Here and there

Here in the Midwest, we don’t have In-N-Out burger joints. That’s a California chain. They are YUMMY! All they do is burgers and fries so they do it well. I miss them. Here in the Midwest, we have a place called Steak 'n Shake. It's more of a fast food restaurant.
 

Here in my hometown, we just got our first Jack in the Box. I use to love their Breakfast Jack. We have Hardees here which is like Carl’s Jr. but no fried zucchini or grilled chicken sandwich. Rats! I think we pretty much have all the same restaurant chains, excluding Mexican. We don’t have any really good Mexican restaurants. There are a couple good seafood places but they’re super pricey.

In the Southeast, they have a grocery store called Piggly Wiggly. There on the west coast they Stater Brothers and Albertsons. The Midwest has Kroger and Marsh and the east coast has Wegman’s and the A & P. 

When I was a teen, we had Stroh's beer but no Coors. There on the west coast they Coors but no Stroh's. Here and there have both now. Both are yucky.

 

In the northwest they actually sell fry sauce. It’s for dipping your French fries in. Basically it’s just ketchup/catsup and mayo mixed together. Kind of like 1000 Island dressing without the relish.

I guess everyone has Michael’s craft stores but here in the Midwest, we also have a place called Hobby Lobby. Which by the way, is A LOT better than Michael’s!

There on the coasts, they have palm trees. I miss palm trees. But we scads of fireflies in the summer. There are places with mountains, here, zip. Here, we have four distinct seasons. There, well they sort of run together.

When my nieces were little, they used to ask me silly questions like, “do you have McDonald's?” I used to say, “it’s just a different state silly, not a different planet!” But now that I think about it…