Providence, my love!

I am spending the weekend in Providence, Rhode Island. My first weekendtrip since I live at UConn is just awesome. Yesterday I spent the best day since my arrival in the US. This judgement is not completely objective because I am feeling so happy and excited about being freed from the colourless campus-life in Storrs. No offense, but I have a deep longing for adventures meeting interesting people and seeing new places. However, Providence is a lovely city with 200,000 inhabitants. Compared to NYC the life here is pretty calmed down. Hanging out in the park in front of "The White House" in the afternoon, I didn't explore much yesterday  But it was catharsis!

Theresa, my couchsurfing host, and me took a bathe in the sun, chat a lot and just enjoyed the beautiful weather! The grass in the park was comfortable and soft. In fact, one can say that it is untouched. There wasn't a soul in sight on the grass. People just walked by from time to time looking at us somewhat surprised as if we were hippies, who bless the holy peacefulness sitting under a tree. Americans usually don't go into parks to enjoy the air and the sun. Maybe it is because drinking in the public is forbidden. Maybe it is, to speak in stereotypes the attraction of the holy tv, the focal point of american private life - America is the inventor of the TV sitcom! Americans, go out and enjoy your beautiful parks! There is a hippie in all of us, or at least a open air hedonist!

The stay in the park was sweeten with a real food highlight: A sandwich with fresh stone-milled rye bread. I didn't believe it, but it really tasted like german wholewheat bread. It was freshly made without any preservatives. AWESOME! It looks like real bread, doesn't it? (And I love my sneakers :) )

I got sunburnt, but frooze badly in my shorts and sleeveless shirt when the sun set. So I bought some cloth in the mall, and additionally found some great books at a store's closeout. Shopping happiness was part of the day. Afterwards I went to the bar AS220. I had planned to go there for a concert today anyway, but Stephanie, I met her incidently in the city, recommended the great food there. And she was right! I got my first non-american meal there: wild rice with spinach and grilled tofu. It was the second food highlight of the day :) 

I got to know Christine and Joanna there. While drinking Narrangansetts, they told me their Boston story. They went to Boston for a daytrip and lost each other. Joanna was completely fucked up. She lost her cell phone, had no money, no place to crash down and no idea how to come home. She hitchhikked to Providence with big black truckdriver. Meanwhile the asshole who found her cell phone even text Christine strange and rude messages. Funny story! You guys are chaosladys, especially Joanna. She also told me the story, when she got banned from Canada for five years! Yes, you should write a book. I am doing promotion for it already. 

Because the girls hadn't a place to crash down last night, Theresa decided to take them with us. Very generous!

But the real highlight of last night was dirty Joe!

This guy is walking around telling dirty jokes for cash. One buck for one joke! I bet his business runs not so badly especially at weekends.
I want to tell two of them:

How much skin does it take to cover a pussy?
It just needs...

Ok, somewhat simple, rude and not so funny? Well, listen to the second:
What have Michael Jackson and caviar in common?
Both is served with small white crackers!    HAHA

Providence, I love you. I am looking forward to go to the experimental music night tonight...