Personal Ketchup
11:39, 31 May 2009
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The weekend is my time for personal blog entries. Here's some quickies to update you all since my move back to the USA:
- Albi is the Queen of the Highlands in Louisville. All worship and adore her here. She likes to lay out on the front porch and survey her Queendom. The postman brings her dog treats. She enjoys her frequent invites to our neighbors' house. I could not have survived three weeks without Stefan had she not been here.
- We love our Honda Fit.
- Louisville is a terrific city. The bars and restaurants on Bardstown Road are just a few blocks from us. Lynn's Paradise Cafe is just four doors down. There are bikes everywhere. Cherokee Park is a treasure. The mass transit (TARC) is more than decent if you live close to downtown (though there needs to be more buses per hour). There's a charming, fun, funky vibe I wasn't expecting here. But, no, I'm not staying past July.
- The Homemade Ice Cream & Pie Kitchen is EVIL... because it's so freakin' good and within walking distance of our apartment.
- The German influence in this area is oh-so-apparent, from Germantown, Louisville and Schnitzelburg to the names of various businesses here.
- How did I live so long without Family Guy?
- It is beyond awesome to live next door to Todd (my friend from my university days who recommended our apartment to us) and Julie (his delightful wife who is an amazing cook and hostess), to sit on their porch with their dogs and our dog and just be groovy.
- It's also so awesome to hang out with Lisa, Tim and Carmen, friends from my university days.
- My friends Reb and Anne said recently that I'm The Red Phone. Yes, I will take that 3 a.m. call.
- My friend Jen says that I should have my own font created per the way I print.
- We've had our first German restaurant-in-American experience: The Schnitzelbank Restaurant in Jasper, Indiana. Stefan's verdict: authentic, very good but over-priced schnitzel.
- It should have taken four to seven days to get the Africa Twin back together. Stefan took a day and a half. Here is the bike before the trip. Here it is upon arrival in the USA. And after his intense day-and-a-half of work.
- Stefan liked Roman Holiday! Probably because of his Roman Holiday... But, really, there would have to be something wrong with you not to like that movie.
- Space Racism is Bad: lessons learned from Star Trek.
- I'm still looking for a job.
