I smell of dust, old books and bluebells. (Reply).
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That figures. Only Yankees would be so *uncivilized.* (Disregarding the fact that by Southern definitions, I'm a Yankee, too.)
I thought it was weird when we walked into Chapel Hill early a couple of days ago and it was all dead and shut!
Usually I love the slowness of the South, how things just rarely start early (although that's changing more and more). But in summertime it's a total pain because it's just too hot to wait until 9 or 10 for most businesses to open so you can get your errands done before your car tires fuse with the asphalt.
My US experience is mostly confined to NYC, Seattle and Miami. This is all very different; quite delightful, I must say. People couldn't be friendlier...
Oh, I so agree with that. I grew up in the Midwest (& have traveled some in Florida and New England) and the people in the South are just... different. The times I've returned to the Midwest for a visit, I've been astonished at how brusque and fast-talking everybody there seems to me now. I know people are still nice *there* too -- but it's kind of like the contrast between honey and vinegar. (Not that I have anything against vinegar!)
they have the most delicious accent
*Oh* yes. Wish I had a real Southern accent myself. Or a British one. Or Irish. Or Australian. Or lived in places where people *have* those accents. ((Okay, I live among Southern accents, but I often wish I could live farther afield.)
And why is butter so expensive here?
Um. I don't know? All dairy stuff has been going up a lot lately. The cows are on strike? People are supposed to just use strange corporate margerines? But it seems to me that *real* butter has often been considered to be a luxury, at least in the places I've lived. EVen though, yes, Southern cooking can really shine with the saturated fats. It's all a puzzle to me.
Where are you, then, honey - I'm guessing Georgia...?
Um hmm. Savannah. Never been to Chapel Hill though I know people who went to college there or at Duke, and I know how much they loved that part of the world.