Oh, I slammed it? Not my intention, just comparisons. I just think New Yorkers can be very cool and rude, but I still like the city. My ex was born and raised in Manhattan, one of those prep school boys so biases me toward even more endearment, but I have never been treated so badly (other than one European city), and I went regularly Perhaps some things have changed since 9/11. LA people aren't the same at all, compared to the former. Of course if you are near an airport or convention center that will attract a whole 'nother attitude altogether, often non-reflective of a cities inhabitants. I didn't define some European cities, which can be extremely rude, even with local friends hosting me and as a buffer. Oh well. Odd how people read words differently than intended, but I was frank, but not nearly as much so as Francis was. <smile> Oddly, I don't find it funny as per other comments, as it is sad that Francis had such a bad time and was so disappointed. There can be rotten apples in any bunch, but there are patterns or tones that areas have. Plain yogurt can be found in any supermarket I have been in, but is not obvious as there are perhaps one or two brands, compared to dozens of sugared or fake-sugared ones. Best,Susan Reishus --- On Sun, 8/9/09, Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net> wrote:
From: Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: [lace] Re: IOLI Convention To: "Susan Reishus" <elationrelat...@yahoo.com> Cc: "post to Arachne" <lace@arachne.com> Date: Sunday, August 9, 2009, 2:07 PM Wow, Susan - in defending LA, you surely slammed NYC! I've been to the city many times, and I don't share your view of New Yorkers. Clay Susan Reishus wrote: > From: Francis Busschaert <francis.busscha...@telenet.be> > Subject: [lace] our USA ioli adventure part 1 > I hope you don't think that Los Angeles, is representative of the US! No > disrespect to LA, but just like Europe, there are cities and farm fields, > friendly and lots of not-so-friendly, I used to travel to NYC all the time > for business, and am always stymied at how rude people are. I have been to LA > several times and though not as bad, there is a similar big city feeling and > all that that brings (though I live in a city elsewhere). The same when I have been to Europe. How I am treated in a large city is > completely different than a smaller town. People vary from not even answering > you when you speak their language, to asking you home for dinner in Nice or > Monaco, for instance. > The only non-sugar that I can think of is stevia, (sorgum, and one other which > escapes my mind). All supermarkets have stevia, but you have to know to look > or just ask. Now Cargill and Coca Cola have come out with their own brand > name version, but again, stevia is available most anywhere except the most > rural situations, and they probably have the branded version. > Did you go to Rodeo Drive? LOL > I hope you found a plethora of wonderful people at the convention, at least > all pre-bonded by their passion for creating beautiful things, and the > beautiful people who do it. > Best,Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
