It is funny what traffic will encourage you to think about... boredom is rampant in my 2 hours everyday spent in my car.
David and I have lived in many places. I noticed this morning that it was sunny, and I thought to myself that I hadn't noticed the sun in a while. When I first moved back to Texas from Washington it was a bombardment of sunshine.
So my mind traveled to the places we have lived....
Virginia Beach
I am thankful to Va Beach, now I know that as bad as things are elsewhere, at least they aren't as bad as VA Beach.
1. The "Mexican" food is foul. I can not express in words how gross it is, short of violent gaging. Friends, never eat at Senior Fox. They are severely confused. They consider a taco, a tamale, and an enchilada the same thing. I kid you not. A flour tortilla stuff with cheese and topped with a strange mystery sauce are served as all three. Gag!!
2. Just because you serve sweet tea, does not mean you are a southern state. Virginia, acknowledge your Yankee-hood.
3. It was not all bad. There are dolphins, deer and you are just a short drive from North Carolina. (North Carolina was great. I was greatly impressed.)
Port Orchard/Bremerton/Silverdale
Dear aforementioned towns,
If you let the sun come out I would love you.
Thank you,
Vitamin D Deprived
P.S.- Get some street lights. It gets too dark out their. And while you are at it, some reflective bumps for lane dividers or maybe some reflective stripes, again it is too dark.
Yes. That is the number one wrong thing with my Washington experience. The two years we were up there, were the two rainiest seasons on record. And as crazy as this sounds, they don't know how to drive in the rain either! How is that possible?
1. They have the best parks ever. So pretty. (with wild seals!)
2. Descent Mexican food.
Overall not bad. If it were sunny and not 3,000 miles from home I would have liked it so much better.
Abilene
The black hole. In 2005 I said the words that you should never say about Abilene, "Goodbye forever Abilene." Shortly after that, Leah and Michael moved back there... I knew it was going to suck me back in too. And yes I did move back to Abilene. Never say never.
Oh Abilene.
It is hard to boil Abilene down to good and bad. It was just not for me, how bout that? It just is
what it is. I have had some really good times in Abilene, but also the worst moments of my life also happened there.
1. Bueno. Your 1 saving grace.
2. Drainage. You can not use the streets as your drainage system, this is just stupid.
3. Abilenians, Abilene is not a big city. It is tiny and a bubble. I like being in Houston where everyone does not know your name, and hardly anyone knows what ACU is.
* A small aside to the residents of Abilene, please be nice to your poor Dillard's sales associate. I know you want to buy a wedding gift, but they have a sucky kiosk. And they do the best they can in pantie hose, they are extremely distracting.
Which brings me to Houston. My home. Plain and simple.
David and I have lived in many places. I noticed this morning that it was sunny, and I thought to myself that I hadn't noticed the sun in a while. When I first moved back to Texas from Washington it was a bombardment of sunshine.
So my mind traveled to the places we have lived....
Virginia Beach
I am thankful to Va Beach, now I know that as bad as things are elsewhere, at least they aren't as bad as VA Beach.
1. The "Mexican" food is foul. I can not express in words how gross it is, short of violent gaging. Friends, never eat at Senior Fox. They are severely confused. They consider a taco, a tamale, and an enchilada the same thing. I kid you not. A flour tortilla stuff with cheese and topped with a strange mystery sauce are served as all three. Gag!!
2. Just because you serve sweet tea, does not mean you are a southern state. Virginia, acknowledge your Yankee-hood.
3. It was not all bad. There are dolphins, deer and you are just a short drive from North Carolina. (North Carolina was great. I was greatly impressed.)
Port Orchard/Bremerton/Silverdale
Dear aforementioned towns,
If you let the sun come out I would love you.
Thank you,
Vitamin D Deprived
P.S.- Get some street lights. It gets too dark out their. And while you are at it, some reflective bumps for lane dividers or maybe some reflective stripes, again it is too dark.
Yes. That is the number one wrong thing with my Washington experience. The two years we were up there, were the two rainiest seasons on record. And as crazy as this sounds, they don't know how to drive in the rain either! How is that possible?
1. They have the best parks ever. So pretty. (with wild seals!)
2. Descent Mexican food.
Overall not bad. If it were sunny and not 3,000 miles from home I would have liked it so much better.
Abilene
The black hole. In 2005 I said the words that you should never say about Abilene, "Goodbye forever Abilene." Shortly after that, Leah and Michael moved back there... I knew it was going to suck me back in too. And yes I did move back to Abilene. Never say never.
Oh Abilene.
It is hard to boil Abilene down to good and bad. It was just not for me, how bout that? It just is
what it is. I have had some really good times in Abilene, but also the worst moments of my life also happened there.1. Bueno. Your 1 saving grace.
2. Drainage. You can not use the streets as your drainage system, this is just stupid.
3. Abilenians, Abilene is not a big city. It is tiny and a bubble. I like being in Houston where everyone does not know your name, and hardly anyone knows what ACU is.
* A small aside to the residents of Abilene, please be nice to your poor Dillard's sales associate. I know you want to buy a wedding gift, but they have a sucky kiosk. And they do the best they can in pantie hose, they are extremely distracting.
Which brings me to Houston. My home. Plain and simple.
2 comments:
FYI - I HATE sweet tea, and for the first several months of living here in VA Beach, I would go into restaurants and ask for "tea ... UNSWEET!" with this afterthought of panic. I hear you with this state being a wannabe southerner.
Were you also disturbed by all the people leaving their carts at random in parking lots? My number one pet peeve here. Just thought I'd share. :)
Desiree,
I hate sweet tea too!
Warning!! You will never get unsweetened tea, especially not a refill. grrrrr. So annoying.
I don't remember the cart situation. But pretty much an annoying town. Don't get me started on the 4 different Queen Anne Streets and Nimmo is not pornounced Nemo. :/
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