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Yesterday I took my mom to @flyrdu for her to visi

Yesterday I took my mom to @flyrdu for her to visit Korea for the second time since we moved to the states 16.5 years ago, which coincidentally was almost exactly five years after her first/last visit. While a trip to the airport might not be a huge event in itself, dropping her off at the airport prompted a lot of emotions for me—gratitude that this is a reality (which it hadn’t been always); relief that she was able to make it (though we had to turn back once and manually FaceTime my brother while we were at the airport); 안타까움 for how long she has to go without seeing her family, especially her mom; happiness from seeing her joy being reunited with her loved ones again (she video called me on k-talk this morning after being picked up by her brother and his family)! Obviously I’m feeling very sappy about everything this morning with me being who I am but I know many of you relate—♥️♥️♥️

Went back to @carolinabrewerybrewpubs again (I tol

Went back to @carolinabrewerybrewpubs again (I told you I want to spend more time in chapel hill!) and I feel like I tried all the best things! The potato chip nachos were the PERFECT appetizer for sharing. wouldn’t have ordered the fish and chips myself so bless my sister @sujungchronicles for doing so, and bless the table next door who order the chicken strips which smelled so good and influenced me to get some. They have a lovely outdoor seating so we had to sit outside and enjoy this fall weather! What outdoor patio have you been enjoying lately?

Thank you @carolinabrewery and @tabletopmediagp for hosting us!

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Spent the last few days in Winston and Clemson(ish

Spent the last few days in Winston and Clemson(ish) and my heart is full! I’ve been loving these weekend photo buffets/dumps which some of you probably have noticed lol I feel like I get to share more without feeling as much pressure?!

I took tomorrow off to recover from this weekend and my flu/covid booster shots and am planning to read mostly! What have you been up to recently? Any exciting things?!

💗𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦💗

@sugarkoiicecream is open again!!! They reopened at their new Cary location and dare I say it’s bigger and better?! They now have twice as many ice cream flavors as well as pints to go. We tried some of the new flavors today, including Azuki (red bean), Goma (black sesame), Mango, and Peanut Butter Cup. We also got our tried-and true Thai Tea, Ube, and Matcha Green Tea!

I know some of my fellow Durhamites might be sad about them no longer being in downtown Durham BUT their new location inside a shopping center means parking is easy peasy! I know I’ll be making my way to @sugarkoiicecream every time I’m in Cary. 🥰♥️

If you made it this far, thank you for reading my novel of a caption! Also, I have some $5 @sugarkoiicecream gift cards I’d like to share (because sharing is caring!!)! Comment below what flavor you would like to try and a friend you would go with!

Giveaway winners 🎉 DM your address and I’ll mail you the $5 gift cards!
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♥️𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝘁 ♥️

I had a lovely weekend full of good food and books and friends and family, basically an ideal weekend for Ju! Here are some snippets from the weekend:

〰 sushi dinner date @sushisuyu with @thejiyoungshin and @ellenrebeca94!
〰 got some @freshlocalicecream and went for a stroll around @downtownapexnc
〰 impromptu coffee outing to @liturgybeverage with @sujungchronicles
〰 trying a new-to-me Indian restaurant @bazilindiancuisine off of Glenwood; will share more stories but everything we tried was fantastic!
〰 @durhamcountylibrary trip even though my TBR is out of control lol I finally made it to the balcony!
〰 “working” coffee date with @lifewithhanny at @cocoacinnamon (very little work got done lol) followed by lunch at @full_durham
〰 Korean harvest festival celebration dinner with the family
〰 author chat with @juhea_writes who wrote Beasts of a Little Land, which I read back in February and loved!

Share with me something about your weekend or something you’re looking forward to! I have a short work week this week and next week, which I’m looking forward to 🥰

♥️𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗞𝗙𝗖 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝗿𝗵𝗮𝗺♥️

Vit Goal off of 55 used to my family’s favorite Korean restaurant and we were sad to see it close. Actually the last time we went by, we saw a sign saying they will reopen as 92 Korean Chicken KFC! We went finally after seeing some of our friends go the last few weeks and I’m happy to report I LOVE it!!

We ordered the Garlic Spicy Chicken and Soy Garlic Spring Onion Chicken per the owner’s recommendation for 한국인 입맛 (or Korean tastes buds) and she didn’t steer us wrong!! The breading was done well and had a great crunch and flavor The Garlic Spicy Chicken was sweet and spicy like I want my KFC to be. Soy Garlic Flavor was very beef bulgogi like, and the spring onions were refreshing!

I was live reporting to my family via K-talk group chat (the owner recognized me and asked if I was @sujungchronicles’ little sister lol) I’m already making plans to go back soon with the whole family and friends! ♥️

♥️ 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁♥️

If you watch my stories, I crossed Yamazushi off my Bull City Bucket List last week! Kaiseki dinner at Yamazushi was truly an experience! Every course was thoughtfully laid out, and everything about it felt intentional. And the service was most attentive. I was not blown away by every single dish but happy overall. There are more words on the blog today if you’re interested!

Yamazushi is actually booked out for the remainder of the year but my little sister @sujungchronicles put us on the waitlist months ago and there was a cancellation! #bless I recommend you get yourself on the waitlist ASAP if you want to try the Kaiseki dinner! In 2023, they’re changing their menu to tea ceremony exclusively, which I’m actually excited about because the post-dinner matcha was one of my favorite parts of dinner.

Have you been to Yamazushi? What’s a place that is on your Bull City bucket list? Or a place you think should be on everyone’s Bull City bucket list?

FRIENDS, I GOT A PROMOTION! Which is the main reas

FRIENDS, I GOT A PROMOTION! Which is the main reason behind my frequent disappearance from the Internet lately. It all happened really fast so I feel like I had no time to process it until now. For a little bit, I was basically doing two (okay maybe one and a half) jobs! 👽🥰♥️

Last weekend, I got to have a little celebration dinner at @jujuberestaurant . I’ll share more (hold me to it plz) but our favorites were the cocktails and the spicy oyster mushroom curry soup! I don’t venture out to chapel hill enough because I think it’s farther than it really is so it was lovely to spend an evening there! #hosted

What all am I missing out on in chapel hill?!

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