This display area was in the lobby of my sister's new apartment complex. I find the one lonely little cookie strangely amusing.
One dramatic change to the American scene since my last visit is the number of flags. There seems to have been a real merchandizing of the patriotism concept. A close second to the number of flags that have sprouted up are the number of eagle images.
Apparently, my soon to be brother in law has a thing for eagles, and has them all over the place. This is the top of his bookcase. The nice thing about letting picture speak for themselves, is that I can't get in trouble for what commentary I add =)
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I momentarily forgot that you were back in the States and was quite surprised to see a Jesus dumptruck in Beirut -- even though I know Lebanon has a large Christian population.
There is something charming and endearing about American kitsch; I missed it enormously while I was living in Zurich. I used to watch my DVD of "National Lampoon's Vacation" and skip ahead to the part where they visit the cousins in Kansas. It made me so homesick...
My favorite part of the VICTORY In JESUS truck is the warning to STAY BACK 100 FEET...
After being away long enough, even the unsightly telephone and electric wiring has a nostalgic appeal to it that I can't quite describe.
Glad you are having a good time. Keep the bride sane, ok?
aren't Americans to paranoid by now to pick up a cookie and eat it if it is not sealed in a wrapper?
KArin
karin,
that's so funny, because when i saw that pic, my first thought was, ewww gross. who would eat that cookie? who knows who's touched it.
Is your brother in law a Klingon? Those look like Bat'leth
Actually his other brother in law Joe gave Jason those knife things for his birthday a couple of years ago.
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