Who knew I’d be at a Chuseok festival yesterday? Not me! While scrolling through my FB feed - yes, a colossal time waster unless you’re following KDRAMA GMAMAS - I noticed there was a Chuseok festival in San Francisco, and luckily for Tony and me, we were here! Chuseok is a Korean autumn festival held during the full moon. It’s on the lunar calendar, of course. Many religions and cultures have a similar observance. So off we went to spend the afternoon with more than 10,

Yes, I mean APP. App of course is short for application. It’s a type of software program made to help one do a specific task. Yes, I had to look that definition up online.....yesterday when one of our new followers asked if we had an app for our blog, I had no clue. (Remember, Judy is the one who does all the technical stuff. You can’t imagine how long it took to put all my posts in red by myself, but I am sure Judy will be happy to tell you.) ((Heck it only took 2 yea

Judy here and to be honest, I have a bone to pick with the Korean language. I love a lot of things about Korean but what I don't love is the SIZE of the letters. In English we mainly use a 12-point font size for books, letters, etc. Somewhere along the line the people who were in charge of the Korean letters made a serious mistake. They also chose to use a 12-point size ....except they frequently squeeze 3-4 different letters together in those tiny spots. Thus, three Han

I've been reviewing the results of our blog posts and which ones get the most 'looks.' Well, the trend is obvious. Whenever we use a title that implies conflict our viewership goes up. So titles like 'Disagreement,' or 'Nag, Nag, Nag,' or 'Totally Wrong' get more views than those titled things like 'Springtime in Korea.' Thus, my provacative title for today's post. Pat and me from a few years ago. What does this mean? I would say that our dear readers apparently enjoy it

It's been 5 days since I wrapped up the Single Ladies Trip to LA and the Final BTS Concert in North America. It's taken me that long to recover. Let's just say that when you're in your 70's it can be a challenge to keep up with those in their 20's, 30's, & 40's. (My group consisted of Baby niece in her 20's, Bumblebee Niece in her 30's, Favorite Daughter in her 40's, and me!). There are some in my family who believe I am aging backwards. But have no fear.... this Gramma w

You all know what FOMO stands for, right? In case you don’t, here is the explanation: FEAR OF MISSING OUT. Although FOMO is anticipatory, it can also be applied to events that happened in the past. Let me give you an example: BTS just performed their last American shows at SoFi Stadium in Southern California. Judy went, and so did several Northern California buddies. When Judy told me about going and actually invited me, I was already booked for a family wedding, so I h

Anyone who reads our blog consistently knows and understands our new fascination with all things BTS. For Judy it’s not so new. She’s been going to Kpop concerts for longer. (Because of her I knew that STRAY KIDS was a Kpop group. Since it was one of the answers at my weekly trivia game, I got it right!) For me, BTS has been more recent, culminating in our first BTS concert a few months ago with several new and old friends. One of the highlights of this concert was all

It’s interesting that we have chosen the BTS/ARIRANG colors to differentiate between our individual posts, and we did it way before we’d been such BTS fans. Of course we had a reason. We want you to be able to know who is writing. Judy is in black, and Pat is in red. Boy, when you plug in 'red v black' in Google you get sooo many options. Who knew this was an actual thing? It didn’t start out this way. 450 posts ago I’m not even sure we commented on the other’s posts. W

Judy and I have been at this blog for almost 500 posts. It’s been a lot of work! We’re so grateful for everyone who takes the time to follow us and comment (please, more of that would be wonderful) that we actually celebrate when we get new followers. Judy personally writes everyone, although we’re not sure people actually see them. She has worked extra hard to get us on Facebook and Instagram. We’ve toyed with the idea of a podcast but the logistics are too complicated b

You meet Kdrama aficionados in the craziest places. Keep reading. My husband and I are leasing a new car. You know what this means, don’t you? It means we will be spending countless hours at the car dealership waiting for this okay, that okay, this thing to be signed, that thing to be checked, and as they say on SEINFELD, yadda yadda yadda. (In Korean that's 무슨, 무슨, 무슨!) I knew this was going to happen, so I came prepared. I brought my iPad with my latest Kdrama download

Ha Young is a gorgeous young Korean actor featured in the Kdrama Our Sticky Love. (I just started it and have to come clean and say I’m really watching it because Jung Hae-in is in it. He’s the charismatic actor from Something in the Rain.) I don’t remember seeing Ha Young in anything else, but apparently she was in Extraordinary Attorney Woo and other Kdramas I’ve seen and liked. So what happened? As reported in The Korea Times, Ha has made a public apology for something