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Sherri Shepherd in Koreatown

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Snapped this picture while walking along Olympic Boulevard last Saturday.

Sherri Shepherd in Koreatown LA

You must know Sherri Shepherd as one of the hosts of the ABC daytime talkshow, The View. She has a show premiering on Lifetime titled… Sherri.

“Sherri is a single mother, a full-time paralegal, a part-time comedian/actress and a recent divorcée from her cheating husband. With support from her sister and her friends, Sherri gets back into the dating scene while managing her busy life.”

Other members of the cast: Tammy Townsend as Celia, Malcolm Jamal Warner as Sherri’s husband, and James Avery as Sherri’s father.

Watch new episodes each night beginning Monday, October 5 at 7 pm et/pt.

Warnings at 2009 Korean Festival in Los Angeles

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Ah, two items close to my heart. No smoking and being photographed…

장터내 모든곳에서는 금연입니다.

Warnings at 2009 Korean Festival in LA

본인의 동의 없이… 사진이 촬영 게재…

By attending the Korean Festival, you consent to being photographed, filmed and recorded as members of the Korean Festival audience and consent to the use of any such film, image or recording at the discretion of the Korean Festival.

Someone should have told the lady selling the chaltteok gwaja. I had posted about CW’s chaltteok cookie, and this woman was at the festival selling something similar, so I was really interested. I started taking photos with my iPhone and was about to pick up a sample so I’d have something new to report on this blog. Well, I don’t know what her problem was… she started complaining about my taking pictures and wouldn’t offer me a sample, which she had been handing out to attendees. Other companies who pay thousands of dollars to have a table at these fairs rush to give out samples because that’s part of marketing their business. She must be in violation of some trademark or patent… CW did patent their technology…

And of course, I am so glad that “Smoking is prohibited in the entire Festival Area. Prohibido fumar en esta area.”

Don’t forget to check out the schedule for the remaining days of the 2009 Korean Festival in Los Angeles.

2009 Koreatown Festival in Los Angeles – Dancers

Friday, September 18th, 2009

The ajumma (married Korean women) were very well-coordinated and really good in their dance performance. I don’t know why I felt like bursting out in laughter.

This was September 18 (Friday), the second day of the 2009 Korean Festival at Seoul International Park in LA. The schedule bills this performance as “Line Dance.” An hour later, Berendo Middle School students performed more traditional Korean music with drums.

I was there mid-afternoon with time to just make one round of the grounds and look for the schedule of this weekend’s festival events. Lots and lots of booths. Lining the perimeter outside were tables staffed by representatives from the different provinces of South Korea as well as Hite, Budweiser and Bool BBQ.

Don’t know if you spotted them in the video, but the mascots from the Maeil Company were roaming the grounds. Must have been hot in those suits. Caffe Latte had limbs!

Other notables: McDonalds a major sponsor. Hawaiian Chicken was roasting about two dozen whole chickens on an open spit all at once. The FBI and DEA had tables… There were what seemed to be South Korean military recruiters in uniform.

The given schedule shows the same roster for Saturday and Sunday.
12:00-3:30 Seniors’ Entertainment Variety Show
3:30-4:00 Hip Hop
4:00-4:30 Kimi Jazz Band
4:30-5:00 Performance by Jean Ballet School
5:00-6:30 Youth Talent Show
6:30-8:00 Singing Contest
8:00-9:30 Gag Show (Funny concert with Seo Weon-seob and Na Deok)
9:30-10:00 Raffle Drawing

*The 36th Los Angeles Korean Parade at 3 PM along Olympic Boulevard on Saturday afternoon.

Bool BBQ Taco Truck at Koreatown Festival

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Bool BBQ now has two roving taco trucks and I spotted their Bool Ship 1 parked at the Seoul International Park in Koreatown during the 2009 Korean Festival.

