Category Archives: Photography
Rainbow
Daegu, South Korea. I met some friends downtown last Friday. Beer drinking weather. It was good.
New Samsung Stadium
Without a doubt, baseball in South Korea is a glorious, noisy, fried-chicken fueled thing. And this year Daegu’s club, the Samsung Lions, have moved into a shiny new mega-stadium on the outskirts of town (as opposed to their older, charming, … Continue reading
All The Nomz
Korean grilled pig intestines (막창) start like this and then they become this: So glorious.
Unruly Sun (and Birds)
Busan, South Korea
Year of the Monkey
And a happy Year of the Monkey to you. I’m spending Lunar New Year in Busan doing nothing in particular. My plan is to finally get around to book three of Jeff Vandermeer’s South Reach trilogy and to wake up at … Continue reading
Bongmu Reservoir!
Every once in a while my adult students decide to play hookie, so we cancel our class and go hiking or walking. This time we headed about 30 minutes outside of lurvely Daegu to visit Bongmu Reservoir, which has a … Continue reading
ROCKTOBER Y’ALL
Andrew Hill, Compulsion!!!!! Via wiki: “Hill created a unique idiom that utilized chromatic, modal, and occasionally ‘free’ improvisation. Although usually categorized as ‘avant-garde’, Hill’s music bears little resemblance to the free atonality and extended improvisations of Cecil Taylor and others. Like … Continue reading
Strawberry Shrimp Chips!
One thing you find in South Korea is “suh-bi-su,” or the Konglish translation of “service.” You pop into a convenience store (7-11 is big here) for some water or a Coke Zero (Korean Diet Coke!) and you come out with … Continue reading