For the last year Suzanne has risen each morning to build a new city in South Korea, West of Seoul. It's hard work but someone has to do it. Yesterday she was swinging hammers and today she'll operate a crane.
"In July, 2001 Gale International negotiated a joint venture agreement with POSCO E&C and the City of Incheon, South Korea, for the master planned development that is Songdo City. Located at the site of General MacArthur's 1950 landing, Songdo will be the first "new" city in the world designed and planned as an international business district. Songdo is rising as the "Gateway to Northeast Asia," a geographical hub just 40 miles southwest of Seoul and 25 miles from the North Korean DMZ industrial area.
Built on 1,500 Acres of reclaimed land and soon to be connected to Incheon International Airport via a new bridge, Songdo is the most ambitious undertaking of its kind..."
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2 comments:
Hi, Stan Man!
Faboulous blog. You are as creative with your writing as you are with your food creations.
Your son is very handsome.
Have you a link to Ralph Pfremmer's (aka PFoodman) blog? If not, here 'tis:http://theralphaccount.blogspot.com/ He has a fun account of the new (Ginormous) Whole Foods that has opened in Town and Country. (Scroll around to find).
Just touching base. I tend to read your amazing stories at work, so I have to get back to that :)
xo to you and Suzanne,
carla
Carla,
Wonderful to hear from you. You know we miss you and Craig ,don't you?
Ask and Yee shall receive. I have expanded the blog to include blogs by others. Ralph's is one I visit daily. He really inspired me to move forward with Stanwhiches. I miss him too.
Stan
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