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Brunch was a big thing when I lived in Virginia and Maryland too. Here in Texas it's unheard of. People go to church on Sunday mornings!
But a big Sunday dinner is practically required.
Yeah, this shows you the difference on how cities cultures are. Very few people go to church on Sundays in Chicago, haha, rather they are stuffing their faces with brunch food and mimosas!
Yeah, this shows you the difference on how cities cultures are. Very few people go to church on Sundays in Chicago, haha, rather they are stuffing their faces with brunch food and mimosas!
We make up for lost time with lots of fried chicken later!
Yeah, this shows you the difference on how cities cultures are. Very few people go to church on Sundays in Chicago, haha, rather they are stuffing their faces with brunch food and mimosas!
Seriously. Brunch is an institution in Philly. If you're under 30 and don't wake up to texts of "Brunch?" on Sunday morning you probably didn't have a very good Saturday night.
Even being older with a family we still do brunch almost every weekend.
Seriously. Brunch is an institution in Philly. If you're under 30 and don't wake up to texts of "Brunch?" on Sunday morning you probably didn't have a very good Saturday night.
Even being older with a family we still do brunch almost every weekend.
Unheard of around here in Texas.
After a great Saturday night, we all meet at IHOP and eat breakfast at about 4 am!
Seriously, brunch as an institution doesn't exist around here. No matter how bad your head hurts Sunday morning, you go to church - and then you get together for a huge, cholesterol-laden Sunday dinner.
Maybe Europe and East Asia have a greater density of unique sites/sights, but the US is great overall. Besides, no one just visits an entire country on a trip--you pick out what's interesting.
Brunch was a big thing when I lived in Virginia and Maryland too. Here in Texas it's unheard of. People go to church on Sunday mornings!
But a big Sunday dinner is practically required.
That's the entire point of brunch in Maryland: you don't have breakfast because you have church in the morning, and then you go with your family and friends to brunch right after church ends. Brunch and church go together. Brunch always follows church and church always precedes brunch. The very reason for brunch is church.
This... separation of church and brunch that you Pennsylvanians and Texans have is very strange...
I think where the U.S. beats Europe as far as places to see are our natural areas. Europe doesn't have a Yellowstone or a Grand Canyon or the giant sequoias, nor the vast wilderness areas we have.
I like nature but I really don't have an affinity for history. This is where the US shines because the country is less than 300 years old. There hasn't been enough time for mankind to rape this very large country. So, a lot of it's natural features are still in tact. It's beautiful to go into the forest, rivers and natural monuments like Yellowstone, Grand Canyons and some caves. European civilization has been around a lot longer and has had more time to destroy the land (which is still smaller than the US when excluding Russia) to put buildings on it. I've been to many European countries and I've visited historical buildings and structures. I found it to be extremely boring. I mean like "Look, there's the Eiffel Tower" "I don't care." I would much prefer looking at nature than a stupid building.
I like nature but I really don't have an affinity for history. This is where the US shines because the country is less than 300 years old. There hasn't been enough time for mankind to rape this very large country. So, a lot of it's natural features are still in tact. It's beautiful to go into the forest, rivers and natural monuments like Yellowstone, Grand Canyons and some caves. European civilization has been around a lot longer and has had more time to destroy the land (which is still smaller than the US when excluding Russia) to put buildings on it. I've been to many European countries and I've visited historical buildings and structures. I found it to be extremely boring. I mean like "Look, there's the Eiffel Tower" "I don't care." I would much prefer looking at nature than a stupid building.
This is why when in Europe, I avoid the cities, and spend all my time in small towns, villages and the countryside.
Now I feel like I need to get to know my own country better. For that matter, I don't even know my own home state very well. I've never been to Yosemite National Park in California, which would be a must-see on many tourists' itineraries, rivaling Yellowstone, but without the geysers (and buffalo). The scenery is spectacular! And the redwood forests. Glacier National Park (better get there while the glaciers are still there!), and the Grand Teton mountains. So much to see, so little time.
One thing the US has that Europe can't even come close to are the Native American ceremonial celebrations. There's such a wide variety of traditions, you can travel all over the States and see something unique in every state. We get a fair amount of European tourists for the summer ceremonial season here in NM, but there's a ceremonial calendar in every state, each with its own unique tradition.
If all you're looking for in the US is history and architecture, you're going to miss out on a lot. And if you define "architecture" as something in the European style, or European-derived, you'll miss a lot, too. It would be like going to Mexico and dismissing the pyramids, ball courts and ceremonial complexes of the Aztecs and Maya as outside the definition of historical architecture. Pretty myopic, don't you think? I can't imagine a better definition of Eurocentrism. Surely no one could be that foolish.
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