HAPPY
FOURTH OF JULY TO MY AMERICAN FAMILY AND FRIENDS
10 THINGS I LIKE ABOUT AMERICA
1. FAMILY
My
maternal grandmother is American. She comes from Virginia. She was a well known
socialite in her 20s and 30s, until she married grandfather Thomas and moved to
Africa to do their philanthropic work. When grandpa died she moved back to
Virginia to work in Adult Education. She passed away at the ripe age of 94 in
2007.
2. PRESIDENT OBAMA
I
support Obama, and say each to their own. But as a personal choice, I am happy
that America has evolved enough for a man of colour to become President of the
USA. I enjoy watching him and listening to him, I believe he is an intelligent,
eloquent and well meaning man. Given a chance I believe he could do a lot not
just for America but the world.
3. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
I
think it is a beautiful piece of art and the way it stands sky high at the
harbour is just splendid. I also like what it represents in terms of freedom
and hope. Many immigrants talk about the first time they came to America and
saw the Statue of liberty as they approached the harbour.
4. HOLLYWOOD
I
love Hollywood especially the golden age of Hollywood during the studio era. As
a kid I always wanted to be an all singing, dancing movie star like Judy
Garland, Ginger Rogers and all the other wonderful ladies of MGM. I loved Bette
Davis and Jean Harlow movies. I could watch all these old movies all day. I was
delighted that The Artist did so well as it was a throwback to the golden era.
These days I like the big blockbuster movies especially science fiction and
superhero movies.
5. NEW YORK AND BROADWAY
I
love New York. As the song goes “It’s a wonderful town”. I went to New York for
the first time in 2007 on the 4th July because I wanted to see the
Macy’s day parade. I was not disappointed. Much busier than I imagined and
everything is so big. Despite living near the West End in London, I still went
to three Broadway plays, RENT, The Colour Purple and CHICAGO.
6. DISNEY
Who
did not grow up as a child watching Disney cartoons and movies. I love Mickey,
Minnie and Donald because they are part of my childhood. The Disney movies were
always so happy and full of hope, a firm favourite was Pollyanna. I have been
to Disneyland Florida and I loved every minute of it. Some of the rides I went
on twice.
7. BARBECUES
My
extended family loves barbecues. We even have them at weddings! I love a good
old American barbecue, its big, loud, fun and full of laughter. I do believe
some places in America have the best meat in the world. Yum!!
8. APPLE PIE
I
love fresh apple pie and my mum learnt how to make it from scratch from my
grandma and great aunt Polly. I still don’t know how to make it. But I remember
in my childhood, the delicious aroma from the kitchen when my mum was baking apple
pie.
9. PARADES
I
love pomp and ceremony and celebrations galore! Britain does traditional pomp
and ceremony best judging from the Jubilee celebrations in 2012 and the wedding
of Prince William and Catherine (Kate) Middleton, the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge. However I love the fact Americans are not shy of celebrating even
the smallest local achievement by giving a parade. They are proud of any
achievement and literally want to shout it from the rooftop. I love that and
admire it. Someone give me a parade please!
10. SUPERHEROES
There
is something about superheroes and their blockbuster action movies that can
give even a grown up hope. I love the fact that they make us believe that good
will always conquer over evil. I loved Marvel’s Avengers Assemble movie, I went
to see it twice and enjoyed it tremendously. In homage to the 1st
Avenger, Captain America here is a sweet video of a military dad surprising his
son on his birthday wearing a Captain America costume – SO SWEET!
Military
Dad Surprises Son On His Birthday
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