May 8, 2013
Richmond, Virginia: Is This Really the South?
When we were in New York, Gil Dong and me would hold each other’s hand in the street without fear of being glared at, heckled, or worse. We didn’t even get any sideways glances, which was one of the things I loved about New York, after coming from South Korea where homosexuality isn’t really OK….
Virginia is the first big city I went to in the south, and I was a little worried about being gay in Comments: 9
May 6, 2013
Whimsy In Williamsburg: Cheese, Ham, but no Pocahontas.
Sometimes when you’re on the road, you need a break from it all. After hitting up three pretty big cities – Boston, New York, and Washington… – I figured it was time for a break, and to explore Comments: 3
May 3, 2013
Cheap Food in New York #2: Sweet Eats
If you remember last week’s Foodporn Friday post, I waxed lyrical about cheap food in New York…. Today, it’s more of the same, except all the foods here have a sugary sweet twist. Everyone needs Comments: 12
May 1, 2013
Wishy-Washington: But ooh, Cherry Blossom!
The capital city of the world’s premier superpower, I expected a lot from Washington D.C., especially after Boston, Providence and New York… delivered in such spectacularly different ways. Did Comments: 12
April 29, 2013
I <3 New York City
Before going to New York City for the first time, I was a little worried. The largest city in the United States, NYC seems to be a love-it or hate-it kind of place, and I was anxious that I would fall into the latter… Comments: 11
April 26, 2013
Cheap Food in New York #1: World Eats
As my bus from Providence… drove down New York’s Ninth Avenue, one thing became very clear: New York is an international city. Now I know I’m stating the ridiculously obvious here, but what Comments: 8
April 24, 2013
The Kindness of Strangers: CouchSurfing
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
The immortal quote from the tragic heroine of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire…‘, Blanche Dubois, kindness is something Comments: 14
