I’m sitting in a local Starbucks, and today’s Swing music mix (Dean Martin is crooning Volare, just before that was a song from Ella Fitzgerald’s Music and Moonlight), is just barely audible over the milk-steaming and repeat ordering patter at the counter. As I glance around, I feel like a sociologist discovering a new tribe.
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Starbucks Laptop Men
Posted in Books, Fathers, Masculinity, Men, Starbucks, Technology, Television on March 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Window Shopping
Posted in Beauty, Femininity, Finery, Shopping, Shops, Women on October 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Although I don’t like malls, I’m a sucker for a perfect window shopping street. There’s one not too far from me, and I go there as often as possible. It’s got a lovely artisan jewelry and baby clothing store, a pretty good happy hour place, a place to buy (and therefore, sample) expensive imported lotions […]
A Cat and a Dog
Posted in Animals, Cats, Community, Dogs, Emotions/Inner World, Relationships, Shops, Wisdom on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is boutique shop dog near my work. This dog is aloof to all who pass by – doesn’t wag it’s tail, doesn’t move to greet anyone, yet I’ve seen it come to life with it’s owner. And who wouldn’t come to life in the presence of this young, attractive, wispish, fashionably dressed and stylish […]