Here are some of the burning questions that will be answered in this blog.
- Will I be the only Filipino in town? (Per Wikipedia, as of the 2010 census, there were 1.6% Asian and 0.1% Pacific Islanders, and only 1.5% being of two or more races)
- Will I be known as “the old mom”?
- Where will we live?
- Will I be able to find chicken katsu? pho? organic frozen yogurt? coconut rice?
- Will the local coffee shop figure out how to make a macchiato to my liking? (And when they do, will the baristas whisper whenever I walk in?)
- What about my music?
- Will I successfully lobby city hall to: approve a composting program, start an anti bottled water public service campaign, ban styrofoam and smoking, and upgrade the public school lunch program? (You think I’m kidding. I’ve already bookmarked a page called,”start municipal composting in your town“)
- Will I then be known as the “crazy hippie lady”?
- Will I finally learn how to ride a bike?
- Will I wear fur? (Everybody’s doing it and I sort of really want to) Lilly Pulitzer? Loafers?
- Will I crash my car after the first snowfall?
- Will I join a shooting range, garden club or both?
Add a question in the comments section and I will be sure to address it in a future post!
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I hope you like Starbucks. Because that will be your “local” coffee shop. Maybe you’ll be inspired to start a local, homegrown coffee shop with free wifi and fancy homemade scones.
In other good news, you’ll never have to wait in line at Trader Joe’s and you will get to spend a lot of time with the coolest grandmas I know, namely Leslie Martin and Kay Wasinger. They prove that 60 is the new 40.
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If only I were that ambitious. I can make scones and that’s about it. And yes, I am actually very excited about not waiting at Trader Joe’s. I thought about that last week, as I waited 20 minutes just to get into the parking lot!
Excited to have family (and family’s friends) close, too. Thanks so much for stopping by.
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I’ve got some very good friends in Ann Arbor, a little to the west. Let me know if you want me to connect you.
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Thank you!
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Will you visit the incredible Detroit Institute of Art while it still exists?
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It might be saved! http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/us/300-million-pledged-to-save-detroits-art-collection.html?_r=0
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You will not crash your car after the first snow fall!
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