[MD] politics and food

[Ian Glendinning]

Wanderlust ... Arlo,

As it happens I'm leaving Alabama at the end of Sept (off to Olso
Norway) so if you swing south of Oak Ridge before then, make contact.

I love this South Tenessee / North Alabama country ... the Cumberland
plateau / ridge - Nashville / Chattanooga / Knoxville triangle - in
particular. Visited PA (Allentown / Bethlehem) on business last year,
suprising beauty despite the industrial demise. Blogged some
impressions after only 4 months in the country.
http://www.psybertron.org/?p=1306

Regards
Ian

On 8/8/08, ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu> wrote:
> [Craig]
> I recently heard this stand-up comic's definition of Pennsylvania "Philadelphia
> at one end, Pittsburgh at the other & Alabama in between."
>
> [Arlo]
> Why, Craig. I had no idea you were an arugula-eating, latte-sippin' elitist!
> Hehe.
>
> Having never been to 'Bama, I can't really say. The central (and north-central)
> areas of PA are beautiful, and the people kind and generous despite the bad
> times that have hit the area. I actually hope to hit northern-Alabama sometime
> yet this summer, have a riding buddy in Oak Ridge, TN who I am riding down to
> visit (WV is a great motorcycle state!), am hoping to loop around parts of the
> country I've never been (seeking cajun food, mudbugs, blackened voodoo ale,
> music and conversation).
>
> I will profess, however, a great love for Pennsylvania, and a vocal drive to
> support her industries, products, lands and people. The German "Heimat", from
> where we get "homeland", is much better translated "Heartland", which is what
> north-central PA really is for me.
>
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