"you are the whitest honkies I have ever seen"

I really hate the west, california, and san francisco...that being said- your neighborhood is simply that- Your Neighborhood!
What do I mean by that? This place sucks but it is home (just for now mind you...) So, anyway...we have a TraderJoe's in the 'hood and we like walking there with the dog so we don't have to ride and it burns time some nights without booze or TV. For some reason we have been going through soy milk super fast these days and we always forget to get it on the big nights of shopping.
So, after the debate tonight and watching all of the round up comentary we headed off to get our soy milk and some granola and vanilla yogert and some sun flower seeds. Nothing too odd, just the necessitys for life.
So on the walk back we see this guy walking towards us and we decide to walk single file on the sidewalk and offer a quick "hi" as most people make a coment about Pepper in passing. Anyway, instead of a simple "hello" we were presented with one of the truest things ever said to me"...you are the whitest honkies I have ever seen." Being who and what I am- I was more than pleased with this observation and kindly offered up that it indeed was not an easy task to undertake but the two of us did our honest to goodness best. I made sure to point out that we even suffer through Freinds as often as we can. Thank goodness he was impressed and continued on with superlatives in our whiteness.
I could go into my past in DC and all that but why try to get into self loathing of being who we really are. I take back what I said about people here being passive agressive- it warmed my heart to no end that some guy had an issue with us and put it out there. Honestly- it was really nice to see. I think there might have been and east coast accent or I might have just wanted to hear one.
Besides, we really are kinda obviously from somewhere else. Don't belive me? The image above should say it all...
thanks to the boys at FreezeThaw for the trailer being sent out here so we can kiss that (g)ass goodbye...I don't care what the government wants to do about oil prices and the desert countries, we are gonna take the bike, trailer, and smiles to the grocery store! Kiss it...Deuce!

eric and (with extreme reservation...)Gretta

PS
Kevin and ShayShay- I would think twice before getting too excited about me being around while school is out! Word is I have to learn to shoot animals with Orin. A yankee with a gun might be more than Hooker Switch is ready for.
This "inlaw" thing is gonna be fun for me!!!