The Avengers

If you haven’t already seen The Avengers, I highly recommend making plans to do so.

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I’m not really much of a comic book gal, nor do I really know the back story on most of the comic book heroes but I still thoroughly enjoyed seeing The Avengers in 3D at the IMAX theater today.

Back in December, when we visited Brian’s parents in Alabama, we watched Captain America and just recently here in Korea, Iron Man was on TV and I caught bits and pieces but other than those two references, The Avengers meant nothing to me. I’ve heard of Thor and knew that the Incredible Hulk is a man who gets angry and turns green but again, not much background.

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Regardless of knowing the characters stories and how they came to be, the movie had a great story line, awesome acting, an all-star cast and was extremely well-directed and put together.

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I loved watching all of the characters play off of one another and have a new-found love for Iron Man and his quick one liners. And the love-hate team he makes with Captain America.

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Seeing the movie in 3D definitely added to the overall experience, even though I’m not really a fan of the 3D experience. It’s hard for me to actually see all of the effects clearly, without having to squint, not to mention the glasses and the different 3D effects coming towards me from the screen never fail to give me a headache. A headache well worth it today though!

Brunch

Before we headed to Say Two Department Store to see the movie, we went back to The Mill for brunch. The last time we visited The Mill was before seeing The Hunger Games. Maybe The Mill & a movie could be a new Monday tradition?!

After our first meal we both fell in love with the restaurant but not a week later it closed for renovations till the end of April. When he saw it was opening again on May 1st we both were pretty excited and made plans to go back ASAP.

The weather was great today so we sat on the front porch of the restaurant while enjoying our meals.

I ordered the waffles with fruit and every bite was amazing.

The ice cream served on the side along with the mounds of whipped cream were the perfect topping for the waffle when paired with the fruit. It’s been awhile since I’ve had a real waffle and it was worth every single bite. I was apparently famished from my long run this morning and devoured every last bite in no time at all.

A-ma-zing!

I’m already looking forward to our next visit to The Mill!

Question:

Do you like comic books? What about comic book movies?

Do you like movies in 3D?

I Heart Off Days

I absolutely love off days during the baseball season. They mean I get to spend all day with this handsome fellow.

And we’ve had a great day so far and it’s still not over!

Brunch

We started the day off with brunch at The Mill.

A cute little coffee and sandwich shop not far from our apartment that has been luring me in with it’s french toast pictures since the first time I walked by it. Inside The Mill, we found a cute little place.

With flying coffee beans on the ceiling.

And a generous drink menu to choose from.

Along with the wide variety of coffees and teas, they also offer sandwiches and some breakfast items as well.  While we waited for our food to be cooked on the spot on the grill behind the counter, we helped ourselves to self- service complimentary water.

This is something that is offered at a ton of places – even the food courts at the mall.

Another thing that is common at restaurants here is small, cocktail sized napkins.

No place gives cloth or larger napkins. You can just always find a basket of the little guys on your table. I feel like I use a million of them. I guess I’m not the world’s cleanest eater…but I’m definitely not the messiest either (::cough:: Brian ::cough::).

For our meals, Brian ordered the teriyaki chicken sandwich (which came with a scoop of ice cream on the side!!!).

While I ordered the french toast, that came with a side of caesar salad with sweet chili shrimp, flavored jam and whipped cream topping.

And a caramel cafe latte.

We also shared a chicken quesadilla.

All of the food was absolutely amazing and we will be definitely be visiting this little gem again. I noticed a free wifi sign in the window so I’m thinking some blogging and studying could be happening from there in my future.

CGV Cinema

After brunch we headed to Say Department Store to see The Hunger Games at the CGV Cinema on the sixth and seventh floors of the building.

The movie theater lobby was spacious and very nice.

When you enter, you first get a number from a touch screen machine which is your number in line to be waited on to purchase your tickets at the counter.

While Brian bought our tickets, I got in line at the concession stand for some popcorn. I stuck with a small butter but had options of garlic and caramel as well. Next time, next time.

Yeaaa this was taken post movie after I killed the popcorn but good news is that a small popcorn (that was of good size) and a bottle of water was only about $5.00. Try getting just candy at a movie theater at home for that price – good luck!

Inside the theater was very similar to any theater you would visit at home except that when you purchase your movie ticket, you purchase it for a specific seat. So every aisle and chair is marked just like at a sporting event or arena. Pretty cool.

I absolutely LOVED the movie and thought they did a great job transitioning the book onto the big screen. Even Brian really liked it and didn’t think there was one time in the movie where he thought things were dragging on. He also followed the storyline and felt he got all of the background information he needed, even though he didn’t read the books.

Two thumbs up for the Hunger Games from both of us!

You leave your movie theater through a different door than you enter from so when we came out of ours, we were lead directly to an arcade full of games.

Obviously we had to get some change and join in the fun.

We chose to play the basketball game and my pitcher showed me up at MY sport.

However, he hoarded all of the “real” basketballs!

And stuck me with…dodgeballs?!?

They didn’t even have air and were clanking off of everything before I got into a rhythm. Maaah.

After I was over my loss, we headed back into the mall to find the food court area for a snack.

That’s when we found another Dunkin Donuts. I obviously had to go in to browse and see what flavor donuts they had.

Such fun options, especially this banana creme guy!

You know that was calling my name! After Dunkin Donuts we came across another favorite of mine…Baskin Robbins. Check out how their ice cream cakes put ours back home to shame!

Now that’s what I am talking about!

Brian ended up finding another wine store to browse so I lost him to the “cellar” for a while.

After seeing the rest of what they had to offer in the food court (besides the free water and metal glasses – told ya it is everywhere!), we finally made a decision.

Afternoon Snack

Steff Hotdogs.

I had a bite of Brian’s cheese on bulgogi hot dog, which was awesome! They sell Steff hotdogs at the stadium in Incheon, so I’m glad to know now that I like them. 😉

I also had a cheese stick and a couple cajin french fries.

And then I gave in to the banana donut calling my name from across the mall.

Chocolate cake donut filled with banana creme.

That (and off days) make me one happy girl!

We just got back to the apartment and are relaxing for a bit before heading to the track when it opens back to the public this evening. I think I definitely need to get some exercise in after today’s shenanigans!

Question:

Did you like The Hunger Games?

Would you eat a banana creme donut? I won’t lie, the clear creme kind of threw me off but I couldn’t resist. So good!

April 5th – Finally!

April 5th is finally here. Finally. I feel like I have been waiting for forever for this day to get here. Well, maybe not for forever but at least since March 23rd.

Remember how March 23rd was a big day for those of you back in the States that are Hunger Games fans? Well today is my March 23rd here in Korea.

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That’s right! The Hunger Games is released today in Korea and lucky for me Brian has his last off day before the season starts so you know what is on our agenda!!

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Seeing everyone’s facebook statuses back home about Hunger Games the first weekend it was released made me feel like Telli with Wulfe and this bone, watching someone with something I couldn’t have.

And then for the past 12 days the jealously continued to linger so I just turned my head to ignore it.

But, today, I get the Hunger Games all for myself! 🙂

And to go along with the “hunger” theme for the day, we also have brunch plans at a local restaurant that we have passed numerous times on our walks through the city and every time their french toast picture makes me drool. We all know what I will be ordering.

I’m so excited for our first Korean movie theater adventure…and for the french toast!

Question:

Have you seen Hunger Games yet?