As Federal Reserve minutes signal yet another agonizing interest rate hike to cool the US economy, local expats agreed it is a real tragedy that might affect the exchange rate on their organic avocado toasts. Meanwhile, the overhead chest-high peelers rolling through Pescadero completely overshadowed any distant anxieties about American monetary policy. Most Americans down here responded by turning off their Wi-Fi routers, paddling out for the evening glass-off, and vowing to worry about inflation sometime around late November. Truly, nothing spells global economic doom quite like a gringo lamenting his portfolio while staring blankly at a pod of dolphins.