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By Ernest Kim
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Beautiful street art in Rio

September 22, 2014 in Life

I had an opportunity to visit Rio de Janeiro earlier this month and was captivated by the beauty and expressiveness of the street art. Here’s just a small sampling of the work I encountered...

Along the Praça Nossa Senhora da Paz In the Rocinha neighborhood In the Rocinha neighborhood Along the Praça Nossa Senhora da Paz In Ipanema, a few blocks from the beach
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Our Busan-based teammates also took us to this fantastic Japanese-style grilled eel spot called Haemok.👏🏼 • Not only was the food phenomenal, the ambience of the restaurant itself was wonderful as well—the place was packed, but somehow managed to feel serene. It’s only about a 15 minute walk from the Park Hyatt Busan (and even closer to the popular Haeundae Beach area) & I absolutely plan to go again. • #Unagi #UnagiDonburi #UnaDon #鰻丼 #GrilledEel #BBQeel #UnagiChazuke #鰻茶漬け #Haeundae #Busan #JapaneseInKorea #FoodFinds
In my previous post I mentioned that the Korean Fried Chicken wasn’t worth the 17-plus hour flight over from Portland. This #tteokbokki on the other hand...🤤👏🏼💯 • A huge thank you to our Busan-based teammates for introducing us to this amazing spot! • #떡볶이 #Odeng #오뎅 #Eomuk #어묵 #Spicy #🌶 #FlavorExplosion #MadFlavor #HaeundaeMarket #StreetFood #FoodFinds #Busan
Fried chicken delivered to your room: This, kids, is what living the dream looks like.🍗💪🏼😂 • Okay, so it’s not worth the 17-plus hour travel time, but it is pretty damn good. To my fellow Nike peeps: Ask the concierge at the Park Hyatt for help ordering fried chicken & they’ll take care of you.👊🏼 • #KoreanFriedChicken #Chimaek #Busan #SwooshLife
Update 4 on the remodel project: T-minus 6 weeks to move in (🤞🏼)! • We were very excited to see the wire mesh curtain go up (it’s the thing that’s slightly occluding the light along the left third of the first image). I was a little worried about that element, but it looks exactly as I had hoped. • The idea was to create an air & light permeable division between the living space and Jo’s home office area. We had initially planned to go with a wood slat “wall,” but then chanced upon an image of a wire mesh curtain & thought it would be an even better fit. One cool thing is that the mesh is made of stainless steel, so Jo can use magnets to “pin” reference materials to it. • I love the fixture-ing solution that our amazing architect, Jeff at @InsituArch, came up with—the curtain is going to disappear seamlessly into the ceiling & floor because the clunky connecting bits are fully recessed above & below. The curtain itself was made by a local outfit called Cascade Coil that produces a range of coiled metal products (they even make an aluminum coil shower curtain!). • In the second photo, I tried to approximate the angle from which I shot a “Before” photo last September (that shot is included in the third slot) to provide a bit of a From/To. Still lots of work to be done, but we’re getting there!🙏🏼 • #Remodel #Renovation #HomeRenovation #RealRenos #WorkSite #InSituArchitecture #Aforma #Construction #RanchRemodel #Architecture
Our handsome boy has turned one! Here he is sporting his snazzy #OrangeInside collar.😻 (This photo was snapped by @johannahkim) • I hadn’t heard of this orange collar program before—this one came in a package of @DrElseys litter. The idea is to get people to put orange collars on their indoor kitties so that, if anyone spots an orange collared kitty outside, they’ll know that it’s an indoor cat that’s very likely lost. From what I can gather, the concept was launched by comic artist Matthew Inman back in 2015 to try to increase the odds that lost cats make it back to their families. • If you ever spot this handsome devil outside, please do get in touch!
Me & the furball both taking a moment to appreciate the glorious @Raven_Watches Endeavour while working on our green thumbs.😻 • @watchdig This one’s for you! • #RavenWatches #RavenEndeavour #DiveWatch #ToolWatch #PracticalWatch #MicrobrandWatch #IndieWatch #BrownDial #BrownIsTheNewBlack #WatchLove #WatchNerd #WatchGeek #WOMW #WUS #WIS #WristShot #WatchFam #WOTD
We finally made it out to @HatYaiPDX on North Killingsworth & now I’m kicking myself for taking so long to try it—this place is AMAZING!👏🏼 • It’s the closest thing we’ve had in the States to the Southern Thai cooking we fell in love with while living in Singapore. In other words, the dishes are rich, explode with flavor, and smack you in the face with surprising levels of heat.🌶 • We ordered the fried chicken curry & roti set, which I’d highly recommend if you’re visiting for the first time. The serving might not look generous, but, because it’s so rich, it’s surprisingly filling. I think this dish can easily serve two, but, if you’re going to share, I’d recommend ordering a second roti (it comes with one). Side notes: Don’t sleep on the pickles that come on the side as they’re flavor-tastic; and the sauce that comes with the fried chicken is freaking delicious, so don’t forget about it. • We also ordered Hat Yai’s Southern Thai ground pork, which I enjoyed even more than the excellent roti (sorry, but I didn’t snap a photo of the pork). I mentioned up above that Southern Thai food smacks you in the face with its heat—well, Hat Yai’s ground pork straight up punches you in the head ... but in a good way.👊🏼😅 • It is seriously spicy (and I mean spicy-for-Asian-people spicy).🥵 But it’s also just insanely delicious—it’s incomprehensible to me how they’re able to pack so much flavor into a single dish, but that’s what makes authentic Southern Thai cooking so amazing. • If you crave strong flavors, absolutely give Hat Yai a try. It can get crazy busy at peak times, but if you go at off hours (we got there at a bit after 3pm) you can slide right in. • #HatYaiPDX #ThaiFood #SouthernThaiFood #CurryRoti #ThaiGroundPork #FlavorExplosion #FoodFinds #Portland
It had been a while since our last visit to Broder Söder & we were happily surprised to find several new items on the menu (don’t worry, all the classics are still on offer🤤). • Jo ordered the Fløde Pandekager, or Danish Thickened Cream Pancakes, and said they were absolutely scrumptious.👍🏼 I ordered the Shrimp & Avocado salad, which was way bigger than I expected. I wasn’t so sure about it based on its appearance, but it was fantastic: filled with bright, lively flavors that were beautifully balanced by the richness of the avocado & the creaminess of the shrimp salad—I would definitely order this again. • If you’re in the mood for brunch, you can’t go wrong with any of the @BroderPDX locations—they’re worth the wait! • #BroderPDX #BroderSoder #Scandinavean #Pandekager #FlodePandekager #ShrimpSalad #Brunch #FoodFinds #Portland

 

 

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