School Break

The Week of July 23
Was my school break. I met Hye Jin on Monday at Lotte World, a magical place in Jamsil in southeastern Seoul. Boxed in by Lotte Group’s magnificent department store, buttressed by Lotte’s sizzling Lotterias, guarded by Lotte’s Castle Apartments, funded largely by purchases on Lotte credit cards (it cost half the [...]

The Tail of the Week

Riding the escalator down to the train at Itaewon Station on Thursday, Masato, Matt, and I wondered aloud about the verb “to heal”. It’s 낫다, and my foot feels much better.
(And in California, I hear, so does Anastasia’s.)
On Wednesday afternoon, I met up with Presca at Anguk Station to explore Changdeokgung Palace. I got to [...]