hyman's seafood

The more I travel in the U.S., the more I begin to understand the Americans' sense of exclusiveness. To many Canadians - and others - this often seems like arrogance. I don't think that's what it is. Americans live in this absoluetly vast country (and I don't just mean geographically, like Canada, but also population wise) that overlows with everyhing and anything life has to offer. They have the snow and the sea and the tropics and the desert, gambling and the fun life in Vegas, snorkeling in Hawaii, horse riding in Montana and word class theatre in New York. And that's just a fraction of it. Americans are uneducated about the rest of the world out of a sense of naivite, not because they look down on other people. In fact, I find that they're often embarassed about their "ignorance", prefacing statements with words like "Well, what do you want, I'm an American". They travel in a universe called America and do so with zest, energy and power. And like a powerful bear, they sometimes break things in their path - out of blissful ignorance or miscalculation, because they're simply not on top of what's happening elsewhere, outside of the good ship U.S.A.

Had lunch at Hyman's Seafood in downtown Charleston today. Without a doubt, the best fish I've ever eaten. Very affordable, too. We had a couple of glasses of fine California Pinot Grigio with it and paid a total of $35. Excellent value. Then went down to their gift store (yep, a resto with a gift shop!) and bought a couple of T-shirts at $4 each. Btw, presidents and famous entertainers have eaten at Hyman's. There are signed plates on their walls. One of them says: "Great chow! I feel GOOD!...signed James Brown"

Still pissing with rain, damnit. Why couldn't we bring some fine Ontario fall weather down here?