Bonjour mon amis!
This is officially the first Sunday in which I have awoken before noon (though, to maintain at least some of my credit, every other day consists of getting up at 6:20 =0)...hit a couple of bars this week & must say they are oh so very good/attractive here (even the seemingly "hole-in-the-walls"...but then again being from Cal, we understand the winsomeness of such places, no?) I am not a big fan of the soju here (in contrast to just about everyone else) buuuuut I LUV LUV LUV the cocktail sojus! Some places here put real fruit (so it just tastes like smoothies wheeee) so it's so easy just to down a pitcher....you see, the problem with most drinks...they just taste too...what's the word....alcoholic...? =P
Hit Rodeo Drive this week a couple of times...must say it's not as "posh" as one would expect (it pretty much looks like any other part of Apgujeong)...there's a bar called "An" (which is "peace" in Chinese) which gives off a palace-like feel inside with its walls (friend & I couldn't help touching the walls, which of course only added to our veneer of sophistication and culture I'm sure)...they have the beeeest strawberry soju (doesn't have that "weird" taste hahaaa)...I've realized here in Korea they really know how to make their chicken (some sort of clandestine recipe or chicken feed that we in the U.S. do not know about??)...plus I find the K-BBQ sauce so much sweeter/yummier than the rich outback kind at home...I am so thankful for my unnies & other Korean-speaking friends here for helping me get around....went to one bar recently where neither of us spoke Korean...the entire menu was in Korean (which is most reasonable given we are in Korea)...think of my trying to mime out different fruits/seafood to figure out what the menu offered...how the hell do you mime strawberry?? Squid was easier...though also laughable
Hit a place called "Rabat", which is named after the capital of Morrocco...some of the sweetest people own that place & work there...the inside decor reminds one of Arabian Nights...the owner is sooooo sweet/beautiful...we invited her to drink with us...she joined though didn't drink since she was pregnant (after which we followed with profuse apologies)...this is her second child & seriously, she looks like she should be a movie star....the waiters are adoree-ble...invited them for several rounds of love shots (they weren't pregnant)...one even came into our booth (by the way, there are mini-booths here with drapes above & to the sides separating different parties) & performed magic tricks...then they offered chocolate hookah (which smells incredible! But given my stunted sense of smell/taste, I couldn't taste much booo)....
Finally checked out one of the popular trance clubs here (apparently they are all the rage right now)....looked into Club Answer, though admittedly the music does sound the same the entire night...it's fun for a while but afterwards one gets tired of rockin' to the same beat...one benefit of not speaking Korean here is you can use it as an excuse for rejection...
My friend & I are still striving to get on a music show...2NE1 is back promoting new songs...aaaaaaaah need to attend to my K-pop fix! Grrrr little fanclub members who usurp all the tickets....don't they have school.....(though I have work, but of course that is so very different...lol)
That's all for now.
xoSeoulxo,
C2
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