monday 02.23.09

heading into yoga class. i signed up for two weeks unlimited, and i am hooked. coffee shop work got done early today (little bit 'o technical difficulty) so i was able to make it to a class at inner fire. and what a great use of found time.


-bkh

sunday 02.22.09

making a quick dinner. i met jen on willy street for coffee this morning. since i was over there, i figured i might as well swing by the co-op. $30 later... i had a golden dinner in my reusable, green shopping bag. cooked up a tofu broccoli mushroom and zucchini teryaki-garlic stir fry to be served over quinoa. got a little over-zealous with the ingredients. which is good news for my lunches this week. there was definitely enough leftover to make it to friday.


-bkh

saturday 02.21.09

closing barriques with ellen. washing the dishes. i like coffee shops that offer customers the option of having their drink 'for here' instead of in something disposable. barriques is one of those coffee shops. though it does tend to leave up with quite a load of dishes to keep up with. some days it seems as though that's all i do at work is dishes and more dishes. though it was not one of those days. the snowstorm (i call is a snowstorm because my neighbors had to push me out of the street, and that doesn't happen on just snowy days) kept people inside, or at least away from barriques from 3-8. regardless of the amount of dishes we do, it's worth it for what is gained. and there's something that's better, i believe, about having a coffee drink in a mug vs. a paper cup. pause? or mise en route?


-bkh

friday 02.20.09

working my first friday shift. there was a wine tasting at the store tonight. mia was doing the pouring of the tuscany wines. ryan and i were working behind the counter. one of the more 'regulars' just paid for her hot chocolate. when the temperature started dropping i was surprised just how many people ordered hot chocolates. i mean, kids of course. when little ones walk in you can bet it's either ice cream or hot chocolate. but adults, too. we go through so much chocolate powder in a day. something soothing, perhaps? a remembrance of childhood? a caffeine-free alternative at the coffee shop? who knows.


-bkh

thursday 02.19.09

taking my contacts out in the bathroom. switching to glasses for the evening. i am in dire need of new contacts. i just figured out how to use my fsa/hsa whatever. so i suppose i should get on using it to buy myself some contacts that don't = sandpaper. perhaps...


-bkh

wednesday 02.18.09

happy birthday mom :)

pottery class. the beginning of what became a bowl. the wire is used to cut manageable sized chunks of clay off the block. from here the clay gets kneaded by hand to get all the air bubbles out (i'm a little impatient and tend to miss a few here and there) rolled into a ball and then thrown into something beautiful. teacher todd is instrumental in making the product 'beautiful'.


-bkh

tuesday 02.17.09

frantically driving across town. from a dinner meeting at the hospital (across the street from my house) to the princeton club. i didn't have time between the end of the work day and the start of the meeting to make it to the workout room. so after the meeting seemed like a good time. my day ended after 9:00pm. which is fine. but i can't help but wonder how the work life and personal life happen when there are kids?


-bkh