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Lately (July 2025)

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Published: July 9, 2025 00:00

I know it looks like not a lot is happening here; my last update was in April of this year. What can I say — life has been life-ing. It’s a hot hot summer in New York. My family has been going through health challenges. A few weeks ago I got into a car…

About

https://kwon.nyc/about/

Published: May 21, 2025 00:00

Hi and welcome to my website. I'm Rachel, a queer Korean American woman of average height in New York City. Like you, I am a denizen of the internet. There are lots of things you can say about yourself on an About page but I’ll tell you briefly that in…

Unfinished but shareable

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Published: April 22, 2025 00:00

I made a page for my dad’s collection of hats. It’s an idea I had back in 2023 and as is my nature, it took me way too long and too much overthinking to get it to a shareable state. It’s not finished, nor do I know what finished even means most of the…

Past selves

https://kwon.nyc/notes/past-selves/

Published: April 20, 2025 00:00

Last month I had the chance to travel to two places I previously lived. In early March, I went to London for a work trip, and a couple of weekends ago I went to Chicago for a friend’s milestone birthday. It was a strange feeling to revisit these two cities…

My name is

https://kwon.nyc/notes/my-name-is/

Published: March 1, 2025 23:30

What’s in a name? Lots of things. Primary name Most people call me Rachel. A certain subset of friends from a certain time in my life call me Kwon. I’ll respond to either. Professional name My coworkers call me Rachel. From 2010-2016, a lot of people…

Blog questions challenge

https://kwon.nyc/notes/blog-questions-challenge/

Published: February 12, 2025 14:38

Two of my favorite people on the internet, Naz and Katherine, tagged me in this challenge, so here I am filling it in. (By the way, [hikes up grandpa pants], we used to call these “blog memes,” and because we didn’t I didn’t have many IRL friends who were…

Wintering Better

https://kwon.nyc/notes/wintering-better/

Published: December 27, 2024 21:55

Everyone loves summer. If you have to name a favorite season (which you absolutely don’t!! Who says you do?), summer is a non-controversial option. Bright sun, long days, beach time, et cetera. And spring is a close runner-up, with its warmer weather,…

Now

https://kwon.nyc/now/

Published: December 19, 2024 00:00

Since my last update to this page in January 2024, I left my old job and started a new one turned 40 have tried to weather the turbulence of the American news cycles am spending another winter month in the Catskills, which is now becoming a yearly thing…

Eyeballs

https://kwon.nyc/notes/eyeballs/

Published: October 22, 2024 13:01

I recently got contact lenses, for the first time in 34 years, as someone who has required corrective eyewear since the age of 6. I have attributed the decision mostly to my ongoing midlife/existential crisis — as a way to prove to myself that I’m NOT set…

Radicalized by a soap dispenser

https://kwon.nyc/notes/radicalized-by-a-soap-dispenser/

Published: August 23, 2024 13:01

I get frustrated when things don’t work. Increasingly I have been getting especially frustrated when things that are fancy don’t work, because I feel bamboozled. The other day, I went to wash my hands in the bathroom at work, and the automated soap…