LIFESTYLE Best Essential Oils for Everyday Use With Weight Loss Side Affects Posted on August 4, 2016November 30, 2024 Essential oils have weight-loss attributes like appetite suppression, energy and boosting your metabolism. Here are 5 Young Living Essential Oils to achieve your weight loss goals. Read more
LIFESTYLE In Pursuit of Bliss: Exploring Thai Massages in South Korea Posted on February 12, 2016June 9, 2024 I haven’t stopped thinking about Thailand. I snorkeled crystal clear water, canoed bat infested caves, rode the back of a gentle giant & skipped over white peaked waves on a speed boat. But I can’t get one thing out my mind far less adventurous out of my mind. We ended every day with 90-minute Thai massages that blew us away. Back home I searched for authentic practitioners of the art. Read more
LIFESTYLE Turn Your Travel Dreams into Travel Reality Posted on January 31, 2016July 15, 2024 How many times have you said you’re living vicariously through another’s words, pictures or stories? When are you going to stop living through someone else’s travels and start some of your own? Are you concerned you don’t have the money? Or the time off work? Or are you just dragging your feet waiting to win the Powerball so you’ll have an unlimited supply of both? Read more
LIFESTYLE Korea’s Retail Giant: Inside Hyundai Department Store Posted on January 27, 2016July 30, 2024 Even though shopping is terrible on-post, shopping in Daegu is pretty good. There are tons of local malls, underground shops, and traditional markets. Donga and Hyundai Department Store in Daegu are located downtown. Although I love the mall, the real value in Hyundai lies in its food stalls and restaurants…. Read more
LIFESTYLE Do You Sing? Let’s Nolaebang in South Korea? Posted on January 25, 2016June 9, 2024 You’re having a great time already and a few of your friends ask you to go to Nolaebang with them. Sure, let’s go. Nolaebang is the Korean karaoke bar and they are just as common as the coffee shops and make-up stores found all over South Korea. Read more
LIFESTYLE The Making of an American K-Pop Star Posted on January 17, 2016September 9, 2024 She dimmed the lights and the room took on the appearance of a night club. It was 9am and the neon lights flooded down from the ceiling in geometric shapes that danced on the wooden floor. Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass filtered down from the speakers on the forever cemented that song as the first song I danced to in a “Korean nightclub”. Read more
LIFESTYLE The 4-D Experience: Watching Star Wars in a South Korean Theater Posted on December 26, 2015May 17, 2024 4D theater in South Korea offers a unique cinematic experience by combining traditional movie viewing with sensory effects that engage the audience on multiple levels. These theaters typically feature motion-enhanced seats that move and vibrate in sync with the action on screen, along with special effects like wind, fog, strobe lights, and even scents… Read more
LIFESTYLE 11 Observations of a Black World Traveler Posted on August 21, 2015August 27, 2024 Nope, not even close. Although… even though I am NOT rich, I may be the only black person they meet and I want to leave a positive impression. I often feel the need to over tip or otherwise over-compensate for my skin color. Its totally unnecessary because I’m not a hotel pig, I find myself doing things like straightening up the room so the maids don’t see any mess. Read more