Ginger and Ginseng

This is a very short, bonus episode where Sharon gives a quick update on the status of Season 2!

Happy Holidays from the Ginger and Ginseng Podcast! We are wrapping up Season 1 and will be back on Jan 22 to launch Season 2! Thank you to all our listeners for your support and encouragement.

We are talking about our do more and do less list for 2020. Around this time of year people start setting New Years Resolutions but we want to focus on how to prioritize by doing more or doing less.

In this week’s episode, we are talking about holiday hacks but specifically holiday gift giving hacks! We share what and how we take care of getting gifts for our kids, spouse, sibling, parents, in-laws, friends, and friends’ kids. We also talk about what to get and what not to get for teachers. We share what kinds of gifts we’ve given and received in Secret Santa, White Elephant, and gift exchanges. We also talk about opting out of giving gifts and just focusing on the true meaning of Christmas.

In this episode, Sharon shares about her recent family trip to Korea with kids. She gives travel tips on how to survive the flight and jet lag; how she got around with little ones (subway vs. taxi); kid friendly places like trendy, upscale kids cafes (PIM) and museums (Children’s museum at the Children’s Grand Park); cultural must see places like the Kyungbok palace, Korean folk village, and the Namsan Tower; amusement parks( Everland, Lotteland, Seoul Land) ; shopping malls (Coex, Lotte mall, Shinsegae); outside markets (Dondaemun) and more! We also give a list of resources to give you some tools to plan for your next family trip with kids to Seoul, South Korea!

Sharon is married to a Korean-American and Eunice is married to a Korean native. We dish on what it’s like to be married to our husbands and confirm or dispel stereotypes of being married to a Korean-American vs. Korean fob.

We talk about how we celebrate Thanksgiving (what our Thanksgiving table looks like) , 추석, how we try to instill gratitude in our kids, and share what we are grateful for this year.

We share our banchan hacks and tips and how we make or get Korean banchans on the dinner table every night. Hosts are @eunicekangbooks and @mrs.sharonlee from @mightyfortresspress. Please subscribe and leave us a comment on this episode on @mightyfortresspress