any Korean food talk here. It’s also going to get a bit bleak. This started out as a personal diary in 2004, and I still use it as such. I took a...
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Impeachment, Robert Kelly, and Whoa F*&% Korea!
I arrived in Korea in 2004. I already had an interest in the country because of a couple courses...
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2016. Crappy Year. Maybe.
Everyone’s talking about how 2016 was such a bad year. I agree with that. In my...
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Where Progressivism has failed (and where it will win)
People are still wrapping their heads around the Trump win. Yes, Clinton won the popular vote, but...
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Broke my back–literally
WARNING: Graphic photos ahead. Not to be perused while eating. It’s already been a, well,...
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Serving Customers in Korean
I felt that as I’m a partner in this restaurant, I should learn as many parts of the...
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