Just Like Home?

There are ways to make living in Korea feel like home. I think foreigners here have mastered that art. Rather than talk a lot about the silly and wonderful ways we find to make a niche for ourselves here, I offer some comparison photos:

these are the fireworks I saw in 2009...

and these are the ones we set off on a roof in Korea on July 4, 2010 :)

This is my favorite brunch EVER on the day I discovered it in DC:

And this is my new favorite brunch in Korea (in GWANGJU!):

ya, that's stuffed french toast. no big deal.

this is how Conrad and I recreated the Count of Monte Cristo (Roman Carneval edition) for ourselves a few years ago, masks, capes and all:

and here is a new way Korea's offered for me to look at one of my favorite stories:

yes, that's a sign for The Count of Monte C-uh-risto: the Musical-uh. Asian style.

Oh, Korea. You never cease to amaze me.