Category: Midwest

About a year ago…

This fun journey of applying to most of most competitive school started…. this recent random insta post reminded me how hard the battle was…

λžœλ€ν•˜κ²Œ 뜬 μΈμŠ€νƒ€κ·Έλž¨…. 우리 큰 뢄은 결둠적으둜 이 리슀트의 λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ˜ 학ꡐ듀에 μ§€μ›ν–ˆκ³  -심지어 이 학ꡐ듀 λ‹€ 지원할뻔도 ν–ˆμŒ- κ²°κ³Όμ μœΌλ‘œλŠ” 여기에 μžˆλŠ” λͺ‡ ν•™κ΅μ—μ„œ μš©μ„œλ₯Ό λ°›μ•„ 심지어 λ‹€λ‹ˆκ²Œ λ˜μ—ˆλ‹€…정말이지 κ΄‘ν’μ˜ μ‹œμ ˆμ΄μ—ˆλ‹€…

이 κ³Όμ •κ³Ό κ²°κ³Όλ₯Ό 내년에 ν•œλ²ˆ 더 ν•΄μ•Όν•œλ‹€κ³  μƒκ°ν•˜λ‹ˆ μ•„μ£Ό λ”μ°ν•˜λ‹€…γ…Žγ…Ž

2025.11

American 98: Chicago O’Hare to London Heathrow

Main reason to stop at Chicago was actually to get into London to Paris…and round trip ticket was only available to me from British Airways πŸ™‚

So 8 hours of flight mainly crossing over Canada threw me to London. Hello UK and London – has been a while indeed:)

Chicagoμ—μ„œ 8μ‹œκ°„ ν‘Ήμžλ©΄μ„œ κ°”λ”λ‹ˆ μ–΄λŠμƒˆ Londonμ΄μ—ˆλ‹€. λ¬Όλ‘  Marvel의 next 먹거리 μ°½μΆœμ„ μœ„ν•΄ μ• μ“°λŠ”κ±Έ μ§€μΌœλ³΄λ €κ³  Thunderboltλ₯Ό 보렀고 μ• λ₯Ό μΌκ²ƒλ§Œ κ²°κ΅­ λ‹€ λͺ»λ³΄κ³  μ“°λŸ¬μ Έ μž€λ‹€…

사싀 Transit time이 2μ‹œκ°„λ„ 채 λ˜μ§€ μ•Šμ•„μ„œ 걱정이 λ§Žμ•˜λŠ”λ° London도착이 μ˜ˆμ •λ³΄λ‹€ λΉ¨λΌμ Έμ„œ λ‚˜λ¦„ μ•½κ°„μ˜ μ—¬μœ λ₯Ό 가지고 빑쎈걸둜 유λͺ…ν•œ Heathrow tranferλ₯Ό μ²΄ν—˜ν•˜κ²Œ λ˜μ—ˆλ‹€… (정말이지 worldclass 규λͺ¨λ‘œ μ˜¨κ°– 세상 λ‹€μ–‘ν•œ μ‚¬λžŒλ“€ λ‹€ λͺ¨μ•„λ†“μ€λ“―ν•œ 큰 곡항이닀…)

2025.9

Nuts on Clark at O’Hare Terminal 5

λ‚˜μ˜ μ΅œμ•  Chicago thing인 Nuts on Clark…λ°€λŠ¦μ€ μ‹œκ°„μ— μ˜€λ‹ˆ μžνŒκΈ°λ°–μ— μ—†μ—ˆκ³  λ‚΄κ°€ 제일 μ’‹μ•„ν–ˆκ±΄ μ„€νƒ•λ°œλ¦° 넛은 νŒ”μ§€λ„ μ•ŠλŠ”λ‹€….아쉽…

One of my favorite Chicagoland thing was only available via vending machine when arrived at night and didn’t even have my favorites of sugar coated nuts…:(

2025.9

American 2398: Seattle to Chicago O’Hare

μ–΄μ©Œλ‹€ λ³΄λ‹ˆ 또 길둜 λ‚˜μ„°κ³  Alaskaλ§ˆμΌλ¦¬μ§€λ‘œ μ§‘μ€‘ν•˜λ €λ‹€λ³΄λ‹ˆ 또 AAλ₯Ό νƒ€κ²Œλ˜μ—ˆλ‹€..

μ˜€λžœλ§Œμ— κ°€λŠ” Chicagoν–‰….μ˜›λ‚ μ— O’Hareλ₯Ό μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ λ°œμŒν•΄μ•Όλ μ§€ λͺ¨λ₯Ό λ•Œ (μ˜€ν•˜λ¦¬? μ˜€ν•΄λ¦¬? μ˜€ν•˜λž˜? μ˜€ν•΄λž˜?) μ–΄λŠ μΉœκ΅¬μΈκ°€κ°€ κ·Έλƒ₯ 머리카락을 κΌ¬λ©° “μ˜€ν—€μ–΄”λ₯Ό μƒκ°ν•˜λ©΄ λœλ‹€κ³  ν–ˆλ˜λ§μ΄ λͺ‡μ‹­λ…„이 μ§€λ‚˜λ„ 기얡에 λ‚¨λŠ”λ‹€…

μ–΄μ°Œλ˜μ—ˆκ±΄ Chicago행은 항상 창가에 μ•‰μ•„μ•Όν•œλ‹€…γ…Žγ…Ž 일리노이 μ‹œμΉ΄κ³ ….λ…λ„λŠ” μš°λ¦¬λ•……

Conversation I had like in old days

“How do you pronounce the big airport’s name at Chicago? Is it Oh-Ha-Rae or Oh-Hae-Ri or Oh-Ha-Ri or Oh-Hae-Rae?”

“Oh that is easy just curl or scratch your hair and call it Oh-Hair :)”

Anyhow it is always better to sit on windows side when arriving at Chicago

2025.9

Jeep Compass

Had fun of driving Jeep Compass at Jeep’s hometown πŸ™‚

ν•œμ£Όλ™μ•ˆ λ‚˜μ˜λ°œμ΄λ˜μ–΄μ€€ Jeep Compass μ–΄λŠμƒˆ 곀이 λ•Œλ¬Έμ— Jeep의 컀트둀이 μ΅μˆ™ν•΄μ Έλ²„λ¦° λ‚˜μ—κ²Œ 였히렀 νŽΈν•˜κ²Œ λͺ°μ•˜λ‹€…

μ²˜μŒμ— μ°¨ 타고 μ™œ 솔이 μžˆμ§€…μ²­μ†Œν•˜λŠ” μ‚¬λžŒμ΄ λ†“κ³ κ°”λ‚˜ μ‹Άμ—ˆλ”λ‹ˆ 닀흔차에도 λ‹€ 솔듀이 ν•˜λ‚˜μ”© μžˆμ—ˆλ‹€.. Michiganμ—μ„œλŠ” κ²¨μšΈμ— rentλ₯Ό ν•˜λ‹ˆ 눈 치우라고 솔을 같이 차에 λ„£μ–΄ μ€€λ‹€…:)

2025.3

Alaska304: Detroit to Seattle

Till next time Detroit….

It was a little surprise to find the same flight number is used for round trip πŸ™‚

Uber roberry pricing at Seatac airport was ridiculous (asking almost $100) so opted to take a light rail to Chinatown and Ubered back to home…

λ‚˜λ¦„ Ann Arborλ₯Ό λ– λ‚  λ•Œ λΉ„ν–‰κΈ°μ—μ„œ μ‚΄λ˜ 동넀 μœ„μ—μ„œ λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰μœΌλ‘œ λ­‰ν΄ν•œ 기얡에 λŒμ•„μ˜€λŠ” λΉ„ν–‰κΈ°λŠ” μΌλΆ€λŸ¬ 였λ₯ΈνŽΈ 자리λ₯Ό μ˜ˆμ•½ν–ˆλ‹€…ν—ˆλ‚˜ μ•„μ‰½κ²Œλ„ 곡항 μœ„ 풍경을 끝으둜 ꡬ름에 κ°€λ € μΆ”μ–΅κ°¬μ„±νŒ”μ΄λŠ” μ‹€νŒ¨….

4μ‹œκ°„ κ°€λŸ‰ μ‘Έλ‹€ λ‰΄μŠ€ 보닀가 νšŒμ‚¬μΌ μ’€ν•˜λ‹€ λ³΄λ‹ˆ μΉœμˆ™ν•œ λΉ„λ‚΄λ¦¬λŠ” Seattle 도착…근데 Uberκ°€ 말도 μ•ˆλ˜λŠ” 가격을 λΆ™λŸ¬μ„œ…거진 100뢈!! 아무리 νšŒμ‚¬λˆμœΌλ‘œ κ°„λ‹€μ§€λ§Œ 이건 선을 λ„˜μ–΄λ„ μ‹¬ν•˜κ²Œ λ„˜μ—ˆλ‹€λΌλŠ” 생각에 Light Rail을타고 Seattle Chinatown으둜 λ„˜μ–΄κ°€μ„œ Uberλ₯Ό 뢈러 집에 λŒμ•„μ™”λ‹€…

