Unusual Finds: Masan’s Half Wing Book Cafe
Masan city isn’t a name that really resonates with anyone. Even the most experienced expats might only know the place by name, at best. They certainly won’t be familiar with the terrain. Sadly, for the most part, there really isn’t that much to talk about. Deeply conservative, small and lacking in aesthetics, Masan doesn’t really...
Seoul’s Simone Handbag Museum
A handbag museum with a collection of over 300 handbags that date from the 16th century to the 21st century opened this summer in Shinsa-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Judith Clark, V&A curator and London College of Fashion professor worked on this project for the last two years with a team of academics and curators. This...
Anish Kapoor Seoul Exhibition Review
For museum goers and non-museum goers alike, the Leeum Samsung Museum in Seoul presents an astonishing exhibition of works by renowned Indian-born British artist, Anish Kapoor that is certainly worth visiting. I have to stress that this show does not require you to have much knowledge of the artist, or art in general for that...
A Guide to Makgeolli
It starts out the same for most of us. You have just arrived in Korea. Your first night out, you slowly gather different sized coins until they add up to the amount of that little green bottle in the beverage fridge. The honeymoon period with soju ensues for a while, but for some like myself,...
10 Reasons to Love Winter in Korea
Did you know Korea has four seasons? Winter is definitely the worst one, so I decided to draw up a list of things to look forward to to stop me from crumpling into an icy heap of depression. Ondol (underfloor heating) Leaving your heating on all day and night might ruin the environment, not to...
The Beautiful Cake That I Made: Korea’s Cake Decorating Cafes
내가만든미케익 (Nae ga mandeun mi cake) is a hidden treasure not far from exit 9 of Hongik Ipgu station. Located on the third floor above a chicken restaurant and a shabu shabu place, it’s very easy to pass it by in the flood of visual information presented to you in the Hongdae area. The name...
SPACE
Winter is coming upon us a little too quickly, and I don’t know about you, but hibernation mode is setting already. The only thing that can pull us away from staying sprawled on my heated floors this winter is a place that has been creeping up on almost everyone’s radar: SPACE. Nestled somewhere in the...
Korea in Infrared
Scroll over each image to discover where in Korea it was taken. When looking at an infrared photo, one is literally looking at the world in a different light. Essentially, infrared film can capture what we cannot see: light from the infrared spectrum. The human eye is unable to detect any light beyond the visible...
