Foody things like: hazelnut coffee, tortillas, hot sauce, sushi, Libby's canned pumpkin and Kraft Mac n' Cheese (just to name a few).
Shopping places like: Whole Foods, Rite Aid (really any 24 hour store), Bath and Body Works
Random stuff like: Victoria's Secret Underwear, Not having to wear a winter coat, Fahrenheit, top loading washing machines, EmergenC, The Southern California Freeway system. Now I know on this last one you might be asking yourself (is she CRAZY?) Forgetting about LA for a minute, the freeway system that surrounds San Diego in my opinion is phenomenal! You can get just about anywhere in 20 minutes or less. That is amazing for such a large city.
Some of my saddest days are driving into Lincoln. a city of about 90,000 people (maybe less, that could be with surrounding villages). It sometimes takes me 45 to get across town (across town being about 3 miles). The traffic here is nasty, because they have no freeways. And yes I know that freeways are ugly, but so are nervous breakdowns! I often get pangs of longing when I see a queue (that's a line to you) of 20 cars trying to get through a traffic light lasting 5 seconds, knowing that their problems would be solved by 6 lanes - IN EACH DIRECTION.
Note to self, get certified to get on planning board of Lincoln City.
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Things That I Think England Should Have
by Rachel:
Mixed Taps - I either scalded or froze my hands/face/body any time washing was needed. Included in that is LARGER BATHTUBS as my pregnant ass got STUCK more than half the time.
Wider Roads - yikes.
More Starbucks (or at least better located stores) - that one's for you, Kitts.
Fewer boxes of chocolates at Christmas time - my butt has still not recovered :-P
We do have mixed taps in our new home (yay for no more burned hands)! I am so with you on the Starbucks. If I had my way they would move into the space right below me so that I could have gingerbread lattes everyday with cream, with CREAM! Actually it is probably a good thing that they are so far away because if they were below me I would probably:
1. Get sick of gingerbread lattes in about 2 years and then what would I pine for?
2. Get fat drinking gingerbread lattes for about 2 years and then where would I be?
I could write a whole series of blogs of British and their chocolate. It is a national obsession at Christmas. I don't think I ever got a box of chocolate given to me as a gift in California. How many did we get last year - like 12?! Yikes. I ended up giving quite a bit away and when we moved the rest went in the trash!
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