Coffee Shop Journal

David, Jillian, her friend Holly and I decided to pop up to New Hampshire for a couple of days of peace and quiet boating on the lake. Forgot to check the calendar! It is Motorcycle Week 2008 in Laconia, New Hampshire. From a chopper circling above, you would think that there are ants crawling our roads. Motorcycles everywhere. It’s kind of fun in a loud, leather-wearing sort of way. And we did find that the bikers don’t usually frequent the same restaurants we do, so all is well I guess. Funny…the bikers always used to look rough and tough to me. Lately, they kind of look like doctors and lawyers trying their best to look rough and tough.

Last night we were in Lexington, Massachusetts where we own a condo steps from the path Paul Revere rode when crying his midnight alarm. We are smack in the middle of the most historical spot you can imagine. We love Lexington, because it is walkable. I remember listening to Tim Keller at Q speak about the advantages of a human-sized, walkable city. Well Lexington isn’t a city by any stretch of the imagination, but its human scale always comforts me. Within walking distance of our condo we have two Dunkin’ Donuts, a Starbucks and a Peet’s Coffee, which I will be blogging later this week. The picture attached to this post is a street scene from Lexington.

It’s a quiet night in the blogosphere anyway, but I wanted you all to know where we were! And oh…I’m looking forward tomorrow to sharing some pictures of one of my favorite coffee shops anywhere in the country.