Christmas is all about the senses, and for a scary moment, I thought we might have to forgo yet another of Florida's luxuries that I had, until I moved here, taken for granted. Barnie's Coffee (and tea) has no locations in North Carolina. There is a location in Saudi Arabia and eight in Turkey, but nothing here. So sad!
But thanks to the magic of the internet, we are able to enjoy Santa's White Christmas during our own not-so-white Christmas. Disaster averted!
The things we lost from the move surprised me. Not the small, independent stores - those I expected to lose - but the big stores. Publix, for example, and Washington Mutual. Barnie's was pretty much dead anyway, so that wasn't a huge surprise, but Einstein Bagels was. The thing that makes these absences feel even more absurd is the fact that so many things are the same: Target, Barnes & Noble, Mellow Mushroom Pizza (which we have yet to dine at, due to finding an even better pizzaria in town), PetSmart, Home Depot, Best Buy... if it wasn't for the different landscape, I might have a hard time telling one American city from another.
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