La Multi Ani, America
In honor of the 4th, I have composed a list of things (people excluded) that I miss most from America, and am looking forward to enjoying upon my return. Some of the items may seem strange to you - they seem strange to me too - it's strange the things you miss living away from home. Other things, of course, are completely predictable. Sure there are things that I don't miss - at all - but our nation's birthday is not the day to list them...
In no particular order:
In no particular order:
- Slurpees!
- Free (and awesomely stocked) public libraries
- brown sugar
- mountains
- the shore
- drinking water from a tap
- soft serve frozen yogurt
- yankee stadium (and baseball in general)
- anonymity
- rye bread
- skittles
- cold cuts
- diversity (of thought and of culture)
- the old American sense of optimism
- live music
- kayaking
- jogging without people asking me where I am going
- Having a peer group
- customer service (even verizon's "wonderful" service is welcome at this point)
- swimming
- being informed on world issues
- public transportation that runs on a schedule
- everything bagels with olive creme cheese
- privacy
- bbq's
- crossword puzzles
This entry was posted
on Friday, July 04, 2008 at 8:41 AM.
