Thursday, July 29, 2004

Diversity
One of the benefits to living in the "inner city" (as I affectionately call it) is the diversity one sees every day.  We live in an area that changes from block to block.  Here there are million dollar homes, there you'll see a glimpse of the ghetto.  Over around there is the Vietnamese community, around the corner is the hispanic district.  Right in the middle is Oklahoma City University, which hosts a large number of foreign students.  I live somewhere in the middle of it all in a middle-class neighborhood full of romantics who love old homes with gardens in the back.  We walk around and talk to each other in the evenings and have dinners together from time to time.  Its a nice place to be.

This morning we went to the grocery store around the corner.  It is an international market stocked to accomodate the diversity of this neighborhood.  Colin had taken a paper and colored pencils to draw the international flags that are hanging from the ceiling.  While I was stopped to allow him time to draw, I took note of the grocery items I could see while standing in one place.  Here is a short list:

Chocolate Milk
Chickuteh
Rebanadas Frosted Toast
Jumbo Kosher Dill Pickles
Sunny D
Pak Chan Soup
Mango Pulp
Menudo
Crema Salvadorina
Fanta Orange
Mazola Corn Oil
Jalapeno Ketchup
Spiced Pickled Peaches
Ritz Crackers (reduced fat)
Tender Cactus
Corned Beef
Rempah Laksa Lemak
Monkey Dressing
Spider Man Cereal
Pork Chorizo
Angel Soft Toilet Paper

(Before you get too worried about monkey dressing, consider how some cultures might view spider man cereal!)

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