It's Pat this time! Every once in a while I turn my attention away from those gorgeous Korean faces in the Kdramas I’m watching and focus on… are you ready? THE EARS. I know, I know, it’s hard to pull my gaze away from that perfect skin, those exotic eyes, and their luscious lips. Unlike my blog partner - who is still communing with her eighth grade, boy-crazy self - I feel the same about ALL sexes. I’m happy to swoon over men and women. But what has lately mesmerized me

It's Judy with more insightful & useless information... All Kdramas have a Lead Couple. (Or at least most Kdramas have a lead couple.) And they're great...but this blog post is about the Second Couples. I've been struck that the back-up couples are oftentimes as equally strong as th e #1 c ouple and I root for them with the same enthusiasm. Cha Cha: Gong Min-jeong and Kang Hyung-seok For example, In Hometown Cha Cha Cha the Lead Couple (and winner of our favorite dimple

I’ve done two posts about Sung Park and his family’s restaurant KOTHAI in San Francisco. Sadly, the restaurant’s last night of operation was Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2026 and I’m sad about it. I met Sung the first time I ate there. I was showing pics of our trip to Korea to our friends, he told me to put away my phone - in a jesting manner - as he filled our water glasses. That started a lot of fun banter back and forth between us. We ate there as many times as we co

Mark your calendars.... Set your Alarms.... Get ready! For what, you ask? Well, you can be sure that many (if not all) of the Gmamas are going to be getting up at the crack of dawn this Saturday Morning, March 21, 2026. At 4am California time (you figure out where you fit into this yourself) the biggest boy band on the planet, BTS, will be LIVE on Netflix for the First Concert of their Comeback Tour.*** Gwanghwamun Square... some of you will recognize it although we didn't

They’ve held hands, hugged, and, yes, they’ve even kissed TWICE, yet he still calls her ‘President Cha.’ Really? I’m watching Encounter with the serene Song Hye-kyo and the enchanting Park Bo-gum (Bogummy to his most ardent fans.) He’s the peon and she’s the wealthy hotel owner, and he doesn’t hold back pursuing her. Considering his lowly status, his ego and self worth are intact, and he wastes no time in letting her know what he wants. It’s HER (spoiler alert: they get

It's Judy and I have confirmed (again) that I truly am not Korean. Yeah, yeah, yeah ignore the fact that I am 100% larger than all Korean women and that I can only utter about 6 sentences in Korean before becoming completely befuddled.... the real reason has to do with two habits that Korean women seem to possess that I do not. Hair touching looks pretty innocuous here... it'll drive you nuts! Firstly, I do not play with my hair incessently. Nope, I'll occasionally run my

Today I dragged my husband to watch the recently released movie ‘THE ROSE: COME BACK TO ME.' Guess what? He liked it as much as I did! Clockwise from noon there's Dojoon, Hajoon, Woo-sung, & Taegyeom. Yep, more gorgeous Korean men. This just out show is a documentary about how the four members of the group met, started busking in Hongdae, became popular, split apart during COVID, and found each other again to become a world wide sensation. Judy had the foresight to see th

Even Oxford English Dictionary is on the Hallyu wave! I'm sure you all took note that some of the most recent additions to the Oxford English Dictionary are Korean words. Yep, and just think, you first learned those words here at the Gmamas. The list includes: Ramyeon - which all Gmamas know is the Korean version of ramen Jjimjilbang - which are Korean spas (who can forget my trip to one in 2024?) Ajumma - stylish women of quilted vest fame And speaking of dictiona

I bet you thought this would be a post about romance, right? Nope, it’s about baseball, that quintessential American sport. It’s a favorite in Korea as well, and Kdramas have even featured it in some of the dramas I’ve watched. Everyone who calls themselves a Kdrama addict has watched Prison Playbook , starring Park Hae-soo as a superstar baseball player who is unjustly incarcerated and attempts to keep up his baseball skills in prison. It’s a great show. Our latest foray