The ceremony started ten minutes earlier than we’d put on our invitations and even though I tried to feign misunderstanding and go for a wander so my friends could make it in time the attendants got the mothers up to begin. I don’t really know what time everything got under way as I had no watch to look at, and even if I did the sleeves on my hanbok were two feet longer than my arms ...

Getting ready for the Korean traditional wedding ceremony was, I assume, similar to what it will be like getting ready for the American ceremony in a few months. Make-up preparation taking longer than I’m used to and putting on clothes that I’ll never wear again and mean so much. The only difference is I know what to expect in the American style and with the Korean one I was moved a ...

My how the time has gone. I didn’t realize it’d been three weeks since I last posted on here until today when I logged on. When planning a wedding, or in my case two, but mostly half of only one, things just pile up and tumblr gets left behind. This past weekend I got married to Jae-oo in our first wedding ceremony. As we’ve decided to become a multi-cultural duo we’v ...

Every year it seems I have some reason, be it a visitor a new friend or other, that has me going back to Gyeongbokgung Palace. This year it was a couple family visitors and I was happily surprised when I scoured the internet for anything interesting and fun and found that the palaces in Seoul are offering a traditional music/dance series throughout the spring and summer and just our luck the one a ...