Backpack B's

The warmer months always make me long for my back porch and grilling. As far back as I can remember my family always grilled. When we bought our first home, one of our first wedding gifts was a beautiful grill. It was a social thing, a neighborly thing, a lunch or dinner thing, a party [...]

Today was an absolute breathtaking day for a Spring wedding! The sun came out, the temperature was warm in the sun, cool in the shade, the birds were chirping, everything in budding and blooming. Ah… just breathtaking! We attended Mr. B’s co-worker’s wedding in Seoul earlier this afternoon. Such a beautiful ceremony! It was half [...]

What are your thoughts on Chinese food? (Besides the cute little take out containers and fortune cookies) I find that you either like it, or you don’t. Up until a few years ago I found myself not really caring for it. Mostly I think because it upset my stomach. There was never any one menu [...]

“Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold.” LOL! That song reminds me of when I was a little girl and in Brownies, the younger aged little ladies of the Girl Scouts. Yup, I was a cookie working sales professional with my sash and all. I don’t know why, [...]

Hoejip (횟집), means “sashimi house” in Korean. This weekend I was invited out to dinner to enjoy fresh raw fish, or sashimi as we mostly call it in America.  In Korea, the fish is sliced a bit thicker than that of the Japanese style, and the fish is known as hoe. Like almost all meals in [...]

We woke up this morning to snow. I had to wipe my eyes and do a second take as a pulled the curtains open across the big living room windows. No mistake. The white stuff was definitely back again. Luckily it really didn’t stick around, and was gone by mid afternoon. We lucked out here. [...]

“Spiderman, Spiderman, does whatever a spider can.” Sorry, I couldn’t help myself. Do you remember that theme song? The tune instantly popped into my head one evening after arriving home from work this week. I had just hung up my coat in our entry way and slipped off my shoes when I heard tapping at [...]

Saturday I invited a good girlfriend to tag along to Seoul with me. The main purpose of the trip was to check out a newly established farmers market located right in the downtown area of Seoul. I was particularly excited because a few other bloggers mentioned the freshness, the organic quality, and how everything was [...]

Our perfectly acceptable local posted park guidelines…..

Let’s face it, vehicle tune ups are typically rather…. how do you say… boring inconvenient and always end up being expensive! Are you ready for this ? …. Not in South Korea! Yes, we did wake up at 5AM to travel to our car appointment in Suwon for 9AM. Yes, we did arrive an hour [...]