Life in Korea Archive

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

How Small?

Life at Humphreys is like life in a very small town. You’re constantly running into people you know, people you live next door to, people in the unit. There’s just nowhere you can go incognito when you need a little private time. [case in point] Heading to Osan the other day our old hooptie turned [...]

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

IHOP it’s Not

Little shops come & go fairly quickly in the ville, but I think this one’s gonna stay. Our very own breakfast diner. IHOP is one of the places I miss about home. On lazy Sunday mornings Eric & I would either head out to IHOP or call ahead for take-out. When we lived in Virginia, [...]

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Shifting Expectations

[a view of the fence between our yards & my puny little morning glories, just now popping up] Thanks for all the feedback about Maggie & the fence issue. Cynthia, my neighbor in the building next door, read my post this afternoon & graciously brought over some bamboo screens/blinds she had bought weeks ago. Without asking  for anything [...]