There is no doubt that Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a wonderful city. The city has many art museums, shopping centers, Instagrammable bakeries and cafes, delicious restaurants, and futuristic arcades (e.g., going to a VR (virtual reality) arcade was an absolutely mind-blowing experience for me). However, sometimes you have to get away from Seoul and venture out to the countryside to REALLY experience South Korea.

This is a photo of Foie gras sundae from a restaurant in Quebec. Take a peek at food investigative photos taken by James.

Our travel correspondent and photographer, Shin Hae-Kyung visited Naoshima, Japan’s famous art island, and Teshima Island located in Japan’s inland sea. Enjoy these beautiful photos taken by our travel photographer, Shin Hae-Kyung.

Enjoy these beautiful photos freshly taken in Slovenia and Croatia! These photos are taken by our South Korea correspondent, Shin Hae-Kyung, during her trip to Slovenia, Croatia, and Hungary in June of 2024.

I told the writer Peter Markus I’d take a walk with him to Pointe Mouillee that Friday morning, March 15 th , when the stacks were set to come down. We walk there together once every couple months along with his dog Moonshine…

Thanks to our star contributor, Mary, who recently came back from Belgium and the Netherlands, we were able to share these wonderful photos with the readers here at Advanced Leisure. Take a peek at these photos and gain design and artistic inspiration! Thank you, Mary for sharing these inspirations with us. :)

“Three university philosphy professors provide analysis of each and every Coen brothers film, in chronological order.”

No Podcast for Old Men is available for downloads on Spotify + Apple Podcasts.

Daisy will teach an online, mostly asynchronous workshop in "Writing the Political Poem" for the Fine Arts Work Center's 24 Pearl Street during election week (November 4 to November 8, 2024). Click to learn more about the event! There are still a few more spots available.

Congratulations, Troy for getting the shout-out from BAP (https://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/) for the week of August 18th, 2024.

Cal Freeman, our amazingly talented writer/contributor for the Music and Travel section of Advanced Leisure.com has a new book Yelping the Tegmine now available for purchase. Click HERE to read more…

A new poem by Wayne Miller—who will be featured in our upcoming issue of Divagations— was published on Verse Daily.

Please join us in congratulating Kevin Prufer, whose wonderful book of poetry, The Fears won the UNT Rilke Prize. Read more HERE…