One Red Hot Country Mama!

My best friend and I are in Seattle for the weekend – a spontaneous thing that occurred after we realized that we both didn’t have any plans for the weekend and we both wanted to get out of our respective cities (she is from Vancouver and I am from Toronto).

The first thing we noticed was how forward American men are compared to Canadian ones. Where we come from you go out to a crowded club but still have a quiet night since Canadian guys tend to give you space and wait for you to approach them. In Seattle though, we were getting approached by dozens of guys – it seemed like almost every 10 minutes someone was talking to us. It was fun and we really liked the boldness of American men.

Another thing we noticed was all of the other Canadians that were there – coincidentally, the Toronto Blue Jays were playing the Seattle Mariners last night. Canadians were there waving their giant flags, singing the national anthem at the top of their lungs and saying "Canada says hello" to passers-by. I realized that Americans would never come to a Canadian city, wave the stars and stripes and say "America says hello". Funny that us Canadians are forward in that way, if not in all ways .