Culture Shock!

When we moved from Davis to New Orleans four years ago, we experienced tremendous culture shock!  Now, having moved from New Orleans to Irvine, we are experiencing reverse culture shock!

• There are at least five playgrounds within walking distance, probably even more that we haven't discovered yet!
• Even the symbol painted on the street in the bike lane is wearing a bike helmet!
• Today, we filled up the gas tank at Costco.  $3.99  a gallon!  Owie-wowie!
• Amidst the plethora of BMWs, Mercedes, and Lexi crowding the streets, our Odyssey is a clunker!
• Our trusty therapik has been decommissioned as the Mobleys have been bite-free for the two months we have been here.  Hurray for no mosquitoes, no fire ants, and no stinging caterpillars! 
• We are the white family at church, a congregation of Asian Americans mostly of Korean heritage.  
• Not only is the produce at the Farmer's Market delicious, but the prices are better than the grocery stores (once you figure out which vendors to buy from)!
• We are able to leave our windows open every night AND we stay cool during the day even without air conditioning!
• Some consider us to be counter-cultural extremists because (1) we have more than two children and (2) we are a single-income family!