3 posts tagged “espresso”
It's a strange thing, this building a relationship. Strange and wonderful of course, but for me, uncharted territory because it's been since I was in college, waaay back in the Dark Ages while dinosaurs walked the earth that I've been through this. Of course these days I'm a much different person than that innocent, trusting girl who married the first (and only) man who asked me because of wanting to make him happy and who stayed too long because I had made a promise.
Two weekends ago Doug and I decided that seeing each other a couple of times a week simply wasn't enough, and we started to spend our weekends together. Now this was a big change for me, as I've lived alone for over three years, but I've gotta say that first Saturday morning when I could get up and pull the first espresso shots for us, and fossick around the refrigerator for breakfast fixings for us, that I felt this incredible lightness and satisfaction I don't ever remember feeling. It seems we are like two trees, whose leafy tendrils reach toward each other, who are becoming more intertwined as time passes.
And now we are doing what I see other couples I know doing. Having a romantic Italian dinner out in a busy and crowded restaurant. Running to Home Depot for him. Going to the mall for me. Having a blast at the local gourmet market experimenting with and buying unknown cheeses. Putting together a yummy dinner and learning the joy of cooking being a team effort.
And the strange thing is that the more we're together, the more I miss him when he's away.
And though several friends seemed to feel bad for my being alone on Christmas Day, I don't think I was. I didn't feel that way in the least.
Thanks Jordan (aka Digital Explorer) for recommending Vox to me. (go check out his blog and website. He's a great photographer and I love to see what he's shooting. I know you will too.) It's a lovely interface and I'm trying it out. Now if I can import my old Livejournal entries. If I'd not taken the trip to UK and Germany I really wouldn't care otherwise.
A couple of weeks ago my favourite coffee place, Greenberry's, closed, either to eventually move to a new location, or very possibly for good. For three years it had struggled, surrounded by at least four Starbucks within 5 to 10 minutes. It was much more upscale than Starbucks with its classic wood floors and counters, and its coffee was much better as well. Add to that free wi-fi, and you'd think it was a no brainer alternative, but its location and poor visibility proved to be too much apparently. As much as I miss the atmosphere and coffee, what I find I truly mourn is the people I met there. Each of us quite different, but we spent much time sharing a table, heads buried in our laptops, talking, gossiping and getting to know each other better.
Today I went to my "up north" (i.e. Port St. Lucie, as opposed to Wellington - just over an hour apart) coffee place, Port City Java, to read and think a bit in the cool October air. This week has brought lovely cool days and delightful evenings to put the top down and clear my head. As I savoured a cup of coffee while finishing a novel, I overheard a conversation where a customer was saying how he missed his coffee place in Wellington. Being the shy creature I am, I piped up, "Greenberry's?" and he exclaimed in great surprise, "How'd you know??" and for the next few minutes we bemoaned the fact it was not there. It made me smile as well as sad.
I can't say I like the change, but I guess it's something we adapt to, and try to find the good in. Port City Java is nice in its own way. I'm thankful it's there. I'll post pics of both for anyone who's not seen them.
