Out of Print

The ever-present bookworm and smartie-pants in me is absolutely in love with these products by Out of Print. 

I particularly like that the duo behind the designs have plastered my favourite covers from two of my favourite books onto these comfy-looking jumpers.

AWEH.tv have an interview with the guys where they talk about their mission plus the work they do for charity.

Buy their stuff here.

July in Instagram

Bit late but I've been on holidayz to France. Had a blast - pics coming up soon.  For now, though, here's July in Korea.  If the photos are anything to go by it seems I did nothing much but eat.

I found a micro brewery in my city that does Pilsner and stone baked pizzas. Nom.

A particularly good week of half days I had in which I explored Seoul's Dongmyo Shrine area and stuffed myself at a buffet.

I know it's cheesy and shit but I love the astro turf stuff they sometimes put outside cafes and restaurants. Fake summer in the city, oy.

It rained a bit.  There be a puddle.

Ahhh, Hongdae. You are still the coolest.

I decided this plastic bag vase is totally ingenious.

Proper waygook meal at Kraze Burger.  I know how to live.

Toy model aeroplanes in my fave Cheongju cafe.

A mural in Cheongju's downtown area.

Super, super, super Shabu Shabu.

Breakfast at Dunkin Donuts.

Birdbox art display in Cheongerrs.

A vintage shop near Dongmyo Shrine.

Rain against my window.

One of the extraordinarily funky establishements in Jukjeon's European-style 'Cafe Street', Yongin.

Post-it notes acting as a window blind.

Fireworks topping off the infamous annual Mud Festival at Boryeong beach.

A night out at the GS25 convenience shop.

Delish gamjyetang (pork spine soup).

All pics by meeeee on instagram @tallullahelle.

Jisan Valley in Instagram

This past weekend I went to Jisan Valley Rock Festival in Icheon, Korea.  Radiohead, James Blake and The Stone Roses headlined and I took some Instagram pictures for Chincha.  Here are some of my favourites.

Radiohead on the Big Top Stage.

They weren't selling them at the festival, but heart-shaped sunnies seemed to be a trend this year (and one I accidentally got involved in).

Daum Music and Dr. Marten's promotional balloons against a beautiful, sunny sky. The weather was so hot.

Lomography promotional merchandise.  Jisan is far too commercially-biased.

Another Radiohead shot.  I took this just before having to stumble out of the crowd due to feeling faint :/

Brittney, Rina and Tonya.

Kimchi pots outside my friends' pension (a room with a bathroom and floorspace for plenty of people to crash).

Decorated bollards.

A pop-up cocktail bag stall from the famous Vinyl bar in Hongdae.

Wristbands. One for entry, one for camping, one for alcohol. 

Gorgeous flowers and a naked-seeming man in the corner who looks like a nude pixie.

The crowd at emo pop rock band Motion City Soundtrack's main stage set.

All pictures by me @tallullahelle on Instagram.

A Day at the Han

I've been learning Photoshop.  Or rather, my boyfriend has and I've been watching him miraculously transform my dull photography with a few clicks of a mouse.

All these photos were taking at the Han River Park in Seoul, near Yeouido Station.  My friend and I spotted the pool on a tandem bike ride beside the river.  Can't wait to go check it out once it stops pouring with rain.

Hong Kong Timelapse

I have a mini addiction to timelapse videos, particularly when their focus is on a specific city.  I like the way you can almost soak up the atmosphere of a place, in just a few minutes, by whizzing through time videographically (yeah, I made that word up) on screen.  

Since Hong Kong is on my must-travel list this film really resonated with me.

I'm getting itchy feet.

See more of Lam Ho Tak's videos here.

2NE1 I Love You

I can't stop listening to this song.  It's pure, unadultered pop music. Delicious for the ears. 

2ne1 are seriously making waves outside of Korea with their Korean language tracks.  When I was in South East Asia in January Kpop was everywhere.

June in Instagram

June flew by.  The weather was perfect and I spent my weekends either chilling or exploring.  

July's monsoon season has now begun, as regular as clockwork, and I already want to go back to last month.

A collage of a sunny Sunday in Hongdae.

The last day of June brought miserable weather, making me cancel my beach trip : (

This is a new outfit I bought that cost me about 12 quid.  Shoes included.

Mandu (Chinese style dumplings) at the takeaway restaurant near work.

Delicious ice cream at a Patbingsu shop. The packaging lies: it wasn't really strawberry flavoured.

I went on a three day course to the mountains east of Seoul.  I managed to get in a tiny hike so it wasn't all bad.

Boyfriend outside a coffee shop.

A neon picture I took of a condom/ sex shop in Hongdae for Chinchagram.

A display at ALAND, the best chain shop in Korea.

My absolute dream bike.

All pictures are from my instagram @tallullahelle.