Make a Splash

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Rainy days make me want to sleep all day, or drink herbal tea, snuggle up with my laptop, browser-window shop, and dream up the most fabulastic rain boot and umbrella combinations, ever! During a recent gloomy weather internet expedition I stumbled across FashionIQ. Their resident fashion reporter, Nicole, has the right idea--on wet dreary days slip into some loud wellies and make a statement while you sing in the rain. I suggest adding a funky umbrella to make the whole rainy season a fashion event and something to look forward to.

A designer umbrella with interchangeable handles matched up with girly boots to remind you of the May flowers to come.

The umbrella has a built in speaker in the handle and you control the music when you spin the umbrella. And the boots are just the hottest rain boots I've ever seen.

Now this is a dreamy set: shiny water-proof boots and Jean Paul Gaultier's Pinstripe Square umbrella!

This high-tech umbrella (still in development) from Ambient Devices has a chip that picks up wireless weather info and will glow when the chance of rain is high. What a good idea.
The wish list grows. So many shoes, hardly enough time...

delicious, not!

Food in Korea goes into two categories: delicious and NOT delicious. This cookie, despite what it says, was NOT delicious.

public art

umbrella spider
Originally uploaded by misskoco.

I love finding an unexpected funky installation, a clever sculpture, or a large scale mosaic on my adventures and jaunts. I found these sculptures in a subway station in Pusan. They are a great addition to this public space and really creative. The spiders were made out of umbrellas and the birds are from bottles. What great whimsical little creatures!

Seafood Stew (해물탕)

After spending a few hours at the Pusan Aquarium admiring fish and other underwater creatures, Jess, Jess, and I decided it was time to see what some of them tasted like. We found a nice restaurant that specialized in a seafood stew. It was enjoyable, but it was also a bit scary. I wasn't quite sure what I was eating, or if I was supposed to eat that part. I had to dissect everything and remove questionable bits and exoskeleton. Regardless, somehow, I stuffed myself.



The restaurant also had a side dish I'd never come across before, some kind of noodle slaw of sorts.

Survey says: not my favorite, but it didn't make me puke.