Wildcard Sunday

Logging onto my mac this morning, I was greeted by a google chat message from my longtime friend Keith Platte, "Are you watching the playoffs?"

Thanks, Keith, for giving us a great start to our Sunday--live, American, wildcard playoff football! We enjoyed the last quarter of the Saints/Seahawks and prepped for our morning/afternoon out while checking in with the Colts/Jets game.

First stop in Itaewon: coffee--just in time to see the vendors parade out to their stations with their (mostly fake) trendy wares. It was about noon, early for Koreans and especially early for Itaewon.

We have Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf almost to ourselves

Preparing for iphone scrabble showdown (we are addicted)

Rolling the carts to the main drag

We realized we could still catch the end of the Colts/Jets game and headed to Sam Ryan's, a sportsbar in the alley that houses many, many, many westerner bars. Inside were not just westerners, but Americans, glued to the TV cheering and drinking in their jerseys and/or colors. Sold!

American boys and their football

Sam Ryan's

We found a seat and watched the last quarter. I don't know what was more enjoyable: the excitement of the game (wow, kickers) or walking into the bar and feeling immediately transported to the US. Fun!

Sam Ryan's

After the game, we grabbed a nice lunch and stopped again for coffee (Kyle doesn't drink it during the week, so he loads up on the weekends). Now the city is awake!

Now a bustling Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

:)sbc