A rant to Wife about the futility of worrying about shootings and gun violence, part of the ‘This is America’ series.
Category: beyond LatAm
TIA: Free Hugs for Hipsters
Anecdote from a hipster bar in St. Louis and the “blue bubble” which are a bit of culture shock for an expat on a visit home from Latin America.
TIA: ‘US Bank Needs to Get Their Sh*t Together’
Anecdote from a bank in suburban St. Louis illustrating a bit of culture shock for an expat on a visit home from Latin America.
American Food: The World’s Best* Cuisine
A detailed explanation on how to objectively judge the world’s best cuisine, and a detailed profile of American foods including steaks, seafood, salads and more.
What Does West Africa Have that South America Doesn’t?
A look at the quiet, foreign intervention imposed by neighbors of Gambia to depose a president who refused to go.
The Expat-Immigrant Debate
My opinion that the terminology difference between “expat” and “immigrant” is not racist, but economic.
Expat Chronicles 