You should be my tour guide..
although I'm not in agreement with your foodie suggestions. I've gained 10 pounds since moving to the states. .. I just bought a whole thing of salad, fruit, sushi, protein shake, water, at the local mall (in total cost me 10 bucks which is like nothing, so cheap here compared to DC or SF) people just looked at me. Everything is like quarter the price of DC including housing and so forth.
They talk too slow here. Funny movie accent.