Writer's Block: No place like home

[prosodic]

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5 Things I Love:

- the mountains and Puget Sound: I don't have to choose whether I want to live near mountains or water because I can do both!

- the culinary scene: superb restaurants...and gosh, but we love our farmers markets here.

- so much to see and do

- excellent bookstores

- great parks, most of which are very dog-friendly

Really, I could go on.

5 Things I Hate:

- the cost of living

- the job market

- geographically, I'm still far away from my family

- the traffic

- the weather, for about 2/3 of the year

Compared to:

Findlay, Ohio: well, I still love Findlay. It's my birthplace. But things there are much quieter and slower-paced than here.

Columbus, Ohio: Seattle beats Columbus, hands down. Except for the fact that Seattle doesn't have Ohio State University. :) I still love Columbus. Columbus is home for me emotionally. But the scenery is blah compared to here. And there is so much more here culturally, food-wise, etc.

Germany: Considering that my 4 years there were probably the happiest of my life up to this point, Germany trumps Seattle. But mostly because it was a great base of operations from which to explore the rest of Europe. I traveled a lot more. We were more carefree when we lived there. We didn't have as many real-life burdens weighing us down. So yes, in that respect, Germany was better.

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[prosodic.livejournal.com]

Well, to be fair, he was with Michael Ruhlman (a Cleveland native) who totally dissed Columbus and seemed amazed that Cowtown's fine citizens had a palate for something other than Chili's. I cannot possibly tell you what they were eating, though...something Japanese.