The American Way of Life...

...I'm now in the States since around two (2) months and therefore I would like to give you guys some impressions about some typical American things...

When you google the American Way one famous phrase is:

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

(These words are written in the United States Declaration of Independence)

(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_way, October, 23rd 2008)

A quite famous and very nice smoothie chain is called Jamba Juice - some of you may know it from various movies:
Since I'm here, I drink more coffee than in Austria and fortunately there is a Starbucks EVERYWHERE! This is not an exaggeration - e.g. on the Broadway there are areas where min. all 5 blocks is one - even more often.
On the other side there is the big competitor of Starbucks - Dunkin' Donuts. I like the coffee mug's very much, where you can see the slogan "America Runs On Dunkin" in images :-)
A dozen donuts box - they were really good:
Besides donuts you can also get some healthy food like we had one day during a very nice Sunday brunch - Salmon Plate:
In Montreal I enjoyed one of my best burgers here - Bison Burger: