{"id":386,"date":"2008-06-07T20:01:16","date_gmt":"2008-06-08T03:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=386"},"modified":"2008-06-07T20:02:53","modified_gmt":"2008-06-08T03:02:53","slug":"koreatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/06\/07\/koreatown\/","title":{"rendered":"Koreatown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-386\">\n<p>We drove down to Koreatown, which is south of Wilshire and mostly east of Western.\u00c2\u00a0 We went to both the large Korean malls but only bought a set of brightly colored Tupperware &#8211; oh well&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/aquarium.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"387\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/06\/07\/koreatown\/aquarium\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/aquarium.jpg?fit=500%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aquarium\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/aquarium.jpg?fit=500%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-387 colorbox-386\" title=\"aquarium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/aquarium-300x216.jpg?resize=300%2C216\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/aquarium.jpg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/aquarium.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 7pt;\">An aquarium in the wall of a restaurant at Koreatown Plaza<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/koreanbuddhisttemple.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"388\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/06\/07\/koreatown\/koreanbuddhisttemple\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/koreanbuddhisttemple.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"koreanbuddhisttemple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/koreanbuddhisttemple.jpg?fit=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-388 colorbox-386\" title=\"koreanbuddhisttemple\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/koreanbuddhisttemple-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/koreanbuddhisttemple.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/koreanbuddhisttemple.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 7pt;\">A Korean Buddhist Temple we drove past on the way home<\/p>\n<p>We had dinner at a Korean BBQ place, Sonamu, which is at 3600 Wilshire.  It was really good, but if you go there order one meat dish per couple, otherwise you&#8217;ll bring half the food home (as we did).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/sonamufront.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"389\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/06\/07\/koreatown\/sonamufront\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/sonamufront.jpg?fit=250%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sonamufront\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/sonamufront.jpg?fit=250%2C145&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-389 colorbox-386\" title=\"sonamufront\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/sonamufront.jpg?resize=250%2C145\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/sonamuback.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"390\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2008\/06\/07\/koreatown\/sonamuback\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/sonamuback.jpg?fit=250%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"250,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sonamuback\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/sonamuback.jpg?fit=250%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-390 colorbox-386\" title=\"sonamuback\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/sonamuback.jpg?resize=250%2C144\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-386\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 386);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-386\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-386\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We drove down to Koreatown, which is south of Wilshire and mostly east of Western.\u00c2\u00a0 We went to both the large Korean malls but only bought a set of brightly colored Tupperware &#8211; oh well&#8230;. 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