see those three red hangul characters that appear many times on this building in seoul? they say "yak" and yak means "pharmacy" in korean. this establishment was on the corner, just down the street from the slightly sleazy hotel where judy and i stayed for jeremy's wedding in 1997 and donna and i stayed on our visit to korea in 2002. we became very familiar with the yak and its friendly proprietor who over several days dispensed a series of medicines for donna's sore throat and cold ("i think i'm going to die; just cremate me here and call dan"). he had others for my stomach upset. we had no idea what we were taking--mostly little black pellets for either ailment--but the pharmacist was very reassuring and we both eventually got better.
penny obligingly took this photo for us--we were there in that prehistoric age before we had digital cameras. donna pointed out the sign in the window above the yak. we never noticed the drinks possibilities at the time but we did notice the log cabin facade right across the street adorning the Cowboy Bar. and we enjoyed its country and western music blasting onto the street.
i miss korea.
btw, if you click on any of the photos in the blog, they enlarge to alarming proportions.
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