4 posts tagged “mobile”
Waiting for my bus five minutes ago, President Clinton walked past me with a dozen police officers. I was watching the police, silently commenting on the waste of a dozen cops in the same block. Then Clinton breezed by me. Then i came to my senses and realized: the ex-pres is scheduled to have dinner with family Gates tonight. At Troiani. Thirty feet from my bus stop. Curses.
We're one meeting in to our four meeting trip. I'm jittery from the coffee and the receding illness. One more meeting this PM. Then sleep. I hope tonight's rest is more restful than last's. Perhaps Sushi Ron for dinner?
Trip to g-nan's house today. High and textured clouds, punctuated by bursts of sunlight. G-nan's place isn't especially prepped for the boys. Lots of things to break within two feet of the ground. Heirlooms and such. Paintings painted by the great-grandmother's mother's aunt. It's a high stress zone for parents.
The Japanese screen was just hung. It's as I remember it from her old house in San Francisco. Comforting but alien. Jack liked the butterflies. We planted a daphne and a rhodedendron. Back to the house for quiet time. (Adult downtime.)
The Sugar Shack Baking Co. just opened in our Seattle neighborhood. Until a few weeks ago, the windows have been covered with brown butcher paper. Now it's open and busy. Thankfully, it's not elbow-to-elbow, but a steady stream of people came and went while we visited. Miles tried a cupcake: pink flavor. Lisa and I shared a brownie. Espresso for the adults. Their cakes are moist and delicious. Ditto the brownie (just a bit bitter for my taste, but spot-on for Lisa). My americano was not legendary, but it was solid. It seems that they make full-size cakes, too, but we didn't see any on offer. The case was pretty well picked over by 1:30pm on Saturday. Still, I could subsist on cupcakes, coffee, and brownies exclusively. I saw a "sammich" pass by with perfectly toasted bread. I'll save that experiment for the next trip.
It seems that the Sugar Shackies are trying to figure out the supply/demand curve for their goods. Perhaps we'll start seeing more pies and cakes in the cases. The menu looks promising, with Red Velvet Cake and Chocolate Key Lime insanity.
I'm glad for a new [bakery] coffee shop in our neighborhood. Cafe Vita leaves me cold; perhaps it's the fact that they share a mini-mall with a check cashing outlet, a tanning salon, and a dry cleaners. Plus, Vita's baked goods are standard coffee shop offerings. Blah. Sugar Shack makes the neighborhood feel more like a neighborhood and less like an opportunistic commercial district on Lake City Way.
