New Hampshire, Part 1.

Jasmine and I drove from NYC to Providence to Boston to Meredith, New Hampshire to see our dear, wonderful, beautiful friend Sarah Adams who we became best buddies with in Seoul. It was a lovely few days and so nice to get into nature away from the concrete jungle that is New York City.

We woke up in quite possibly the most picturesque (quiet!) place on earth (Matt's family's cabin on the lake), ate big time breakfast at Sunny and Pa's, hiked, ate more, played video games at FunSpot (the "World's Largest Arcade") and had a grand old time.




 

 

Phamily Thanksgiving

In the last two months I was in Seoul, I had the very fortunate chance of meeting an entirely new group of people, musicians, artists, etc. This was the group I had been unknowingly been looking for all along in Korea (of course I didn't find it until the end). They are the biggest reason I've been considering going back in the Spring. Ultimately, I know I couldn't recreate the scene/experience that I had this Fall but I love these people with all my heart.

Steve (the biggest Deadhead I know :)), had an amazing Thanksgiving Party at his place. He was great host and his wife and daughter flew in from New York for the occasion. The night went something like this: whiskey/wine, music, food, music, food, wine. It's pretty amazing to be 7,000 miles from home and feel like you are part of another family. I will never forget this motley crew and am especially thankful for Sarah, Matt, Steve, Phil, J.J., Don, Alecia, Zee, Fred, Dave, Patricia, Soju Matt, etc etc. lots of <3


Isabell

In my element - with the 10-year-olds...

Steve's Thanksgiving Speech/Toast

Matt Mangano and Tim

Steve and J.J.

Matt and Patricia (Texas represent!)

J.J.'s a Dirt Bag (The Phil in background)

party animals - Steve, JJ and Matthew John J. Hennessey Baker

My besties - Sarah and Helen

Love this, love you MJJHB.

thisth isth mah sexthy posth - Soju Matt and Tim

Who knew a brilliant saxophone player could do a damn-good Neutral Milk Hotel rendition on the guitar!?

Tumuli Park, Gyeongju (경주)

We headed to Gyeongju this past week for some ancient Silla Kingdom action and fall foliage. I have to say the leaves were the most beautiful I think I've ever seen and Gyeongju wasn't too shabby either. It was really really a cool place. Capital of Korea for over 1000 years, starting in 57BC. Old.

Here are some snaps from Tumuli Park - the mounds are actually tombs of ancient Silla royalty and their families. One Cheonmachong (or "Heavenly Horse Tomb") was excavated, and heaps of gold crowns, jewels, ceramics and other personal belongings were found. Neat stuff.

Seoul Marathon

Helen has been training for the past 5 months for the Seoul Marathon and she kicked its ASS! So, so proud of her...her time was about 4:10hrs and her knee was hurtin the whole time. I managed to fudge up her running past us (:::dangit:::) but got a good ones post-race. Way to go mer.




It was Superman's 50th marathon!



stud.

Woodstock (B+W #2)

What a freakin FREAK.

Secret Mart + Street Shot

Galbi

Mr. Toilet House

That's right folks, the infamous toilet house. The owner, who works for the World Toilet Association, believes it is "a place of relaxation and purging, the toilet is a place for introspection." Ok, dude. 

Either way, it made for a pretty hilarious adventure (our taxi driver refused to believe there was such a thing as a giant 화장실 somewhere in his town until we finally found it 30 minutes later) and while it was "closed to the public" - the construction workers let us in. They thought we were a little nuts after our 25th jumping picture. Oh, and if you want to stay the night, you can! $50,000/night, no biggie.