10 things I miss about the USA.

Of course my loved ones, but this is just a list of random things that popped into my head today.

1. Take away coffee. No, not Starbucks. Take away coffee from independent coffeehouses.
2. Saran Wrap. The brands over here suck.
3. Being able to buy magazines in English and paying the price marked on the mag. Not having to puy double or triple the amount.
4. Reruns of our favorite TV shows...in English.
5. Trader Joe's. They got a good thing going over there.
6. My car. Or automatic cars in general. Sigh.
7. REI.
8. Excellent customer service. Hopefully, you know how good you have it over there.
9. Dog crap/piss-free sidewalks. Oh, how I dream of walking down those sidewalks.
10. Cheap sushi.

By the way, "Hollywoodland" is only being shown in French. We were so disappointed to learn this, especially at the theater that always shows their movies in the original version. We saw "Volver" instead and it was wonderful. The disappointment with "Hollywoodland" was quickly erased. I probably understood about 75% of the French subtitles and 2% of the Spanish.

On our walk home from the theater, D and I were trying to think of American movies that just tell a story. Just portray a snippet of life. No Hollywood endings. No endings where everything amazingly works out. No movies that are tied up in a pretty bow and handed to the audience before the credits roll. If you can think of some, dites-moi.