Everybody Limbo!

So I think my last month in Brighton is going to be characterized by "Limbo." The problem is that I am genuinely starting to feel settled into Brighton. I'm now starting to accidentally pronounce words in an English accent and I am using new idioms with abandon.

But most importantly, I have finally, finally, found eateries that I want to return to and count as one of my "places". Before, when asked about the restaurants where I had gone out to eat in Brighton, I would usually respond, "it was alright. You know, good, not great." And it was true. Everywhere I have eaten in Brighton (that I could also eat at frequently with my budget) up until this month was decent, but never inspired a return trip.

Well, we have recently discovered a couple of places in the North Laines that I have frequented almost everyday this week. The first love is Brighton Coffee Co. The coffee is good, but not mind blowing. Its the attic that attracts me. Whenever I go up there I feel this wonderful mix of peace and creativity. The space is simultaneously enclosed--its feels isolated and private--and also expansive since the window looks out onto the rooftops of Brighton. And they play interesting, mellow music, so it is not oppresively silent and then just quiet enough to think or read. I want to live in their attic. Maybe I will make it my happy place, and revisit it mentally next year when the stress of WashU living hits.

My second love is Lick. It is froyo, but it is literally just yogurt they have frozen and is fat free and probiotic, i.e. healthy! Plus when you put honey on top the honey slightly freezes which makes it thicker and the texture is just...well, if I go on I might pass out from happiness.

And lastly there is RedVeg which serves vegetarian hamburgers, fries, falafel, and other wraps. This place satisfies my craving for an American style greasy burger, and takes away the enviromentally-concious-guilt I usually feel from supporting the cattle industry. Plus, they have this sweet, jelly-like, spicy sauce that you eat with the chili potato wedges. I was so happy to find food (especially potatoes) with actual flavour.

At long last I have found food I like in the UK! Hurrah!

But the feeling of Limbo comes from the fact that I am ready to go home in some ways. Two of my Sussex friends left for the U.S. this past Monday. And this is just the beginning of a steady stream of people leaving to go home. Other people leaving makes me think what it would be like if I left, and then I start losing the place I've created for myself, in my mind, in Brighton.

So, Limbo it is and Limbo I will learn to be comfortable with for the next month. It's not so bad, really.