tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92460282024-02-28T13:12:05.534-06:00Gone To Starbucks!gone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246028.post-27821617727539902672007-11-25T18:03:00.001-06:002007-11-25T18:08:54.537-06:00Starbucks - Cincinnati Airport<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwekiAvrvYROvyImE5S1VxdMxpayPm7OFszmTRdxjiPM1Lw7aBKcYjSHDFuLibwr2hCqiq93xF1CQe8vqbOn5K7Gn1oeF1xIJT5vlpN0afn4YukI8TI9y-58YigVOMrF8PIBlmXg/s1600-h/PB250042.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwekiAvrvYROvyImE5S1VxdMxpayPm7OFszmTRdxjiPM1Lw7aBKcYjSHDFuLibwr2hCqiq93xF1CQe8vqbOn5K7Gn1oeF1xIJT5vlpN0afn4YukI8TI9y-58YigVOMrF8PIBlmXg/s320/PB250042.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136932987359603954" /></a><br />It was seriously busy at this store today. Probably the busiest travel day of the year and they were feeling it big-time. To their credit, they got my order exactly right - amazing consider the number and variety of orders coming through.<br /><br />They sure have a terrific view to the taxiways and runways...and a lot of light with which to work. I'd have loved to talk to the baristas and ask them about what it's like working there if there weren't so many people in line!<br /><br />The pumpkin spice creme I had was not as needed as the last one, but it made for a comforting pre-flight breakfast.gone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246028.post-13840788032232711452007-11-23T17:39:00.000-06:002007-11-25T18:10:26.550-06:00Starbucks - Lexington, KY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWJDmZR1f8lMdJoBm_fPtkZsIfCDq7kpn-4wjv7NQ0317x0hOKFvFlT7nLPdzEqN4H4XG1KsnY7TBCwCPM1TzN76byGQsGAC_89XT-uNJauVZ7jpBKY6qUI4qZZ7LV5YpNyGU6g/s1600-h/PB230011.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJWJDmZR1f8lMdJoBm_fPtkZsIfCDq7kpn-4wjv7NQ0317x0hOKFvFlT7nLPdzEqN4H4XG1KsnY7TBCwCPM1TzN76byGQsGAC_89XT-uNJauVZ7jpBKY6qUI4qZZ7LV5YpNyGU6g/s320/PB230011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136932759726337250" /></a><br />This was a seriously welcome respite after a very long morning and afternoon. They still have pumpkin spice syrup on the menu, thank goodness.<br /><br />This store had super-comfy chairs (tucked into a perfect little cove) which I sank into upon completion of my order. The perfect Starbucks experience! Sometimes I wish the stores were a little more cozy....gone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246028.post-89875080300060843702007-11-21T23:27:00.000-06:002007-11-21T23:33:47.357-06:0040 years<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Forty years</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Forty days (and forty nights)</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Forty winks</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Forty lashes</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Forty acres and a mule</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Form 1040</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">WD-40</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Europe on $40.00 a Day</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">For T's a jolly good fellow</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Happy Birthday, self.</span></div><div><br /></div></div>gone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246028.post-1129784282505524802005-10-19T23:59:00.000-05:002005-10-19T23:58:02.506-05:00Stellar ReverieAs I was leaving the house the other morning, I saw the constellation Orion - remarkably bright - gracing the southern sky. Winter is icumen in, eh?<br /><br />Seeing the constellations always puts me in a bit of a thoughtful or dreaming state; I think about seeing them in their current form - as groupings of stars that are not equidistant from Earth. I think about traveling closer to the Orion Nebula - to see it as a visitor rather than as an observer. And I think about distant planets circling those stars. I still get a little thrill thinking about the word "planet" - it evokes memories of wonder as I watched "Star Trek" as a child, imagining what it might be like to stand on the surface of a world with a different color sky.<br /><br />Aurora Borealis is the true stellar reverie - the storms of the sun creating an ethereal presence here on Earth. Someday I'd like to see them from further north - like Greenland.<br /><br />Next time there's a heavy meteor shower, go outside and watch the sky light up as we pass through the heavens. Took me a long time to understand that those rocks hurtling through the atmosphere are more stationary than our world. "Just passing through," said the Earth....gone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246028.post-1126530917769541372005-09-12T08:12:00.000-05:002005-09-12T08:22:31.516-05:00Artist's Space!<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/665/1600/sail2.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6887/665/400/sail1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Hey, I can do more than just write! I painted this yesterday afternoon in a park overlooking the St. Croix River. Let me know what you think : )gone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246028.post-1112749279235611752005-04-05T20:00:00.000-05:002005-04-05T22:20:41.653-05:00Weekend Adventure Ideasmini golf<br />IMAX film<br />go-cart racing<br />climbing at REI<br />art crawl/treasure hunt at MIAgone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246028.post-1104937084257475722005-01-05T07:36:00.000-06:002005-01-05T08:58:40.156-06:00A Man of Many InterestsI hear Garrison Keillor in the morning and I'm a poet
<br />Weaving through traffic I'm a race car driver
<br />Walking in the snowdrifts I'm an arctic explorer
<br />Stepping back to pass I'm a star quarterback
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<br />Strolling through the museum, an artist
<br />Breathing underwater, a scuba diver
<br />Talking to a vendor, a crack negotiator
<br />Making home movies, a noted director
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<br />Look out, Walter Mitty.gone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246028.post-1102399027481692352004-12-07T01:53:00.000-06:002004-12-06T23:57:07.480-06:00Bus Ridewindow seat taken
<br />aisle seat taken
<br />busy
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<br />window seat open
<br />aisle seat taken
<br />do not disturb
<br />
<br />window seat taken
<br />aisle seat occupied...by backpack
<br />inconvenient
<br />
<br />window seat open
<br />aisle seat open
<br />lonely
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<br />window seat taken
<br />aisle seat open
<br />opportunity
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<br />back seat of the bus only seat open
<br />now I know what a dryer sheet feels likegone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246028.post-1101776730560947692004-11-29T21:03:00.000-06:002004-11-29T19:05:30.573-06:00Square Dealx times x staring back in
<br /> rude perfection
<br />extruded bisectual rectangle
<br /> tasteless gold
<br />framed in the blue period
<br />be there or be...gone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246028.post-1101230105145622982004-11-23T13:21:00.000-06:002004-11-23T11:15:05.146-06:001.25a lot can happen in one and one quarter miles
<br />a swerve
<br />a tipping apple cart
<br />a glance
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<br />crossing lanes perturbs others
<br />who don't want their
<br />driving slumber
<br />disturbed
<br />
<br />mad dash across
<br />coffee churning
<br />ease into the lane
<br />
<br />uh oh
<br />exit onlygone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9246028.post-1100925984647722372004-11-19T22:26:00.000-06:002004-11-19T22:46:24.646-06:00My First EntryI love to write.
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<br />But most of it is part of my profession. E-mail and more e-mail. I miss having the time to write, but I'm faster at typing. So I'll try my hand at Blogging.
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<br />Oh and by the way, I love Starbucks. Love it!gone2starbuckshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00660983799871103405noreply@blogger.com0