Bool Taco Truck at 2009 Korean Festival

Menu was something like this:

Korean BBQ Tacos al Carbon $1.99 (Beef/Chicken/Pork)
Korean BBQ Burrito al Carbon $4.99
Kimchi Quesadilla al Carbon $3.99
Pastels (Brazilian dish) $2.99
BoolBowl $4.99

Dessert (apple caramel, banana chocolate) $2.99
Can of Soda $1.25. Water $1.25

Berendo Middle School Korean Troupe

Friday, September 18th, 2009

I was leaving Seoul International Park after having scrounged a copy of the events schedule of this year’s Korean Festival in LA when I saw these kids coming out of their school bus.

Berendo Middle School Korean Troupe

Traditional Korean costumes are so colorful, aren’t they? And the students were carrying traditional Korean instruments like the sizable drums you see in the picture. Turns out they were scheduled to perform at 5:30 pm. Too bad I had to miss the performance.

Berendo Middle School is located just a few blocks southeast of the park (Ardmore / Seoul International) where the festival is being held. Address: 1157 S Berendo Street, Los Angeles, CA 90006-3301

Los Angeles Korean Festival – September 2009

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Finally made it to the Seoul International Park for the second day of the Korean Festival in Los Angeles. There are a lot of booths selling everything from traditional Korean food and ginseng to high-tech kitchen appliances. Took some legwork but I was able to track down a copy of the events schedule. (I dare you to try it yourself. Good luck if you don’t speak Korean. Harrumph.)

36th Los Angeles Korean Festival

FRIDAY (September 18, 2009)

3:00-3:30 Traditional Korean Band
3:30-4:00 Happy Band
4:00-4:30 Line Dance
5:00-5:30 Martial Arts Demonstration
5:30-6:00 Berendo Middle School (Traditional Korean Musical Performance)
6:00-6:30 Multi-Ethnic Line Dance
6:30-7:00 Korean Dance
7:30-8:00 UCLA Group Jazz Dance
8:00-9:50 Joong Ang Singing Contest
9:50-10:00 Raffle Drawing

SATURDAY (September 19, 2009)
12:00-3:30 Seniors’ Entertainment Variety Show
3:30-4:00 Hip Hop
4:00-4:30 Kimi Jazz Band
4:30-5:00 Performance by Jean Ballet School
5:00-6:30 Youth Talent Show
6:30-8:00 Singing Contest
8:00-9:30 Gag Show (Funny concert with Seo Weon-seob and Na Deok)
9:30-10:00 Raffle Drawing

SUNDAY (September 20, 2009)
12:00-3:30 Seniors’ Entertainment Variety Show
3:30-4:00 Hip Hop
4:00-4:30 Kimi Jazz Band
4:30-5:00 Performance by Jean Ballet School
5:00-6:30 Youth Talent Show
6:30-8:00 Singing Contest
8:00-9:30 Gag Show (Funny concert with Seo Weon-seob and Na Deok)
9:30-10:00 Raffle Drawing

Just noticed that the schedule for both Saturday and Sunday is the same. Don’t know if that’s on purpose.

*Night of Korean Music on September 18 (Friday) at Zipper Hall, located inside the Colburn School in Downtown Los Angeles at 200 South Grand Avenue, next to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA).

*The 36th Los Angeles Korean Parade will be at 3 PM along Olympic Boulevard on Saturday. No one’s sure where it’s going to start but it will likely be near the Seoul International Park (Ardmore) in front of Shinhan Bank at 3000 W Olympic Blvd.

LA Marathon 2009 through Koreatown

Monday, May 25th, 2009

This year’s marathon course went through Koreatown on Olympic Boulevard from Wilton Place to downtown Los Angeles.

In front of Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC)
Address: 680 S Wilton Place, Los Angeles, CA 90005

This was at 11 AM. The field of 17,000+ runners started at around 7 AM, and the winners Wesley Korir of Kenya and Tatiana Petrova of Russia had already crossed the finish line before 10 AM.

It was fun cheering on those who were trying to finish the 26.2 miles, regardless of how long it took.