The great outdoors

Well, I've just has a walk out and about, up to the main road at the end of Pinewinds drive anyway. There are lots of American things here, that may sound daft but its so true its surprising.

Although I only walked up to the bagel diner, I got an appreciation for the heat. I'm used to the temperature being cooler and humidity meaning 'rain' but here these words have meaning. Almost everybody has sunglasses and a hat - and its for practical reasons. Looking cool is now actually about looking like you are less hot.

The Bagel tasted vaguely of turkey and the coffee was 'regular' in both quantity and quality but you've got to try these things. Not as nice as the bagels from the Elephant and Bagel - and a lot further from home to boot but a real American bagel packed with flavour from corner to corner, and a steal at just six bucks for both.

Just outside its a bit like Wisteria Lane, except there are lots of trees. Big tall trees. Pine trees in fact. Its a quiet suburban driveway with houses and gardens, american mailboxes and I'm sure I spotted a white picket fence.

All along I thought this cinematic montage of suburban America existed only in our heads and on our screens. Right now it exists out the window too.