So last night the entire house went to sleep around 10 or 10:30. I was the latest person up, which to me is kind of surprising. Anyways we all totally conked out, we were exhausted.
This morning we mostly bummed around and worked on deciding utilities. Christie works with an autistic girl named Sarah and they came by today. Sarah was really nice and quirky, though a little difficult to understand sometimes because of a speech impediment. They went to the Roger Williams Zoo & Park, which hopefully I'll get to visit tomorrow.
Josh and I were originally planning to go to Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire tomorrow, but his car is having issues. Something is happening which makes the engine over heat, either its the thermostat ($5 fix) or the water pump (much more expensive). We're hopefully going to figure that out tomorrow. This car issue came up when we were driving to find the Stop & Shop that was supposedly about a mile away. Well the Stop & Shop was gone and the car overheated so we hung out in a parking lot off of Elmwood. Nothing very eventful there we just waited until the car cooled. I did realize that some people hear follow the same strange practice of having stereo systems that are more expensive than their cars as with some young men in the South. When we got home there was very little food so we decided to go to the bodega just down the street. Walking around in this neighborhood is definitely different than Chapel Hill. Its a bit uncomfortable because we are the minorities and I am totally not used to it, but the people are all really nice. They are kind of surprised that we are from the South.
Luckily Christie was home after our exploration. She and Sarah took us to the Stop & Shop where we stocked up on tuna and other basics. Stop & Shop is organized rather differently than the grocery stores in the south. I'll get used to it, but its another thing to add to the list of differences. Its still hard because we don't know when/if we will be able to make it up to NH.
The interesting food thing of the day was stuffed squash blossoms. Christie who works for farm fresh, organizing local farmers markets, got them from one of the farmers. She stuffed them with ricotta cheese, spinach, garlic, some spices, and then rolled them in egg and bread crumbs. Then we pan fried them and holy shit! they were wonderful. She has asked me to make some southern regulars, so I'll definitely have to make some cheesy grits, okra maybe in some gumbo, and hopefully some good swiss chard. If anyone has any suggestions of traditionally southern (preferably veggie) dishes please let me know!
I guess overall I'm still realizing the differences and getting used to the neighborhood. I mean it is only my first full day here, but I think I'm really going to enjoy it. Please come visit if you get the chance.
With Love...
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well there is always, green bean, squash, or sweet potato casserole, fried green tomatoes, sliced tomatoes, corn bread, black eyed peas, fried okra, peach cobbler, boiled peanuts, sweet tea, hominy, but if really want to throw them, serve chicory instead of coffee (Appalachian and New Orleans' thing)
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