Sunday, June 15, 2008

Favorite barista...gone!

I've been in Seattle a year now. I've had some awesome Pacific Northwest experiences: hiking near Mt. Rainier, working in a coffee-roasting plant, turning down a job with a startup because the pay sucked...all pretty standard. But now I have felt the most bittersweet of Emerald City experiences. My favorite barista is gone!

She was a great coffee-maker, who always put quality above smoking dope in the break room. She was funny and laughed at my jokes (perhaps only for a tip? No...she was way classy). But most of all, she assisted with the construction on this:


This is, as if you can't tell, a space warrior/transformer Mr. Potato Head, complete with espresso fuel directly connected to the back of his formidable space mask. Any astronaut can tell you that if you are going to go into a space battle, you'll want some caffeine so you stay alert. I have never seen Mr. Potato Head transform, but one assumes that because of the truck facade on his chest plate (lower abdomen plate?) he would become a space truck.

So goodbye favorite barista! I never learned your name, but your coffee skills and lack of bitchiness will be remembered. And space warrior Mr. Potato Head will remain a steward of your cash register.

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