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Hey, I actually did something!
Here's how it happened: I took my daily walk
and headed to Coeur d'Alene park. Once there
I headed North a block and then back East.
Well when I got to Pacific and Cannon there
were all sorts of people sitting out on the
patios in front of the Pizza Bar, Tully's Coffee,
and The Elk. At the corner I stopped. And I looked
around. It was a nice day, 70 F but it felt
cooler due to a nice breeze. Sunny, clear skies.
I stood there with hands in pockets, looking at
the coffee shop. And that's when a little voice
started up inside me: "Go into the coffee shop,
Ed. You are decently dressed and you actually
shaved this morning. So go for it. Go in there
and get an iced coffee and sit out on the patio."
"No, that's ridiculous" another voice inside me
said. "You don't do that kind of thing. People?
Coffee shops? Don't be absurd."
"Go on, force yourself" the other voice responded.
"Do something new. How long has it been since you
did something new? Go in there. Get a coffee. You
know you really should."
The coaxing voice won out over the protesting one.
I went into Tully's and came upon a strange world
of mellow canned music and folks sitting at tables
with their laptops and a long and bizarre coffee
menu that included things that weren't ordinary
coffee from a pot. "I'll take a small iced mocha"
I heard myself say to the girl.
A few minutes later I had my mocha. So I went out
on the patio and sat at a table and watched all the
people.
I can't say it was bad sitting out there. But it
really wasn't very interesting either. No Rameau,
no dachshunds, no violin screaming at me to pick
it up and practice. And with only my Blackberry
constituting some semblance of a computer.
Well, I did it. It probably won't happen again any
time soon.
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Are you sure we are getting the whole story here? :whistle: I just noticed you have two straws in that tasty looking drink.Was there someone left out of your photo? :devil:
@ Carlo.:lol: That little coaxing voice has got to go. Maybe I could get some medication or something. 😆
Originally posted by CarloFon:
Oh those are very skinny straws. You normally need at least two of them, sometimes five or six if you are Power Gulping. :p
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
😀
Originally posted by musickna:
ROTF.That's exactly what I was afraid of! :p
Yay!!!!Next thang you know, Sasha will be on a leash and "doing something" with ya'!:applause::heart:
😆 Way to go, Ed! You say it won't happen again soon, but I think it will. Once you do something, well, you're on that slippery slope to……doing something else!!:p :p :p 😀
No good deed goes unpunished! :p
Originally posted by edwardpiercy:
"mellow canned music and folks sitting at tableswith their laptops"Somehow this does not sound like a "Power Gulping" establishment. 😉
:lol:There's a yappy Scotty-looking dog across the street that barks at leaves rolling across the lawn in the breeze. (Stupid dog. :lol:) But there's a very friendly little Dachsy next door named LD. Every time I see him outside–which isn't often, in this heat–I think of you and Sasha. If he can get off his leash, or tug the leash out of his walker's hand, he runs over and gives me kisses.:D:heart:
@ Star.Oh I wish Sasha could go with me! I think about that every day when I go for a walk. But I'm afraid she's not improving. You know she does listen to stuff from "out there", though. There's a new Great Dane on the 3rd floor who has a tendency to howl occasionally, and Sasha seems fascinated by it. I don't know whether the Dane is male or female, though.That howling — reminds me of a French Horn. :p :lol::heart:
@ Star. :DMaybe you could dog-sit every once in a while? It might be worth mentioning. :sherlock::heart:
@ Carlo.Oh you simply gotta Power Gulp when you are sitting there at a table with your laptop updating your Facebook account. :p
Originally posted by Stardancer:
Without begging for food first? Huh, that's really strange. :p:heart:
I have once or twice. They were fumigating last summer, and the poor lil' guy was stuck outside in the heat for several hours. I asked if I could bring him in until it was safe for him to go home, and they let me. He jumped right up on the couch and snuggled right up next to me and promptly fell asleep.It was so sweet.:smile::heart:
What can I say? I bored him to sleep.:eyes::lol::heart:
You know, it is common in Serbia to sit on the patio with some kind of coffee in front of you. With friends or alone, it is always a pleasure. I go to one coffee place on a Danube bank every sunday, along with my friend :coffee:
Coffee shops are just not like that around here. :lol:.
@ Star.:lol:Nah, he was just happy probably.@ Darko.@ Qlue.They are extremely popular here in Washington. I swear there's a bottega on every corner almost.
The beautiful blue Danube. :DI wonder if its still blue?
Originally posted by gdare:
Now that sounds very pleasant. :coffee:
Wellll….. See for yourself… sometimes it is and sometimes it is not 😛http://my.opera.com/gdare/albums/show.dml?id=285132
@ Darko.Looks pretty blue to me. Or maybe you could say aqua. Literally.:)Thanks!
Drinking coffee through a straw? I've heard that you Americans are decadent, but honestly, how weird can stuff get? I hate drinking coffee from a paper cup, especially if it comes with a lid. What is that? A lid on the coffee cup? For what purpose? And no human being can remove those lids without spilling coffee all over the place. I happen to like coffee. Give me my coffee in a proper cup, hot and without all sorts of organic products in it. And no straw, please…
Martin, I think you should do a paper on that: "The Most Excellent and Proper Way to Drink Coffee as Exemplified by Astute and Polite Danish Coffee Drinkers."Or something to that effect. 😀