A Slap in the Face: Scrubdown at a Korean Sauna
Imagine two elderly half naked women scrubbing your naked body with sand paper, their saggy boobs slapping you in the face with each pass of the extra strength loofah. No, […]
Tag Archives: Seoul
D Cube City: Makes You Feel Like Walking in the Woods
My current assignment for AFAR magazine has left me scouring my mind, friend’s minds, photos and the internet in search of all the latest and greatest happenings in Seoul. One […]
Chicest Airports: Incheon, Korea and Changi, Singapore
I‘ve experienced many an airport layover and there are really only two types of airports in my book–those that cut it and those that don’t. Except of course, if one […]
Chicest Bookstore: Assouline Lounge, Seoul, Korea
In Seoul’s swank Gangnam district, books are the new black. Assouline is the famed French purveyor of luxurious art, lifestyle and fashion books, and the “lounge” concept adds a cafe […]
She Bangs!
Korean bang culture is big business. Bang means “room” in Hangul, and on the streets of cities big and small, you’ll find rooms dedicated to DVDs, PCs, karaoke ping pong and […]
Korean Comfort Women Fight Back
I recently had the opportunity to visit a place called Nanum Jip, or Sharing House. Not only is it a place of refuge for Korean women formerly interned as sex […]
I Love Insa-dong!
Shopping is one of my specialties, and Insa-dong with its pleasant mix of quaint antique shops, tourist stalls and artsy boutiques has oft proved to be among my favorite destinations […]
My Name is Leslie, and I’m an Amusement Park Snob
Having grown up exclusively visiting Disney parks, I feel like a bit of an amusement park snob. After all, everything at Disneyland is just so, down to the most minuscule of details […]
Hi Seoul!
Last week, two major typhoons were expected to rage across the Korean Peninsula, so what did I do? Went to Seoul of course! My great friend Annie and I were […]
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