There's No Place Like Home

Since Jon and I set out on our adventure in Mid-October we realized it was the longest either of us had been out of the state of Texas. We flew home for a quick weekend at the beginning of December and then came home for a week and a half over the holidays, so we have been out of Texas for the equivalent of 3 months, give or take a few days. There are a lot of things we miss about the Lone Star State, but it is hard to explain just how different places (i.e. not Texas) can be until you experience it. Below is a list of things that Jon and I notice about the Bay Area and just how differently things are done here...

Top 10 reasons we know we're not in Texas anymore:

1. The term buttercream icing is taken very literal. It truly tastes just like creamed butter. You might as well ice your cupcake with a whole stick of butter and nothing else. 

2. People ask who is your "person" instead of wife/husband. After Jon had been at work about a week, one of the ladies pointed to his ring and asked him who his person was.  As you can imagine, Jon responded by saying that he doesn't have a "person", he has a wife. 

3. No Bluebell.... There are actually a lot of good ice cream joints in Berkeley and SF, but when you go to the grocery store all you get is Dreyers. 

4. They also ask if you want your milk shake made with soy or cows milk.

5. What's a union?

6. Cowboys games aren't on any channel. 

7. They think they know Mexican food, but bland salsa and stale chips just don't cut it. Not to mention some places don't even serve queso. 

8. People don't say excuse me they just stare or touch you if you are in their way.  Several times we have had the "excuse me stare" as we call it. 

9. Chinese food is made by actual Chinese people, not other random ethnicities.

10. That 5 leafed plant is everywhere.  You can't walk a block without getting a whiff.