From the Rooftops

Jongno Tower and Jonggak Intersection

For the first time in, well, almost as long as I can remember, we had sunshine today. To commemorate this glorious event, I ran over to Myeong-dong during my lunch hour to shoot some shots of the neighborhood from the roof garden of the UNESCO Building. (Be sure to click on the photos to get [...]

Lotus Lantern Festival 2011

Lotus Lantern Parade

I don’t have survey numbers to back it up, but I’d contend that Seoul’s annual Lotus Lantern Festival is the most popular festival in Korea, especially with the resident foreign community. I’d also argue that this is because unlike a lot of Korea’s regional festivals — and there are a ton of them — the [...]