I don't think Bob was truly saying he was trying to remain "un-Texan."
Perhaps he appreciates being who he is and just takes from cultures what
he finds interesting.  He'll probably give us a good response.  But the
best margaritas in town are mixed in California, Southern California,
that is.

O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA  92886
(714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail:  [log in to unmask]

On Sun, 30 Aug 1998 02:20:34 -0400 Cordova Kloepping
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>As a native Houstonian (also my mother grew up in Angleton) I have to
>say that I believe that it is your apparent rejection of the culture
>you
>live in that may be creating the resistance you feel.  There is
>nothing
>more offensive to a Texan than a yankee who seems negatively charged
>toward Texas culture.  If you are looking for more support, perhaps
>you
>should begin to display some of that Texas pride (an attitude and
>perspective that I have to say is very different from that of the deep
>south).  I recently moved to New York and the only thing that Texans
>have in common with New Yorkers is an almost fanatical sense of pride
>in
>their state.  I'm sure you've seen those bumper stickers that say "I'm
>from Texas, What country are you from?"  This comes from knowing you
>can
>drive almost 10 hours in a given direction and not leave the state,
>that
>Texas is the largest in the domestic US, and that, of course, there is
>no better place to get a margarita or two step in an old dance hall to
>the sounds of local musicians. I find that there is a sensibilty about
>Texas that is not easily described and things I miss that I could not
>exactly put my finger on.  (I'll never get used to people saying they
>are standing "on line" when I am clearly standing "in line".)
>My suggestion is for you to slow down a bit, take a look around you,
>breathe in deep, and appreciate what you see.
>
>Anissa Cordova
>Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
>Snug Harbor Cultural Center
>Staten Island, NY
>
>Robert T. Handy wrote:
>>
>> Uh, oh.  How long in NJ?
>>
>> I'm from Portland--thirty years--and I resisted this place rubbing
>off on
>> me, but people now say I even have a hint of an accent.  No pickup
>truck or
>> cowboy hat  yet, though.
>>
>> ------
>> Robert Handy
>> Brazoria County Historical Museum
>> 100 East Cedar
>> Angleton, Texas  77515
>> (409) 864-1208
>> museum_bob
>> [log in to unmask]
>> http://www.bchm.org
>>
>> ----------
>> From:   Adrienne Deangelis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent:   Friday, August 28, 1998 8:33 AM
>> To:     [log in to unmask]
>> Subject:        Equity, and All That
>>
>> RH: "But then, I've been in the South for twenty-seven years and
>haven't
>> been
>> up
>> in your territory for awhile.  Maybe I am just mis-reading that
>naturally
>> abrasive (as I was called for years by my southern colleagues) tone
>that
>> folks in your regional culture have in their voice all the time."
>>
>>         Umm, RH: I'm from California.  Born and bred.
>>
>> A. DeAngelis
>

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