Poker Face
When I'm in France there are times when I feel like I need to represent the mid-west. First off no one over here knows what that means so I end up just saying 'near Chicago' but I add 'it's the real USA'. Why do you think that TV shows about 'Americain life' take place in Indiana. The middle, parks and rec, a Christmas story, etc. So many Americans come over here from California or New York or Colorado that I feel like I have to share a different side of American culture and I find that the French, although sometimes horrified, enjoy learning about it. It takes a local who has spent her time enjoying if not braving blistering cold winters back home , cough and not feeling guilty about sitting this one out -19F as the high are you kidding me?, in order to truly understand one key of Mid-western culture, Euchre. Now I know many a mid-westerner who does not know or like to play the pride and joy of the Midwest that is euchre but all will agree tha...