Walking up 17 flights of stairs, one step at a time
The elevator was out. So we climbed 17 flights of stairs carrying our 15-year-old dog to reunite her with my dad.
I thought that was the story, until a piece of artwork changed how I saw the day.
Hawaii — Stüssy Honolulu (Part 3)
Our odyssey that led us to the morning open run. We'd been lured in by the siren song of the long lines and by the T-shirts literally everywhere.
Hawaii — The Odyssey (Part 2)
After the movie, sometime around 3 am, the moon over the Pacific from our hotel.
I never learned how to meditate
A company meditation retreat didn’t teach me how to meditate. I’d been looking for mindfulness in all the wrong places.
Pyongyang naengmyeon, my own noodle road
Every family has a dish. This one begins in North Korea.
The featured photo shows my family gathered around eobokjaengban, another traditional Pyongyang dish that still brings us together today.
I don’t have that many rice cakes to give
What could a walk on Manhattan Beach possibly have to do with rice cakes? Read on to find out.
Yokshim, meet empathy
What happens when greed (yokshim) meets empathy?
Artwork by Yang Kyung Soo. Find more of the artist’s work here: https://yangkyungsoo.wordpress.com/buddha-works/