it has become very apparent to me during my trip to Seoul this week that the love I hold platonically is incomparable to anything else. the readiness I have to give everything I have to the friends I love has become clear to me in the love I hold for my friend caroline whom I stayed with. the soundtrack of this trip was
queen of peace – florence+the machine, serpentskirt by cocteau twins
this city is built with a significant vertical concept. businesses and restaurants are 11 floors up in buildings, marked only by a sign and an elevator tag. finding the entrance to the right building for the right business and the right elevator is not easy for a spatially confused girl like me, but I managed. everything is ample here, this is a city for every need.
sappy aside. Seoul is not like I remember, but much bigger, and less fantastical. my perspective is to blame, for the eyes of a 13 year old as not the same as that of a 19 year old. since my last visit I have seen Seoul in a light which it does not glow, it suffers as another beautiful ripe big city awaiting my exhaustive use of it until I move onto the next one. its sheer size calls to me like siren song, but I have fear that its culture would not take well to my eccentricity, nor I to it. where is the queerness? it’s a matter of finding out.
I would like to unravel the nightlife of Seoul. my one night out was stellar champagne and a stellar set by the sweetest DJ in the world. I want to see more people with face piercings.
I haven’t taken to champagne since I got suspended drinking a mix of tequila and champagne. my dear friend from my job that I did for a very short period of time got me into crémant, but that is only nice if you’ve had 3 drinks beforehand.
eats
ode to the restaurant in seongsu who’s name I don’t remember but I had a life changing beef hotpot and potato pizzaish dish. 8/10
jayeondo salt bread (seongsu) salty croissant-like pastry. 9/10
michelin star cold noodles in yeouido. banchan 1billion. hearty and simple. honest. 10/10.
absolutely terrible criminal Chinese restaurant in Lotte castle plaza. food was lacklustre and greasy, ordering was like jumping through hoops on fire. one point for free soup and tea. 1/10.
buys
gorgeous silver bangle that I will wear forever from noirmood in seongsu, so sweet.
angel’s breath edp from kinfolk. indescribable fresh wood. filmy and silken. inspires the thought of communion wafers, incense, and purity.
lucia in the sun 