L. Lee

Feb 12

À table, garcons and filles!

À table, garcons and filles!

Last time you saw silver napkin rings on place settings?

Last time you saw silver napkin rings on place settings?

Side: Tuscan beans slowly cooked for five hours

Side: Tuscan beans slowly cooked for five hours

Usually, winter means losing-weight season, not because I deliberately diet but because I’m too uninspired to cook or leave the house or anything. But lately, the amount of good food I have been sharing with people is unreal. 
Last night’s main dish: Johanna’s stuffed zucchinis. 

Usually, winter means losing-weight season, not because I deliberately diet but because I’m too uninspired to cook or leave the house or anything. But lately, the amount of good food I have been sharing with people is unreal. 

Last night’s main dish: Johanna’s stuffed zucchinis. 

The lotus is a man of substance, and the ____ is a man of no substance.  Fill in the blank!

The lotus is a man of substance, and the ____ is a man of no substance.  Fill in the blank!

Seoul Arts Center.  Yesterday, I was interviewed for a book on women in Korean society.  Afterwards, we went for a walk to the temple in the hills but stopped to take in the views as it was just in time for sunset. 
Do you see the Korean men’s hat shape of the roof?

Seoul Arts Center.  Yesterday, I was interviewed for a book on women in Korean society.  Afterwards, we went for a walk to the temple in the hills but stopped to take in the views as it was just in time for sunset. 

Do you see the Korean men’s hat shape of the roof?

Boys, have you ever felt like this?

As he left the bar with Christine at his side, Dixon felt like a special agent, a picaroon, a Chicago war lord, a hidalgo, an oil baron, a Mohock.  — Lucky Jim

Feb 05

It is possible to eat too much cheese, as I discovered last night.

Turkey sandwich and ricotta salad at Mama’s in Seoul.

It is possible to eat too much cheese, as I discovered last night.

Turkey sandwich and ricotta salad at Mama’s in Seoul.

Jan 30

Feel cold, tired, and gray.  Kind of like this day in Pyongyang last July. 

Feel cold, tired, and gray.  Kind of like this day in Pyongyang last July. 

Jan 28

A sandman.  I know, it’s been exactly a month since I’ve been back in Seoul, and I wish I could stop posting my California pictures, but it’s proving impossible. 

A sandman.  I know, it’s been exactly a month since I’ve been back in Seoul, and I wish I could stop posting my California pictures, but it’s proving impossible.