Since moving to a new place automatically starts the game of "what's different", DK created these lists to loop all of you in.
Things we miss -
Things we miss -* Spicy Food! Everything here is bland…
* Trader Joe’s Tofu Corndogs (Speaks for it self)
* Peppered Bacon, like they serve in America (NOT Ham)
* Black Beans! (Trust me, they don’t exist here…not dried or canned…nada!)
* Paul Newman’s Pizza (no offense Bill, we miss Squirrel pizza even more, but that's way out of the realm of possibility for us here)
* Salsa (Seriously, we can only find El Paso in a jar, nothing fresh)
* Cilantro (its Coriander here, but only comes in ‘fresh herbs’ packs – very expensive)
* Rainier Beer or any Beer with Hops (seriously, all the beer here tastes almost the same) AM jumping in here - really Rainier?? Geesh! Give me a Manny's or Lucille...
* Tequila (Patrón is $140 Aussie - needless to say we gave it up. Anyone visiting best bring the duty free!)
* Starbucks – or decent coffee, readily available (only 2 Starbs in the entire Gold Coast)
* The Colbert Report (cause the internet sucks here and its too expensive to download)
* Breakfast at Café Press* Lunch at Le Pichet
* Dinner at Flying Squirrel
* Dinner at Maharaja & Buddha with CTH & HTH
* Dinner at Maharaja & Buddha with CTH & HTH
* The Farm House with BV and KF and all of our friends
* Soft Q-tips…seriously, all we’ve found are poor substitutes for sticks ;)
* Banana’s! We have them here, but the floods last year wiped out the crops, so Bananas are as much as $4.50 to $7/lbs or $9.90 to $14/kg Yikes, that’s crazy expensive! (Side note, Banana’s are so expensive here that we discuss them in every economics class because of farmer subsides, supply and demand…we’re giving Bananas to our Economics professor next week…)
Things we don’t miss –
* Traffic - Rush hour on the West Seattle Bridge, I-5 and 520 (here we have poorly timed stoplights instead)
* Seattle Politics – which is almost like traffic
* 45+ minute commute (DK works from hm & AM bikes 25 min or drives 10-15min & school is about 15-20 on bike or a few min by car)
* 45+ minute commute (DK works from hm & AM bikes 25 min or drives 10-15min & school is about 15-20 on bike or a few min by car)
* Sports - The Mariners
* American Politics ;)
* Seattle Weather – the rain
* Starburst Gummies – ‘nough said
* Jazt Crackers – imagine Ritz crackers with black pepper!
* Grain Waves – think Sun Chips but thicker…
* Lots of good red wine…too many to name
* Lamb – yummy, take me out to the BBQs!
* Waking up with Sun – everyday!
* Our winter is nicer than Seattle Summer (sorry guys…)
* Not working 50 hours / week
* We LOVE riding our bikes EVERYWHERE
* SURFING
~DK
* SURFING
~DK
I assume we can't send any of these things your way (especially a pork shoulder pizza) due to the crazy import restrictions? If we can, expect a 6er or Rainier and bags of black beans. ;-)
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