Top ten list of reasons I love America

This was my gift to Maria for her birthday, I am so proud of it I wanted to "have it published" (in no particular order):

• Cheap mixed drinks
• Water brought to your table in restaurants without having to ask or pay for it
• Public Broadcast Radio
• HBO
• Optimism
• The Yellow house (that's our new one - yes)
• Climate
• Size (of the "market" (be it for jobs, services, our business, the arts, etc.))
• Friendliness
• Madness - and lots of it
• Straightforwardness
• Service
• Early releases of independent movies - the day of preferential treatment of blockbusters seems to be long gone
• Mexican food
• Family - if you are family and don't live in the USA, please don't feel offended, just move here;) (it is of course compared to England, where we have a lot of really good friends, but sadly NO family)
• Convenience
• Dramatic weather
• Cheap consumer goods