by DAVE YOO I’m a boring dresser. I’m debilitatingly self-conscious about wearing flashy clothes, so I resolved in my mid-20s to embrace my dull tastes. And in the 15 years since, I’ve […]
Tag: The World According to Dave
The World According to Dave: So Long
by DAVID YOO My wife and I used to live in a tiny apartment close to downtown Boston. I walked everywhere and had my favorite coffee shop where I got my […]
The World According to Dave: (Don’t) Let It Snow
by DAVID YOO This past winter, the Boston area experienced snowstorms of epic proportions. From mid-January to mid-February, we got over eight feet of snow—officially the most in the history of […]
The World According to Dave: Milk Run
by DAVID YOO There was a cold snap last week, and we hunkered indoors. Late in the week, however, the kids were officially going stir-crazy, and on top of this, we […]
‘Movie Night’ for KoreAm Columnist Dave Yoo
by DAVID YOO Years back I wrote about how we’d made a concerted effort to keep our firstborn away from the TV, along with our iPhones and laptops, too. […]
The World According to Dave: Say Cheese
For a good chunk of my adult life I was adamant about never taking pictures because I was mortified of upholding any stereotype attached to Asians—in this case, the […]
The World According to Dave: Bi-racial Identity
by David Yoo Before my son was born I was conflicted as to whether I wanted him to look distinctly biracial—a balanced combination of Korean mixed with his mother’s […]