The best flair bartender in Korea is now working in Daejeon.

About six years ago I lived in Iksan, Korea. That was my first time to Korea and it was made even more enjoyable by the friendship of Leo (pronounced "LEH-oh") a young bartender, 21 years old, with a talent for flair. I met Leo when I wandered in to a bar called "Ssleabar". My friend Ian Graham, Sandman, and I were going out on our Humpnight barhunts, that is looking for new places on Wednesdays.

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I had to write an article for our fledgling magazine here in Daejeon (Daejeon Access) because the content was a bit light and I was feeling guilty about Todd doing all the work.

Knox, the bartender at my local, came up to me holding the magazine one day and said "Why am I not in here?" not realizing that I was marginally involved.

Here is a picture not published with the article:

This is Mina and Knox. Mina was a bit miffed that she wasn't in the magazine that month but the other guys were.

Here is the photo that was published:

This is Jiwon, Knox, and Yeonho.

You can read the whole article here:

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My friend Gina and I have been estranged. Naturally we were estranged over stupid stuff; nothing of any real consequence. If it were something of consequence, we wouldn't be talking to each other now, we'd still be in our own little worlds apart.

I really missed her in the time we've been apart. There were a few times that I really wanted to talk to her but we weren't talking. It was kind of sad on my part because she was the only woman I could trust that was near and, on the subject that I wanted to talk about, the only one who had any expertise I could trust.

Here's a photo from last March in Lucky Strike. That's why there's a red tint to the photo.

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This month on July 19th, I'll be participating in a singing contest at the Boryeong Mud Festival. The contest is really cool, the holy trinity of playing music: food and drink, hotel, and cash.

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Found this great little food store in Ojeoung dong.

The owner speaks English and they are super helpful.

For those of you who don't know, some Western things are not easily found in Korean supermarkets. I had to buy some things in bulk but I did get them but some things didn't seem to be on the shelf.

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