Greg and I went on vacation earlier this month. We took our tour of New England, traveling through Mystic, Connecticut, Rhode Island, continuing up through Martha’s Vineyard, P-town, Cape Cod, Plymoth and finally, a two-day tour of Boston, a place Greg has never seen while sober.

While in P-town (also described … [ more ]

Here’s how I know that Selena is a first-time runner – because while Dean and I and surely about everyone thought there are a lot of people running right now because we are running a race, Selena’s mind went a different place on Saturday night.

Apparently all those end-of-days blockbusters like … [ more ]

I hate running. Running for “fun” breaks my cardinal rule of “never run unless you are being chased.” So when I was forced to do it for Tae Kwon Do training, I naturally had a hard time with it.

Greg loves running. He likes races. He was ecstatic that I was … [ more ]

Growing up in the Kang household, Sundays were designated as grocery days for the week’s worth of meals. Dad took the family out food shopping, then the Oriental market and finally the Chinese bakery or the nearby Entemanns outlet to get a nice treat for us. A reward for our … [ more ]

As we get ready to take a long weekend in Boston, both Selena and I are packing using the new system that her friend Alex introduced.  It reminded me that I documented this system in action when I had to pack for an overnight retreat with my work.  Here’s the … [ more ]

This past weekend Selena and I went camping and white water rafting with our good friends Catherine and Tom. Here are a few outdoorsy lessons learned from the experience:

A hatchet is useful, it can chop the firewood down to kindling.
A flint is not useful at all.
When a flint fails, try … [ more ]