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travel

Please fasten your seat belts…

I usually plan my trips months in advance, but with only a few weeks before headed out to trip Germany & France, I suppose it turned out pretty awesome.  I’ll be sharing photos over the next few weeks of my adventure…hope you enjoy! =) At SFO just before boarding my Lufthansa 11 hr. flight: Immediately getting of […]

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life travel what happened

Great Urban Race 2011

Great Urban Race is an international urban adventure race like the TV show Amazing Race. Participants are required to form teams of two to solve 12 clues and complete mental and physical challenges while discovering a city.  Joseph and I decided to compete in San Francisco this year as “Team Portal“:   Driving to San Francisco: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_aquzktNTs […]

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travel

[Korea] Dotorimuk – Acorn jelly

We’ve all had jello before — ranging from red strawberry to purple grape, to even green mint!  But have you tried brown ACORN JELLY?  Welcome to Korean cuisine!!! The practice of making dotorimuk originated in mountainous areas of ancient Korea, when abundant oak trees produced enough acorns each autumn to become a viable source of […]

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food travel what happened

[Korea] Stores in Korea

Continuing on Korea blogging, another surprising side of Korea is the pervasive presence of American stores! Apparently anything from the West is automatically considered high class, including Dunking Donuts…wow! Don’t just look street level…there are more stores on the 2nd, 3rd and even 4th floor! What is a HAPPY sale??? Just make sure you don’t […]

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exercise travel what happened

Bay to Breakers!

Don’t know how Joseph got me into running Bay to Breakers with him…but it’s 12k (7.5miles) through San Francisco: Early in the morning (7:30am) we took the Bart to the start line. Here I’m doing a few chin ups on the hand rails…I’m so pumped! =) I have no clue what to expect… I guess […]