You know it is Monday when the line to order coffee is long and stays long. Glad I got here before the latest and greatest rush.
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You know it is Monday when the line to order coffee is long and stays long. Glad I got here before the latest and greatest rush.
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Oh, my freakin’ word! “The First Noel” is playing in the coffeehouse. If you see someone running down Pacific Ave screaming, it just might be me!!
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Lesson learned: Don’t sit next to a table at the coffeehouse where an Aflac sales team is discussing sales and presentations and other sales team stuff. They just have too much fun and are just too loud.
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I very nearly had to shush three retired guys making far too much noise in the coffeehouse. What is it with today’s seniors, anyway?!
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Is it just me or does a woman who is already well over 6 feet tall really need 4-inch heels? I’m just sayin’, she may be worth the climb, but really …
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I’m in the coffeehouse trying to put the finishing touches on a cover letter, but I’m hearing voices. … Well, actually, it’s the voice of the guy sitting behind me having an argument with himself … and losing. … Aw, Stockton, your list of characters would fill a phonebook.
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I just spotted a guy wearing a Kinko’s apron walk into the coffeehouse. This is the fourth or fifth time this week that he’s been in here wearing the apron. I’m pretty sure doesn’t work at Kinko’s. He just likes wearing the apron.
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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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It must be October. I woman walked in a little while ago and she was wearing a very bright orange – nearly DayGlo – top. And her hair was dyed to match. And then a short time later another woman with very bright orange hair came into the coffeehouse. See, October.
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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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My name is Keith Michaud and this is “Letters From Away,” a blog written by a Mainer living outside the comfortable and sane confines of New England. The blog is intended for Mainers, whether they live in the Pine Tree State or beyond, and for anyone who has loved ’em, been baffled by ’em or both. Ayuh, I am “from away.” Worse still, I live on the Left Coast – in California. Enjoy! Or not. Your choice.
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