1/1 - 1/2/2009
photographic recollections of my travels over the
Christmas and New Year's holidays.]
Thursday01.01.2008
Departing from Williamsburg early in the morning, we
arrived in Bethesda, Maryland precisely on-schedule to
meet up with my friends Ray and Soyoon at the
Montgomery Mall, conveniently located directly across
the street from my grandmother's apartment.
Tori.
Soyoon and Ray arrived around noon; my family headed off, on the
return trip to Delaware, and we took a summary lap around the mall
before deciding to head off to the Mall.
National Sculpture Garden.
Ray looking coquettish.
Graf on the street, Art is everywhere.
After a quick stroll across the (frigid) Mall, we hit the National Air
and Space Museum.
Indecipherable tag (wack handstyle), National Mall, Washington, DC.
The pool, half-frozen, bore the weight of several local (water)fowl.
We took a quick detour through the National Botanic
Gardens' outdoor portion before heading back to Ray's
car, and thence on to Grandma's.
Mad good, of all sorts of food: pickled bamboo,
scrambled eggs with fried onions, duck, and Chinese
barbecued pork.
A mother and grandmother's refrigerator photographs: My dad (L,
ca. 1955) and me (R, ca. early-1990s).
Me, 1988, from 奶奶's extensive photo album
collection.
Friday12.26.2008
On Friday, Neul Kkot and I ran errands with my
grandmother: grocery shopping, household chores, and
stopping by the nearby public library to use the internet
and borrow some movies to watch that night.
Not this one.
As night approached, we returned home and began preparations for
cooking Jja Jjang Myeon (炸酱面).
Ahhhh, my favorite... give me this and rice and I am
set for a week+.
炸酱面, 水饺, and 小鸡翼. Chea!
After eating a ridickolus large dinner meal, I took off for a lengthy nap
while Neul Kkot did some reading. Ray returned later that night to
hang out and sleep over. After he grabbed a quick bite (and I further
demolished a bunch of the dumplings), we decided to head out and
(thanks to my borrowed GPS) find a video rental place, plus grab some
snacks.
After only getting lost a little, we found a Blockbuster.
There is no need for this remake.
And a Giant.
There is no need for this food.
[Next: A day in Baltimore! and a trip to Commonwealth
DC, plus my first night at my 老家 in 2009.]
On Friday, Neul Kkot and I ran errands with my
grandmother: grocery shopping, household chores, and
stopping by the nearby public library to use the internet
and borrow some movies to watch that night.
Not this one.
As night approached, we returned home and began preparations for
cooking Jja Jjang Myeon (炸酱面).
Ahhhh, my favorite... give me this and rice and I am
set for a week+.
炸酱面, 水饺, and 小鸡翼. Chea!
After eating a ridickolus large dinner meal, I took off for a lengthy nap
while Neul Kkot did some reading. Ray returned later that night to
hang out and sleep over. After he grabbed a quick bite (and I further
demolished a bunch of the dumplings), we decided to head out and
(thanks to my borrowed GPS) find a video rental place, plus grab some
snacks.
After only getting lost a little, we found a Blockbuster.
There is no need for this remake.
And a Giant.
There is no need for this food.
[Next: A day in Baltimore! and a trip to Commonwealth
DC, plus my first night at my 老家 in 2009.]
1 comment:
So it turns out the correct spelling, according to the Korean language authorities, is 자장면. But nobody pronounces it that way. Go figure.
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