What to Do in Korea

For my friend Lindsay, who's headed to Korea (yay!): the following are some activities that you might find interesting.


Go check out a big fish market with your camera. Then go to a big department store like Lotte and hang out on the food floors.


Eat some seolleongtang.


Eat kimchee.


Time and weather permitting (it snows a lot there), go to Seoraksan National Park.


More Seoraksan.


There is a cool concentration of arts and crafts in Insadong in Seoul.


Insadong

Sweatbox

I don't care who you are; your first financial priority should be to keep your credit cards paid off. The minimum payment is a tool of the lender, not you. If you are not convinced, please read this. The lenders want to keep you sweating as long as they can manage.

What to See in California

Moon, trees


Barn in Point Reyes


Yuan's living room at night


Alcatraz


San Francisco, from Alcatraz

What to Eat in California

Raw pork is not good for you, but it is often very tempting.


Cooked pork.


Raw oysters.


This fruit was really weird but pretty delicious. Yuan, what the hell is it called again? (Answer: cherimoya)

The Fauna of California, Continued

Birds


Winnie!

The Fauna of California

Yuan: my host, cook and navigator for much of the journey


Stephanie laughing after wine, nuts


Visiting Lisa in prison


Stacey is about to get smacked


My verdict on Bjorn's ice cream: delicious, not at all like a woman's bathroom


Rosemary


It appears that baboons are good with babies, specifically Isabella.


Isabella, and one of her ancestors named Jon

A Salute to a Near-Genius

The robber pepper sprayed the armoured car guard on September 30 outside a Bank of America branch in Monroe, grabbed a bag of money and ran towards a tributary of the Skykomish River where he was seen floating off on a tube.

More hilarity.