The personal website of Grace and Jason Rhee

  • Dinner with Stanford Crew

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    Dinner with Stanford Crew

    Saturday, 12/10, we entertained at our place for the first time since we got married! Patrick and Alicia, Jason, Harmony, and the kids, and Sunny all came over for dinner. Grace cooked up a storm and it was great to catch up with everyone. Logan and Cadence are unbelievably adorable. Though they tried, Snickers was not interested in playing with them – I think he viewed them more as animals than little people.


  • Grace’s McKinsey Holiday Party

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    Grace’s McKinsey Holiday Party

    Grace got back from Austria on Friday 12/9 in the evening. She was determined to make it to her holiday party, so we went home to change and were soon on our way to Menlo Park Country Club. We missed dinner, but were able to say hello to some of her team before parents were on their way home to their children. We ended up closing down the party. On the way home, we decided we needed late night In and Out and convinced Jay and Aetna to join us while bombing up I-280. Good times …


  • Grace in Kitzbuhel for Work

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    Grace in Kitzbuhel for Work

    I thought this might be the occasion for Grace’s first post. We’ve both been a bit swamped during the year-end and thus we both have not been as good about posting. In any case, Grace went to Kitzbuhel, Austria, right after Thanksgiving for a couple of weeks for work. Though she was a bit under the weather for the better part of the trip, it sounded like she had an incredible time and made many new friends. Highlights included a side-trip to Munich and a night-time sledding run down the mountain (after a grueling hike UP the mountain).


  • Thanksgiving 2005

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    Thanksgiving 2005

    Grace and I spent Thanksgiving with her parents and the rest of the Parks down in Los Angeles. We flew down on Thanksgiving day, which made travel much less hectic for us. After stopping at their home in Westwood, we went to visit Grace’s grandfather’s gravesite, which was the first time for me because I unfortunately missed his funeral in February. He is missed.

    Afterwards, we went to pick up her grandmother and headed to Uncle Jong Hee, Aunt Kathy, Christina, and Eugene’s home in the Hollywood Hills. It was my first time visiting their house, which has beautiful views from high up above Los Angeles. Christina and cousin Tommy’s wife, Gina, did most of the cooking. Tommy made soup. Uncle Jong Hyun and his family, including Andy, Anna, and the grandchildren were also there. All of the food was delicious and several cousins, including Grace, passed out from food coma. Later that evening, Grace and I met up with Ann and Jeremy for drinks at Casa Del Mar in Santa Monica. It was great to see them and catch up, though we were sad to miss seeing little Murphy, for whom we dog sat last Christmas. He’s 50 lbs. now.

    Friday, we all went out to breakfast at Jerry’s in Westwood. Afterwards, Grace and her mom had a shopping mission and I was along for the ride. For the most part, I occupied myself by doing laps at Barney’s, SFA, and NM, mostly people watching and occasionally car watching. I spotted a Mercedes SLR at Barney’s that made the Lamborghini’s and Ferrari’s tooling around seem pedestrian. It soon became my mission to find the most comfortable chair possible at each location – I had a quick nap at NM (or was it a long one). Now, I can fully empathize with my father, though he had no Blackberry on which to surf eBay.

    We had to drop Grace’s mom off at the salon later in the afternoon and then it was just us. I made the mistake of driving back towards civilization on Melrose – more chairs, magazines, and people watching for me. It wasn’t until I was in BCBG, when a very kind woman acknowledged my anguish as I perused Vogue and offered me a Diet Coke. We finally got into the car and as we passed by Diane von Furstenberg, Grace asked if we could turn around. It was at that moment that I confided to Grace that I was in hell. No matter, I was commended for my patience and we were soon rounding the corner. It was on this stop that Grace finished her list: new bag, boots, pants, and top. I got a free diet beverage. All was right in the world.

    We met Grace’s parents for dinner at Chosun Galbi before returning home Friday evening. It was a quick trip, but we got to see everyone for the holiday, which was nice.

    Grace left for Austria this evening, so it’s just me and Snickers for two weeks. Here he is keeping me company as I write this.


  • Ryan Hayashi & Amanda Huang

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    Ryan Hayashi & Amanda Huang

    Warren called earlier today while he and Julia were out on Burlingame Avenue with Ryan. When I went out to meet them, he was taking a little nap, but eventually woke up. Later, Jon and I went over to Ben and Dora’s house to meet Amanda. She was born on October 4th, but I haven’t had a chance to meet her until today. Both of them are very happy and beautiful babies.


  • OSU vs. U of M

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    OSU vs. U of M

    Marty invited everyone over to watch the real “Big Game” over at his place.

    The bright side:

    • Bacon was served.
    • It was a spectacular November day in San Francisco.
    • After 12 years and 10 roommates in the same apartment, Marty finally got new paint and carpet.
    • Jen took Dad to see the game and he enjoyed it, despite the outcome.
    • Did I mention bacon was served?

    Contributing to my Tourettes:

    • We lost.
    • OSU did not fumble enough.

    Until next year…


  • Andrew’s Going Away Dinner

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    Andrew’s Going Away Dinner

    Our friend, Dr. Andrew Peden, is returning home to Scotland at the end of the year. Andrew was a post-doc in the Scheller lab at Standford while Grace was there. He finished his post-doc at Genentech and landed a great position at his old school, Cambridge. While we’re sad to see him leave the Bay Area after so many years, we’re excited for him and we know he is too. He’s off traveling the globe with Philip; the two of them will be kite surfing in some killer places for the next six weeks or so. On Friday, we had dinner with Boris (the German member of the “European Duo”), Philip, and Grace’s friends, Theresa and Ulrick. Afterwards, we headed over to Bliss, where many other friends joined us for his going away party.


  • Rhonda and Ky’s Housewarming

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    Rhonda and Ky’s Housewarming

    Rhonda and Ky recently bought a great place in the Mission. They’ve been working hard on getting it cleaned up and painted and making it their own. Grace and I went over to their place on Saturday night and caught up with the gang. We were bummed to miss the Hayashis and the Gellerts and their little ones. The place looks fantastic. After having lived with Ky, I can attest to the fact that the man has more crap than you can shake a stick at. Rhonda must have forced him to purge some things (though the battle couch is still there, just in disguise) because she needed room for all of her interesting knick-knacks. I like the rule about having only one animal skull per room, though there seemed no limit on the number of insects. It became clear who among us were the herpetologists when the flavored meal worms were brought out as snacks.


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  • U2 – Pride / Where The Streets Have No Name

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