Comments on: RW6: Sydney and New York http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/01/31/rw6-sydney-and-new-york/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joachim Schutt http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/01/31/rw6-sydney-and-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-22991 Joachim Schutt Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:03:51 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=530#comment-22991 Hi, well as I comute between NY and Australia I somehow get the best of both worlds. Although I miss the big sky as well as the Southern Cross and the night sky. Anyhow, visit us on australiansabroad.com if your homesickness overcomes you. jps Hi,
well as I comute between NY and Australia I somehow get the best of both worlds.
Although I miss the big sky as well as the Southern Cross and the night sky.
Anyhow, visit us on australiansabroad.com if your homesickness overcomes you.
jps

]]> By: David Moles http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/01/31/rw6-sydney-and-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-14525 David Moles Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:24:48 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=530#comment-14525 Blame my dad -- he's a yachtsman, not a cricketer. "Plenty of water!" Now you're just bragging because your drought is bigger than ours. Okay, Santa Cruz has a fair bit of water, for California, but that's Northern California. San Diego actually gets about a quarter of the rain Sydney gets, if Wikipedia is to be believed. Clearly what I need to do is spend a year in Sydney with a camera, then move back to San Diego, then put together something like Bruce Sterling's "Tehran or Milan?" photo collection.... Blame my dad — he’s a yachtsman, not a cricketer.

“Plenty of water!” Now you’re just bragging because your drought is bigger than ours. Okay, Santa Cruz has a fair bit of water, for California, but that’s Northern California. San Diego actually gets about a quarter of the rain Sydney gets, if Wikipedia is to be believed.

Clearly what I need to do is spend a year in Sydney with a camera, then move back to San Diego, then put together something like Bruce Sterling’s “Tehran or Milan?” photo collection….

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/01/31/rw6-sydney-and-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-14411 Justine Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:33:51 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=530#comment-14411 Well, you lot have plenty of water and gum trees are all about hoarding the water and surviving when there ain't none. Of course they went nuts when introduced to a rainy place. I bin to Los Angeles, Santa Cruz and San Diego. Those are all southern California, right? They only USian place that reminds me a tiny bit of Sydney is San Francisco on account of the hills. So you were there on Boxing Day. I can't believe you were watching the Sydney-to-Hobart when you could've been watching the Sydney test. Sheesh! I love the Blue Mountains. One of the most gorgeous places in the world. Well, you lot have plenty of water and gum trees are all about hoarding the water and surviving when there ain’t none. Of course they went nuts when introduced to a rainy place.

I bin to Los Angeles, Santa Cruz and San Diego. Those are all southern California, right? They only USian place that reminds me a tiny bit of Sydney is San Francisco on account of the hills.

So you were there on Boxing Day. I can’t believe you were watching the Sydney-to-Hobart when you could’ve been watching the Sydney test. Sheesh!

I love the Blue Mountains. One of the most gorgeous places in the world.

]]> By: David Moles http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/01/31/rw6-sydney-and-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-14385 David Moles Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:36:24 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=530#comment-14385 Of course California stole the trees! Americans are stupid, we thought we could make railroad ties out of them. We were wrong. Then they took over. I was in downtown Sydney, and out on the harbor to watch the beginning of the big Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race, and then we went out to the mountains, and then we came back. It was a lot more like Southern California than Tokyo or Hong Kong or Singapore. Or than most of the US. What part of Southern California were you in? Of course California stole the trees! Americans are stupid, we thought we could make railroad ties out of them. We were wrong. Then they took over.

I was in downtown Sydney, and out on the harbor to watch the beginning of the big Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race, and then we went out to the mountains, and then we came back.

It was a lot more like Southern California than Tokyo or Hong Kong or Singapore. Or than most of the US. What part of Southern California were you in?

]]> By: orangedragonfly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/01/31/rw6-sydney-and-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-14352 orangedragonfly Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:04:11 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=530#comment-14352 justine: yeah..i've traveled outside the us before, but never lived away from "home" before. it's not like i hear *only* german, because we live on an army post, but german is certainly everywhere. it's amazing how much german i remember from college! i thought i didn't know anything. :P i know i'll get used to it, and i know everything will be fine. but right now it just seems a bit..strange. justine: yeah..i’ve traveled outside the us before, but never lived away from “home” before. it’s not like i hear *only* german, because we live on an army post, but german is certainly everywhere. it’s amazing how much german i remember from college! i thought i didn’t know anything. :P

i know i’ll get used to it, and i know everything will be fine. but right now it just seems a bit..strange.

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/01/31/rw6-sydney-and-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-14341 Justine Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:47:45 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=530#comment-14341 Orangedragonfly: Is this the first time you've lived outside your homeland? It's a big difference when you're surrounded by peopple who don't talk like you. David Moles: You know California stole those trees from us? I don't think Sydney's anything like Southern California. What part of Sydney were you in? Orangedragonfly: Is this the first time you’ve lived outside your homeland? It’s a big difference when you’re surrounded by peopple who don’t talk like you.

David Moles: You know California stole those trees from us? I don’t think Sydney’s anything like Southern California. What part of Sydney were you in?

]]> By: David Moles http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/01/31/rw6-sydney-and-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-14314 David Moles Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:41:27 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=530#comment-14314 that's how I feel about california, which is probably why I loved sydney when I was sixteen. just like southern california, right down to the eucalyptus, only reversed left to right and full of budgies. that’s how I feel about california, which is probably why I loved sydney when I was sixteen. just like southern california, right down to the eucalyptus, only reversed left to right and full of budgies.

]]> By: orangedragonfly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/01/31/rw6-sydney-and-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-14286 orangedragonfly Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:03:29 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=530#comment-14286 on the subject of missing people, and missing a place, i can somewhat relate. i've never been homesick in my life, even though my husband is in the military so we move a lot and are never quite as near to family as we'd like. but we've been in germany for two weeks now and i often find my thoughts drifting to the streets i grew up on. (that doesn't sound right, i didn't grow up on the streets! i just mean the neighborhood. ;) ) things i haven't thought of in years, like the place in the cul-de-sac where we could hide in the bushes and pretend we were in another world, or sitting on my friend's back deck eating popsicles. i'm not exactly homesick, just...thoughful, i guess. i do really miss my mom, though. even when i lived in the states we were separated by an eight hour drive, but suddenly i miss her more than ever. maybe it's because i'm pregnant and i can't run to mom when something about my rapidly changing body freaks me out. :P we chat online, but that just isn't the same. on the subject of missing people, and missing a place, i can somewhat relate. i’ve never been homesick in my life, even though my husband is in the military so we move a lot and are never quite as near to family as we’d like. but we’ve been in germany for two weeks now and i often find my thoughts drifting to the streets i grew up on. (that doesn’t sound right, i didn’t grow up on the streets! i just mean the neighborhood. ;) ) things i haven’t thought of in years, like the place in the cul-de-sac where we could hide in the bushes and pretend we were in another world, or sitting on my friend’s back deck eating popsicles. i’m not exactly homesick, just…thoughful, i guess.

i do really miss my mom, though. even when i lived in the states we were separated by an eight hour drive, but suddenly i miss her more than ever. maybe it’s because i’m pregnant and i can’t run to mom when something about my rapidly changing body freaks me out. :P we chat online, but that just isn’t the same.

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