HALMONI (Hal-muh-nee) means "grandmother" in Korean. This is how it looks with Korea letters, 할머니. My halmoni lived in Korea most of her life and came to the United States when she was about 60.
I've only been to Korea twice, once as a baby(pictured above), I am on my halmoni's back in this pic, my sis is holding our mom's hand. I was about 9(pictured below) when we went again. Soon after this visit she relocated to the US.
halmoni, sis and i in Korea
She would pick me from school, make me snack and tell me to be nice girl. She babysat the little girl in the photo for income when she came to live in the states. She lived with us a short while until she could find a place of her own. She was an independent woman.
My halmoni passed last year and I wanted to dedicate my store to her. I also put her on my tags to remember the lady that helped raise me.
If you put a blindfold on me and spin me around in a circle...I bet I could find something vintage. Here you will read about things that interest me...fashion, nail polish and Korean culture, just to name a few... Are you curious?