Chujeok

This is a general follow-up to some earlier posts.

First, I've already described the ferris-wheel-like parking structure near where we live, and the cowboy-hatted parking attendants at Severance Hospital.

Turns out there's a parking lot in Shinchon with two even larger ferris-wheel like parking structures.


I got a better picture of cowboy-hatted parking attendants at Severance:


And discovered that they have a female counterpart at the main entrance gate:


Isn't she cute, all in pink?

At the Hyundai Department Store in Shinchon, there are also be-hatted uniformed parking attendants. But they look like this:


Guy looks like he just wandered off the sound stage after auditioning for the Wizard of Oz.

I've also written about apostrophes on Korean signs. Erma discovered a place in Shinchon called "Comma,,". (The name of the café whose sign is above the one for Comma,, will have special significance for some of my family members.)


A lot of restaurant signs have anthropomorphic animals on them. Most of them are giving a big thumbs-up, as if to say "I wholeheartedly agree with the idea of you eating my delicious self." We sent some pictures of to our friend Pangea, who collects such things and posts them on her blog accompanied by witty commentary. Take a look here.

In the same vein, here's another sign in Shinchon. The name of the restaurant, Gui Baksa 구이박사, translates roughly as "Dr. Grill" -- that's Dr. as in Ph.D. The clever and happy fish and octopus are not only wearing mortarboards as they celebrate their doctoral graduation, but also licking their lips in eager anticipation of devouring each other.