I have always lived in cities—in reverse chronological order and, interestingly, order of size: Brooklyn (NY), Boston (MA), and Worcester (MA). Every time I move to a bigger city, some people inevitably ask me about surviving in these places, as if millions of people are merely surviving in them. By “surviving,” they don’t mean how expensive it is to live in a city or any other kind of jokey definition of surviving. These people mean surviving in the literal sense. The following are two real examples of this happening to me…
Tag: grocery stores
Sad Froot Loops
I find cereal fascinating. What magnifies my fascination with cereal is the fact that I don’t even eat cereal anymore! Socially, the way we treat cereal says so much about the world. Adult-oriented cereal is on the top shelves at a grocery store, putting it at eye level for adults. Kid-oriented cereal is in the… Continue reading Sad Froot Loops