Hong’s Cave

We were watching some Korean TV programs recorded on the ReplayTV off of a local station, and there was a segment about MinJokSaGwan GoDeungHakGyo in HoengSeong, KangWon-do.
It looked like a specialized high school and from the name I thought it was one of those government funded elite schools (well, “MinJok” (race, nation, people, etc.) sounded [...]

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Yoshi’s has been a local jazz establishment for a long time. Before they built a really nice place in Oakland, they had somewhat smaller place near Berkeley, which I also enjoyed.
The name is also shared by a Japanese restaurant, but as far as a Japanese restaurant goes, I’d say it’s rather average from what [...]

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Villa Montalvo has performing arts events all year around. During the summer seasons, a lot of outdoor events are held. However, we never went there for the concerts.
I saw Wynton Marsalis‘ name and decided to check it out. It was a quintet and although I am not certain whether I got all [...]

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I was held up with reading Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1), a very long and “boring” book by Neal Stephenson. After several months, I realized that I am never going to finish this, so I stopped about a third into it. I had other books to read.
Anyway, the next one I picked [...]

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