Our First Anniversary [#18]
Konichiwa from Tokyo,
We just passed a big milestone — the first anniversary of the Hu-Stiles fam in Seoul, and the first anniversary of the NPR Seoul bureau. On our night out to celebrate, something so Seoul happened. These guys:
What I’m Reading
Yay for America’s single women and way to go, Supreme Court women! The madness of chasing airlines premier status. How to beat hotel room gloom. Inclusiveness for people of color means more than representation, it means including us in decision-making processes. Understand Trump supporters with one twitter conversation. Louis C.K.’s epic email rant against Donald Trump compares Trump to Hitler and America to Germany in the 1930’s. This archival New York Times piece about Hitler supports Louis C.K.’s point. Meanwhile, this study from 2013 shows the southern counties with the most slaves in 1860 have the most white, conservative and Republican populations today.
What I Wrote/Made/Talked About
A story from a disappearing Japanese village. An overview of the new sanctions package on North Korea. A visit to Fukushima city, where thousands are still in “temporary” trailers. The lasting U.S.-Japan friendship after the 3/11 disasters. Texas-based soldiers arrived in Korea during the latest round of tensions. A chat with Korea’s KBS Radio about Year One in Seoul. And the latest “Elise Tries” video is actually the first one we shot; a prototype for the series made in the weeks after Baby Isa was born. We tried out mysteriously never-used Korean workout machines.
What I’m Watching
I cannot believe this happened, but my favorite British Matthews -- Matthew Rhys and Matthew Goode -- somehow got a TV series in which they travel around Tuscany tasting wines. Not joking. Speaking of Matthew Rhys, he stars in the best show on TV, The Americans, and it’s back March 16!
A Request
In the swirl of work and general life obligations, I’m all out of rhythm — no clear schedule, no “me” time, etc. Send me any good tips or links about carving out time for elusive "awareness" rather than non-stop multitasking.
Ciao ciao,
Elise