A great Dane just plopped down on the coffeehouse floor next to his owner and the owner’s toddler son. … Now it’s trying to be a lapdog. … Now the boy is climbing onto the great Dane and the dog is letting him. … Pretty much a gentle giant.
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Coffeehouse was busy earlier, mostly with people meeting friends or for a professional meeting or two. There was a lull after that, but now it’s busy again, this time mostly with college students meeting study partners.
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Apparently, comb-overs are really, really big at the coffeehouse early in the morning. … Not me, of course, but those other older, balding guys.
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Four college-age women just came into the coffeehouse like Paris Hilton and her entourage. … I’m wishing I was someplace else.
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I’m in empresso coffeehouse and putting off deciding if I will stop procrastinating today.
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Love that feeling when I realize my drink card has been stamped often enough for a free coffee. Free coffee good!
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I’m caffeinated and I like it that way.
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I just spotted a guy a little while ago walking down the street outside the coffeehouse – white T-shirt, khaki shorts, black shoes, black socks … and DayGlo orange hunting cap. I should have expected something like this, I suppose. Oh, and now there is a guy sitting outside the coffeehouse wearing a T-shirt that reads “Antihero.” … I really need to get out of this town.
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I’m having computer problems today or I most definitely would have mentioned that today is National Coffee Day! Viva, National Coffee day!
Here are a couple of links to National Coffee Day info. I’m guessing American laborers will never get a day off for National Coffee Day, but perhaps one day it will gain the status of, say, Groundhog Day.
National Coffee Day | Punchbowl
National Coffee Day: Facts you didn’t know about your cup of joe | ThirdAge
National Coffee Day | Facebook
10 coffee facts for National Coffee Day | IndyPosted
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I’m not sure how this is all going to work out, but I’ve decided to go without coffee today. For those now concerned with their safety, I am currently at Troke Branch Library (Stockton) and will attempt to update my movements so that you all can take the appropriate precautions to avoid contact with a caffeine-free me.
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I walked into Exotic Java today on a somewhat tight schedule and was disappointed to see four people in line in front of me. But they were served promptly and cleared away from the counter … where my drink was already waiting. Barista Andrew had spotted me through the drive-through window coming into the coffeehouse and had already started and finished making the drink before I arrived at the counter. I frequent empresso most often, followed by Exotic Java, with Starbucks and Peets a distant third and fourth. The baristas at both empresso and Exotic Java are excellent at what they do and are quite friendly. The owners of both coffeehouses should be proud, because often workers are a reflection of the work ethic of their bosses and a sign of the respect the hold for their bosses.
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Went into Exotic Java earlier and one of the owners was on the phone with the manufacturer of the new espresso machine. Apparently, efforts to repair it have been thwarted because the manufacturer continues to send the wrong parts.
Me: “Well, do you have enough parts to make a new machine?”
Barista: “Almost.”
I still was able to receive my Red Eye so I was fine.
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One of the Exotic Java baristas just accused me of having “spidy senses.” Cool! Very, very cool! … But now I will have the Spiderman theme song in my head for the rest of the day. … “Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can ….”
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The ringtone on the cellphone of the guy sitting at the next table: “I’ve Got You, Babe.” Very, very manly!
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I’m a little concerned I’m becoming too predictable. The baristas at the coffeehouses I frequent start my drinks even before I step up to the counter. I’m in that much of a rut or they are just that good.
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I was just sitting outside Exotic Java sipping a Red Eye and going through email when a lovely young woman walked by. She was trailed by a very lovely, pleasant scent. I’m not sure what it was, but it will linger in my mind for the rest of the day. And I won’t mind that at all.
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A little guy – maybe 3 or 4 – just crawled into my booth at Exotic Java for the second time in 30 minutes and started jabbering away like we have known each other for years. Cute kid. Momma had to start counting – “five, four …” – to get him out of the booth.
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I just overheard a guy talk to himself and another guy trying to join in the conversation. It’s a little weird. It’s sort of like a three-way conference call.
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It’s in the mid-90s outside and the woman sitting next to me is wearing a sweater, jeans, and riding boats. I feel so under dressed.
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I just spotted a woman outside the coffeehouse put a plastic food cup thingy on the table on the patio — across the sidewalk from a trashcan — and walk away. Why did she not put it in the trashcan? What’s wrong with people?
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Letters From Away 