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September 19, 2006
Time to Renew
The story in the news today about Maher Arar, a Canadian falsely accused of being associated with al-Qaida who was "detained" at JFK Airport as he was returning to Canada after a vacation and sent by US officials to a Syrian prison where he was tortured, has me a little worried about my upcoming visit to the United States. But I have to leave the country to renew my travel visa here in Mexico, and with airfare being around $75 USD to fly from here to Tijuana, the price is right for a visit to southern California. Luckily I don't have to fly into a US airport.
I will be leaving Shawn behind, with two weeks worth of lunches prepared, parceled and frozen in the freezer, as his job permits him only certain vacation times. Although we used to travel separately quite often, over the past year or so, all our trips have been taken together. I suspect that it will seem a little strange at first to be going solo, but I am meeting up with friends in California.
While there, I will be doing a little shopping to buy things that we just can't get down here. Among them are the vaunted Tide-To-Go Markers®, Q-Tips® with paper "sticks" (down here, they only have them with flimsy plastic), and bulk ibuprofen.
While I'm there, I suspect I'll have some time to blog, but since this is a blog about Mexico, it won't be about what I'm doing in the states. I'll try to keep it on track, possibly with some observations about differences between the two countries that I didn't notice until after living in Mexico for eight months. Maybe I'll compare California's Mexican food to Guadalajara's. That could be some exciting research.
Posted by crispy at September 19, 2006 08:25 AM
Comments
Good to see relations with Syria are warming.
[crispy says: BAH HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAA! You're awesome, Mr. Allen.]
Posted by: Mark Allen at September 19, 2006 11:58 AM
and don't forget:
la cabaña - la cabaña - la cabaña.
[crispy says: I could *never* forget La Cabaña. When I lived in Colorado, I would dream about La Cabaña. I am delighted to see that La Cabaña has expanded their menu to include some interesting platos vegetarianos. Saint Bede the Venerable said, "As long as the Coliseum stands, Rome shall stand; when the Coliseum falls, Rome will fall; when Rome falls, the world will fall." I say, "as long as La Cabaña stands, Los Angeles shall stand; when La Cabaña falls, Los Angeles will fall; when Los Angeles falls, there are going to be a lot fewer places where you can get good Mexican food in the United States."]
Posted by: brett at September 19, 2006 07:07 PM
"Crispy once disparaged Ronald Reagan while munching bruschetta outside a Cornel West symposium."
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Posted by: akira at September 21, 2006 02:01 PM