beniah: international superstar

obviously i am completely unbiased, but it seems the korean people really know a cute baby when they see one.

i often get asked if i'm like a "superstar" in kora because i'm tall, i'm american, have red hair and pretty much stick out. "do a lot of people stare at you?" i have been asked a number of times. the truth is no, especially not in the city. although i have had my share of moments, those just mostly took place in central and south america.

this trip to south korea was quite a bit different in this regard, we seemed to get lots of attention, lots of eyes and lots of comments. and of course when i say "we" i mean beniah. it was actually a little crazy, on no less than five separate occasions did random strangers, often two or three at a time, pull out their camera phones and take pictures of him. christe's mom would then very sweetly ask for 10,000 won or about 8 dollars.

on one evening christe was really craving a waffle, which is a dessert not a breakfast in korea. so we found a little cafe were three college girls happened to be working and ordered our waffle, which seemed to take a little longer than usual because the workers were very distracted. we sit down and almost immediately the manager rushes over with a cookie for b. after his first bite we turn to thank them again and all three girls were hunched over the counter, propped up on their elbows just staring at b with these big smiles, it was then the manager quickly realized she had forgotten to bring beniah some milk.

i guess beautiful people really do get free stuff.