IdeasTap pinhole article, Sansutea and Potato Pizza

Hipstamatic image from the Cherry Blossom Festival on Yeouido Island, in Seoul, South Korea.

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I am pleased to share with you a link to an article that was published about my work today on the website ‘IdeasTap’.  IdeasTap is an online magazine for young creative entrepreneurs and artists, offering inspiration, practical advice and links to the creative industry. You can access funding, promote your skills, meet new people and take part in live creative briefs as well as searching new work and opportunities.

Thank you Katie for interviewing me and writing up such a lovely article!

I often find myself doing yoga, drinking tea, learning Korean, and teaching English at one of my favorite little spots 산수다우너 (Sansutea) in Suwon, South Korea. Su-ni, the owner, is the most delightful woman. So sweet. So kind.  She’s also an amazing Yoga instructor, encouraging us to do positions like ‘the bird pose’, a currently impossible pose of balancing our knees on our elbows (!!). After I toppled over a few times, I put it on my mental ‘to-do list’.  Last week I added ‘jump rope for 7 minutes without stopping’ to that list as well, after one of my grade 3 students told me she won the citywide jump roping contest, in which the rules are simple:  You must jump rope for 7 minutes without stopping.

If you’re interested, yoga classes are Monday, Wednesday and Friday at either 10am or 9pm. Sansutea is 2 blocks away from Yongtong Homeplus.   There is a green tea bonding experience afterward. The green tea is wild, handpicked, organic Korean mountain tea.  Tastes absolutely divine!

The other night I brought over my seeming endless piles of grading and ordered dinner.  Su-ni said she either had noodles or pizza.  Let’s just say, I never turn down pizza. Never! But, first I did ask if it had onions or kimchi.  With an answer of  ‘no’ to both questions, Su-ni set off for the kitchen and settled in for a few hours of grading.

Pizza, I wasn’t expecting something so exciting!  The dough was shredded potatoes, like a hashbrown, and piled on top were soft and crunchy veggies, cheese, a little fruit and even a few nuts.  It was delicious!  I’ve never thought about making pizza without dough, even with my allergy to wheat.  Thank You Su-ni!!!