Things I Miss About California Don't put anything here Page Content Don't put anything here Page Name (for URL) Page Title Don't put anything here Breadcrumb Text It's almost another two months before I am going back to California (mid January), but since we are planing on spending most of December in Bolivia and Peru, my days in Rio are counted. I've thus been increasingly finding myself thinking about what I want to do when I get back to CA. Here is the list of 10 things I am looking forward to doing: 1. Hosting a dinner party for 20 people at our place (still to be found and rented) 2. Drinking a martini prepared by Arthur 3. Chatting with friends over coffee at Strada, Nefeli or Musical Offering 4. Eating at an Indian restaurant ("Nan and Curry" would do) 5. Eating a decent burger 6. Driving a car (I hate to admit it, but it's true) 7. Using wi-fi in a coffee house 8. Getting a view of San Francisco from Berkeley 9. Seeing several friends in one day in Mountain View and Palo Alto 10. Buying books on Amazon without worrying how I would take them to CA For comparison, here are the ten things I think I will miss about Rio: 1. Walking along the beach in the late afternoon 2. Lunching at mother-in-law's house 3. Getting a R$1.50 espresso which doesn't come in a paper cut 4. Drinking açaí 5. Going to a party at the Hidden Pagode Club (to be blogged soon) 6. Buying strange fruits at the supermarket and blogging about them 7. Having a supermarket one block away 8. Being amused by new Portuguese expressions (a recent favorite: "o papo surgiu") 9. Drinking "choppe" outside 10. Getting a "hot dog" at [Café Gaúcho](http://www.freewisdom.org/en/all/entries/2005/11/02/cafe_gaucho/) Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook Don't put anything here HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Don't put anything here Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here save preview cancel
