I left Paris a week ago today and flew first to New York, then on to Seattle, drove Portland for a few days, and then finally drove back to the Bay Area yesterday. That's a whole lot of America in a short period. A few things came into focus more this time than my previous trips back to the U.S.
Things I miss about the U.S.
- NPR!! C'est vrai. I dunno, maybe it's all those years spent living in the Bay Area. Maybe it's the ridiculousness of private radio stations (KMTT and KFOG excepted). But damn I miss it -- all of it. And BTW Oregon, what's the deal with your radio stations? Nothing but "Christian" radio and country.
- American grocery stores. Ahhhhh ... fresh bread, produce, and neosporin all in one store? That's three stops in Paris.
- Space. Granted, our flat in Paris is in a pretty dense neighborhood. But yikes - driving from Portland to San Francisco is one long openspacegasm. And I didn't even get near the fly-over states!
5 comments:
If you have an iPhone, you might consider the WundeRadio application. You can listen to live streaming radio from all around the world. Tons of NPR.
on said iPhone (i have one!) when one is all around the world, can one still listen to live streaming radio without the data roaming charges??
As long as you are on a wifi network no, otherwise unfortunately yes. It would hit your data plan.
some of us FEED off of your blog so THANK YOU for FINALLY updating. i can sleep now.
too many FAT people in America. Fat tax will solve the health care reform problem.
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