You're invited!

Now, THIS is what I call a wedding invitation!  

It was so big it arrived in a box! 

 

Sarah, you're i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-e!  So glad you're my best friend!  Thanks for taking the time to make such special invitations for your wedding guests!  I speak for everyone who is invited when I say, THANK YOU!  I can only imagine what a stunningly creative dreamland your wedding will be!

Culture Day!

In Korea, elementary school's have what they call "Culture Days" where the teachers are allowed to leave work 2-3 hours early, for the purpose of doing something cultural!  The time is supposed to be spent hiking mountains, visiting museums or city parks, or touring a famous Korean historical site, but instead, we went to a movie!  So, when the principal asked where I was going when he signed my attendance sheet, I was told to say, "I don't know!"  Sneaky, I know!

There were tons of great Korean films playing, but the girls voted on The Lincoln Lawyer, which is pronounced "Leen-con Byun-ho-sa", because they wanted me to be able to understand the movie!  Very sweet!  :)

Here we all are, in the waiting room of the movie theater!  After you buy your ticket, you wait here and 5 minutes before the movie starts, you're allowed to enter! :)

After the movie, we walked over to Lotte for some dinner at Anna Bina (I think), a fancy Italian restaurant on the 9th floor where we feasted on seafood risotto, pizza, mozarella spaghetti, and some other fancy pastas.  We each ordered our own meal, but in true Korean style, everyone shared! 

 

I think we all needed a little girl time, and time away from work, to relax and enjoy each others company!  Cheers to another successful Culture Day!

Lotte Giants!!

It's a mystery to me why Aaron and I haven't been to more Lotte Giants baseball games since we've lived in Korea!  We both love baseball, and going to the games, and heck, the tickets are only $9.00!  It's such a fun date night!  Last night, we went to our first game of the 2011 season and had such a great time!  We wanted to sit with the rowdy crowd (above 1st base) but the tickets were all sold out, so we ended up above 3rd base, which ended up being perfect!

We were sitting amidst a crowd of co-workers who had brought a HUGE box of chips, meat, drinks, and ice cream, and were constantly offering us food and drinks!  (How awesome is it that you can bring your own food into baseball games here?  Movie theaters, too!)  One of the co-workers had brought his young son who was such a shmooch!  His English name was Martin, but couldn't speak a lick of English!

  

Then, like clockwork, at the beginning of the 7th inning, the orange trash bags came out!  These bags are passed throughout the crowd for the fans to collect their trash and throw it away, but the fans have turned it into a fantastic tradition of tying them on their heads to create a sea of orange heads (Lotte's colors are orange and black), until the game ends!   The guys sitting next to us snapped this photo with my iphone!  No shame!

I am loving this time of the year in Korea!  The nights are cool, but warm enough to wear short sleeve shirts and my rainbows, and as the sun goes down, it paints the sky in gorgeous hues of pink and purple!  I could definitely get used to this!

We left at the beginning of the 9th inning to bypass the crowd, and it was a tied game 3-3!  Not sure who won, but it didn't matter to me!  It was just fun to go to a game and be surrounded by avid fans who were also fans of sharing their yummy snacks!

Movie on the beach!

Last night, I took Aaron out (every guy deserves to be taken out once in a while!) to an awesome Vietnamese restaurant in Gwangali for some yummy pho and spring rolls!   Nothing like being greated by a life size Vietnamese statue when you walk in!

After dinner, we walked along the beach to the far east end for the Gwangali Beach Theater!  I've always wanted to come to the beach to watch a movie, but for whatever reason, I've never actually made it, until last night!  Aaron was a good sport and sat with me through Street Dance, a mediocre British film about street dancers teaching ballet dancers how to dance!  haha 

When the movie started, we got comfy on the sand, while sitting on my Thai sarong, which is much more Asian than a beach towel!  The sky was stunning in pinks and purple as the sun went down behind the mountains! 

I've gotta hand it to Korea.  They're always trying to come up with new ways to bring in tourists!  I don't think a movie on the beach is gonna do it, but it's definitely a fun start!  

After the movie, we went over to Seven Luck Casino for a couple games of roulette!  Lucky for us, we were both BIG winners last night!  I won 94,000 won ($87)  and Aaron won 140,000 won ($128.00)!  Thank you Seven Luck... AGAIN!

I stole Serry!

Well, I didn't really steal her, but I did take her for a run and then up to my apartment for some play time before bringing her back! 

Oh, how I miss having a dog around!!