This past weekend, I took a quick trip to LA to see Lovelyz at the Korea Times Music Festival on Saturday, April 27th! I'll quickly blog about day one of my trip.
My goal coming into this trip was to buy all the Korean magazines that featured Golden Child within the past year, but unfortunately I couldn't find any from all three stores I visited. To my surprise, Music Plaza did have Indeed Vol. 0, which is a fairly new magazine.
- 1st Look Vol. 158 - $7.99
- Lovelyz 2018 Season's Greetings - 40% off of $52.99
- Lovelyz 2017 Alwayz Summer Concert DVD - ~$55 (I forgot the exact price)
- Lovelyz 2018 Lovelyz in Winterland 2 Bluray - $69.99
- Astro 5th Mini Album Dream Part. 02 Wind Version - $21.99
- Astro First Album All Light Green version - $21.99
- Top Class No. 164 - $11.99
Now time to justify my selection...before Golden Child, I would only buy season's greetings at $35 or less, because that's the price in Korea. Shipping is at least $15 (though it can cost as much as the season's greetings itself), so I could never justify buying a calendar for $50+. But if I find a previous year's for under $35, I think it's reasonable. As for Lovelyz in Winterland 2, I was so surprised to see they have the bluray version, because it's literally sold out everywhere! (They also had the DVD version...maybe next time)! Unfortunately they only had the DVD version for Alwayz. The BTS magazine is for a friend. As for Astro...2019 may be the year I'm becoming (dare I say it) multifandom?! Somehow my friend and I are getting into the group, but it makes me feel better that Bomin and Sanha are great friends.
- Infinite 2019 Season's Greetings - 30% off of $49.99
- Lovelyz 2019 Season's Greetings - 30% off of $49.99
- Lovelyz 2017 Season's Greetings - 50% off of $45.99
The worker at the counter was really nice; her first group was Infinite so we connected through that. Based on the amount I spent, she let me choose 2 members from any group she listed. None of the groups I was interested in were on the list, so I asked if I could choose Eunbi and Chaewon instead. She said they're on the list for spending a cheaper amount, but she still gave them to me. I also sheepishly asked for TXT's Beomgyu, which she happily gave. So those postcards and photocards above are the freebies.
I also went to Sejong Bookstore two stores down from Choice Music to see if they had any magazines featuring Golden Child. They did have the February issue of Woman Donga that features Lovelyz for about $16, but I had to put my shopping spree to an end.
I ended the night by dining at Hwal Uh Kwang Jang (활어광장) with my aunt. This place felt really authentic - only Koreans were here, and the waitresses spoke to me in Korean and handed me a Korean-only menu. Later on my aunt asked for an English menu.
This was it for my first day; the next day would be touring around LA and the Korea Times Music Festival!
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