2025.3

Driving Detroit Area & Zingermann’s

λ‚˜λ¦„ 이번 좜μž₯μ—μ„œ 혼자 재미 μžˆμ—ˆλ˜κ±΄ ν•œλ™μ•ˆ 잊고 μ‚΄λ˜ 길이름 ν˜Ήμ€ 동넀 이름듀을 λ§ˆμ£ΌμΉ˜λŠ” κ²ƒμ΄μ—ˆλ‹€….Woodward Telegraph Grand River … μˆ˜μ‹­λ…„μ „μ— κ·Έλƒ₯ μ§€λ‚˜κ°„ κΈΈ 이름듀이 μ˜€λžœλ§Œμ΄μ•Ό ν•˜κ³  λ§κ±Έμ–΄μ˜€λŠ”λ“―…. μ΅μˆ™ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šμ€ λ™λ„€μ—μ„œ 기얡에 μ˜μ‘΄ν•΄ 길을 λ‹€λ‹ˆλŠ” 재미(?)도 μ’‹μ•˜λ‹€…

인간은 좔얡을 λ¨Ήκ³ μ‚°λ‹€λŠ” 말이 λ§žλŠ”λ“―…

κ·Έλž˜λ„ κ³ ν”ˆλ°°μ™€ 좜μž₯λΉ„λ‘œ λ¨Ήμ„μˆ˜ μžˆλŠ” λ§ˆμ§€λ§‰ ν•œλΌλ₯Ό μœ„ν•΄ κ³΅ν•­κ°€λŠ” 길에 λ°©μ•—κ°„μ΄Œμ— λ“€λ € Zingermann’s의 맛쒋은 루벀 μƒŒλ“œμœ„μΉ˜ ν•˜λ‚˜ μˆœμ‚­ν•˜κ³  λ‹€μ‹œ κ³΅ν•­μœΌλ‘œ ν–₯ν–ˆλ‹€…

One good memory lane experience of this business trip was encountering the random but familiar street names and town names which I have encountered decades ago…

Road names like Telegraph Woodward Grand River felt like roads were waving to me πŸ™‚

Yes humans live from the past memories…so drove to Ann Arbor to fill my stomach with real memory food from Zingermann’s on the way to airport

2025.3

Spicy Pork at Kimchi Box

심지어 ν˜Έν…”κ³Ό 같은 λΈ”λŸ­μ—λ„ ν•œμ‹ λ„μ‹œλ½μ§‘μ΄ μžˆλ‹€… 이름도 κΉ€μΉ˜λ°•μŠ€… πŸ™‚

λ¨ΉμœΌλ©΄μ„œ 이거 Ann Arbor에 있으면 λŒ€λ°•λ‚˜κ² λ‹€ ν–ˆλŠ”λ° λ‚˜λ¦„ μ„±κ³΅ν•œ 사업체인지 Ann Arbor포함 greater DetroitκΆŒμ— λͺ‡ 개의 점포가 μžˆλŠ” κ°€κ²Œμ˜€λ‹€…

Even there was a nice Korean lunch box type shop, named Kimchi Box, at the same block of hotel πŸ™‚

2025.3

Seoul Myeon at Troy

Troyμ—μ„œ μˆ™λ°•ν•˜λ‹ˆ 쒋은 점은 ν•œκ΅­ κ°€κ²Œκ°€ λ§Žλ‹€λŠ” 점… μ—¬κΈ°λŠ” 지도 찾을 ν•„μš”λ„ 없이 μΆœν‡΄κ·ΌκΈΈμ— λ³΄μ—¬μ„œ ν˜Έν…”λ‘œ ν‡΄κ·Όν•˜κ³  μš°μ•„ν•˜κ²Œ 혼λ°₯ν•˜λŸ¬ κ°”λ‹€…γ…‹γ…‹γ…‹

ν˜Όμžμ„œ λ¨ΉκΈ°λŠ” μ’€ λ§Žμ•˜μ§€λ§Œ κ·Έλž˜λ„ 맛을 보렀고 짬뽕과 νƒ•μˆ˜μœ‘μ„ 같이 μ‹œμΌ°λ‹€κ°€ νƒ•μˆ˜μœ‘μ΄ μ• λ§€ν•˜κ²Œ λ‚¨μ•„μ„œ κΎΈμ—­ν•˜κ³  λ‹€ λ¨Ήμ—ˆλ‹€…. (이 λ‚  λ°€ 꺼지지 μ•ŠλŠ” 배둜 μ’€ 고생…. λ°°ν„°μ Έ μ£½λŠ” 쀄….γ…Žγ…Ž)

“λ©΄”μ§‘λ‹΅κ²Œ μ§¬λ½•μ˜ 면빨이 μ•„μ£Ό λ§›μžˆμ—ˆλ‹€….

Not knowing nor expecting, I found out I booked the hotel pretty close to various Korean restaurants πŸ™‚ so this trip’s all dinner meals were exploring Korean restaurant scenes around Troy πŸ™‚

2025.3