Home wherever you love
Home wherever you love
This is my new motto. I tried to get Jordan to change the tagline on our website, but he doesn't seem that interested. In any case, this is my new tagline. You can imagine it at the top of the website when you read my blogs.
You may be tempted to ask where I love. And while I love many places, and I really can't claim to have one favorite, it turns out that really I can.
I love McDonald's. Because it is always there. It always has been there. And hopefully always will be there. Where else can I turn when I'm in the middle of nowhere Taiwan and really need to eat something that's not Chinese? Or the middle of nowhere Korea? Or the middle of nowhere Bolivia?
A cheeseburger always tastes the same and so do french fries. Maybe I used to only like my burger with ketchup, while these days I can eat all the fixings. But there is nothing that says home quite like McDonald's. Not because their food is so great, but because it's always the same, and more importantly, always there.
You and Dan would get along
You and Dan would get along very well. His motto: if you can get your favorite food (McD's fish sandwich) anywhere in the world, why eat anything else?
Suddenly I am reminded of
Suddenly I am reminded of Dave Barry's classic "Mister Mediocre" fast-food restaurant concept.
Nice! I like the new motto.
Nice! I like the new motto. And there is definitely something reassuring about such a familiar site as McDonald's when you feel so far from home. I experienced this when running into a McDonald's in Bangkok after getting really tired of fish for every meal and no bread. It was like an oasis in the desert. I was a little disappointed to find, however,that the food there was just a little different from the McDonald's I know and love. It was like some other food disguised as McDonald's. And I don't think there was any Ketchup. But I was delighted to see the beloved Ronald McDonald posed in the classic Thai hands-pressed-together greeting.