A DATE IN THE LIFE OF MICHAEL

Written By Robin Wade

A Date in the Life of Michael

By Michael Jones, Seoul

Having lived in Seoul for nearly ten years, I’ve grown accustomed to many of the standard dating rituals.  For a lot of young people, a typical date begins with the standard text message.

“I’m here.  Outside exit 4, sittn’ in the sunshine ”

Either the girl or the guy is late.  In my case, it’s the girl.  I’m generally too eager and therefore always early.  Probably explains why I’m not yet married.  

Nonetheless, I’m sitting outside a subway station in central Seoul.  The ride here was fun.   

I rode a packed Subway.

 

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Robin Wade
Robin Wade Furniture is a celebration of nature—a melding of a forward thinking commitment to the environment and a quiet, harmonious design aesthetic. From his "slow studio" in North Alabama, award-winning wood artist Robin Wade designs and crafts one-of-a-kind handmade furniture. Years before a piece is ready to enter a client's home or a gallery, the process begins—naturally—with the tree. Sustainably harvested, each specimen of hardwood is flitch sawn into natural-edge wood slabs, debarked by hand with a draw knife, and stacked to dry, usually for years, before the final cure in the kiln. From here, Wade and his team use both hand and power tools to bring Wade's vision to life, and then finish each piece with a hand-rubbed oil blend. Each organic furniture creation by Robin Wade Furniture balances the raw, natural beauty of environmentally, locally sourced hardwoods with minimally invasive, clean lines—a juxtaposition Wade calls both rustic and modern. “I haven’t yet found a better artist than nature,” he says.
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