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i have been in North Carolina since last March... i have to say, i miss the supermarkets that are in the SF Bay Area... i am from the South Bay, and the supermarkets here in NC do not compare with the few supermarkets i frequented in Cali…

Interesting. Few questions for you.

A: what stores have you tried in NC

B: how do the prices compare?

C: how do the taxes compare?

D: how do the bath houses compare?

prices seem similar... taxes are not so noticeable to me... perhaps because i make less money here than i did there... selection, variety of brands--no comparison... beauty and selection of produce, bread/baked goods, meat, dairy/cheeses, wine, alcohol (most notably, tequila)--no comparison... hot deli, cold deli, frozen foods selection--no comparison... availability and selection of ethnic ingredients--no comparison...

i shopped: Raley's/Nob Hill, Dragers, Zanotto's, Whole Foods, Safeway, Lucky, Costco for bulk, SaveMart if i were not in need of anything special... typical stores like Safeway and Lucky would be considered gourmet here... btw--i am not complaining, i just miss the shopping experience in California (Silicon Valley, Central Valley and Santa Cruz)... but i am happy to have found Harris Teeter here in NC... and i do like this supermarket named Lowe's in Swansboro, NC--not bad...

bathhouses? i have thought highly of you and your opinions in the past... when you have received criticism for promoting your book and blog/website on FR i have defended you... your questions to me regarding the supermarkets were valid... that final comment was tres ugsome... btw--i do love many of the characteristics that make up SF the city... however, that is not where i have lived nor shopped... there may be bathhouses in the South Bay (Silicon Valley to be more specific)--but i have never seen one...

Happy Thought by Robert Louis Stevenson: The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings :)