October 2005
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the Visit
So this past week Brett and Hava came to stay with me. They flew in on Monday night. Tuesday they dropped me off at work and drove up to Emeryville where one of their green coffee brokers is located. They spent the day cupping coffees like the coffee snobs they are. Turns out you are supposed to slurp the coffee into the mouth to ensure the whole tongue and mouth is at least splashed with...
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the Flight
I write from thirty thousand feet. It feels like 2:30 AM to me, but in just an hour it will be 11:30 AM the previous day. I guess I will sleep good tonight (or is that last night?). The Singapore Airlines 777 I am on is set up in a 3-3-3 configuration, and though I was lucky enough to procure an aisle seat, it is in the middle 3 seat set, and the air conditioning vents all seem to be pointed at...
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Sightseeing
Changyeonggung Markers I did get a little free time while in Seoul, and along with Jim, explored some of the highlights via the subway system. Speaking of which, the subway system was extraordinarily nice - very easy and self explanatory, with just enough English sprinkled around various signs to enable its use by monolingual idiots such as myself. Even so, the local manager we were working...
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In Korea...
So I made it to Korea Monday around 6 PM and after waiting in line for a while, got through Customs without any trouble. Took a mini-van-taxi (complete with bright multicolored LED’s all over the interior, evoking what can only be described as that cheap-prom-limo type aura) for the hour ride from Incheon Airport to the hotel just outside downtown Seoul in an area called Central City...
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Sigur Rós @ the Paramount
Lobby Lights from Stairs Sigur Rós played the Paramount in Oakland tonight, and it was the most amazing show — I think the best I have seen. I was initially bummed that the show was not located in San Francisco, and even though Oakland was a pain to drive to, the Paramount very much suited the event. Amina opened in the spacious music hall, which featured appropriately ambient colored...
