I haven’t updated this blog with my books of the month in a while partly because those posts are rather laborious to compose and also because I was boring myself. So let’s try something different! Instead of my usual list of monthly reads, here’s the highlight reel of what I’ve been reading this summer, and what is on my summer reading list.
Our summer kicked off with a trip to Laos over Memorial Day and was followed by traveling around Mongolia for the majority of July. Summer hasn't consisted solely of big trips…
A few highlights from this past summer: We met up with an old friend and ate our way around Hong Kong. camped at a remote beach camp site, attended our first…
Where is “the valley?” I wondered, as I scrolled through photo after photo of smiling Koreans frolicking with inner tubes in an indeterminable outdoor setting. It was the middle of summer…
According to various news reports, this has been one of the hottest summers ever recorded in Korea. It certainly felt that way here in Daegu, which received additional bonus points for…
A few notes on what has been happening this summer. So far we have camped and ate our way around Hong Kong, spent a weekend exploring Busan's quieter beaches and European-like…
One word to describe our first summer in Korea: HOT. So very hot. So very humid. And we both grew up in Texas so we know a little thing about heat…
This summer's souvenirs represent all the time spent with family -- digging for rocks at Lake Lanier, coming up with silly games with my nieces and nephews, and lots of home…
The day started innocently enough: we packed our large cooler with enough Bon Chon chicken, snacks, beer and "victory punch" (recipe below) to feed an army and met up at Front…