Archive for June, 2005
Coffee Cups 519, 520 and 521
Posted by Lloyd Y. Asato | Filed under Poetics of Peet's
I am glad I came to Seattle and I am glad I ventured to EMP.
Brunch of champions. Diet Pepsi, cap, and Bob Dylan. 519.
Seattle has some of the best coffeehouses. Cup 520 was not from one of them.
Cup 521 was from the original Starbucks, the one with the naughty logo.
Interlude 25 - Sleepless in Seattle
Posted by Lloyd Y. Asato | Filed under Coffee Interludes
Seattle is not for wimps. They have left hand exits from the freeways, the streets are not laid out on a grid, and Presh took my GPS.
I got lost.
I never use a map. Usually I do not need to. I can navigate most cities using the force. Seattle made me its [...]
Coffee Cup 518
Posted by Lloyd Y. Asato | Filed under Poetics of Peet's
Seattle has never been big on my list of places to go to. I was here once in 1989. Presh and I drove up from Los Angeles on a 12 days of Christmas run. I convinced my Japanese bosses that American Golden Week was the time from Christmas to New Years. [...]
Coffee Cups 516 and 517
Posted by Lloyd Y. Asato | Filed under Poetics of Peet's
Packing for Gnomedex. I usually pack the night before but was too tired. So the alarm goes off early and I pack in a rush. I can do this blurry-eyed and in the dark - I travel so much.
Presh is off to the big city for dinners with family and shopping in [...]
Coffee Cups 514 and 515
Posted by Lloyd Y. Asato | Filed under Poetics of Peet's
I am sitting amongst boxes trying to figure out what to unpack so that I can set up a temporary office. I try not to unpack too much because I will spend part of this day repacking. I am out of the office till Monday, when the move is scheduled to continue.
What a [...]