Since I don't have a whole lot to write about, I thought I'd reflect on some things that I miss from the United States. Remarkably, I haven't been homesick really at all for the last 6 months of living here, but I have missed certain things quite acutely. Of course, I have missed my friends and family constantly, but I've enjoyed my existence in Brazil so much that I haven't felt truly homesick. Then again, I don't usually get homesick until something Bad happens (getting bit by a stray dog in Chile, getting $1000 stolen in Cuba, stuff like that). And now that I have my plane tickets home, I have been getting more and more excited about returning to America, my only home.
So, in no particular order, here are a few things I can't wait to indulge in when I return to the US:
- Diet Coke -- here we have Coca Light -- totes not the same
- The Daily Show
- frozen yogurt with sprinkles
- drug stores that sell magazines, cold drinks, and cheap makeup
- Anthropologie
- driving. In particular, driving along 280 between San Francisco and the South Bay
- hot Red Rose tea with milk
- my dad's cooking, especially when I get to help
- running outdoors
- non-smoking areas -- mainly the large non-smoking area that is the state of California
- iTunes and listening to the radio
- kitchen and bathroom sinks with hot water -- and water that doesn't smell like dirt
- the pedestrian right-of-way
- US Weekly, In Touch, and other horrendous American gossip mags
- seedless grapes
- power yoga
- the YMCA and my old man friends there
- my parents' dog, Dougal
How could you not miss this face?!
Obviously, there are some things that I will miss a lot from São Paulo, too, that I know I just won't find in the States, such as:
- heavenly mangoes and pineapple
- laundry service
- cheap shoes and handbags
- cheap, delicious, fresh all-you-can eat sushi
- caipirinhas -- REAL caipirinhas
- open-air markets in my neighborhood every Saturday
- Japanese peanuts
- cheap taxis with non-a*hole drivers
- rodizio (all-you-can-eat) pizza, meat, sushi, fondue, etc., etc., etc.
- manicures for $6
- drug stores that dole out medicine without a prescription
- clubs that stay open till 6, and afterhours clubs that serve breakfast and lunch
- fried manioc
- ChocoMac branco
Of course, there is more. I can't live in a place for months and months without becoming emotionally attached to it, and I will miss living in this incredible city, DUH. But, first order of business upon return to the US -- get a diet coke and a frozen yogurt and buy a copy of US Weekly.
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