My only objection to Peet's in general--the price!
Well, my wife spotted an HQ for WotC (Wizards of the Coast), which is the company that started Magic: The Gathering and bought out TSR. That was cool.
So…irony.
We visit Seattle and the place where we stay (Airbnb) has no coffee maker and canned coffee. The promised Keurig to borrow never made an appearance, so Safeway provided instant Starbucks in a can for three days.
Our flight back was cancelled, so there was a two day stay in a hotel, which had only it's own brand coffee in it's own filter (you dropped it all into the drip coffeemaker). The night before flying back we finally got filters and were able to brew some Major Dickison's blend. Only, we were using Seattle tap water.
While waiting at the gate to depart we got the only 'good' coffee we had the entire trip - from a Peets in the South Satellite of Sea-Tac airport.
So yeah, we went to coffee nirvana and got bad coffee.
I should mention that there were opportunities to visit Starbucks, but we were often in between doing things that it (and the snow on the ground) just seemed a hassle.
Oh yeah, did I mention the snow storm which pretty much shut Seattle down? Yeah, there's that too.
What? You realize this, plus the computer bit, makes you a NERD! LOL
I just did a fast search, and it looks like my "sense" was right. D&D was inducted in 1984. Although presumably it was the "original," not Advanced. I'm not sure of the differences; however, I noted with my search the dates involved. And Games apparently required something to be aroudn for 10 years before going into the Hall of Fame.
In regards to the water, and in all fairness, the tap water was from a Airbnb (in Kent) and a suites hotel in Renton. But yeah, bad timing I guess.Bleh. Bad timing. Sometimes it all works out, and sometimes it’s Murphy’s law all-around.
When you said you got Peets in Seattle, I sort of did a double-take before realizing this was a location inside Sea-Tac. The only other one in Seattle proper (I had to look this up) is actually the dreaded Capital One Café in South Lake Union selling Peets as a branded (or co-branded) outlet.
The general first rule in Seattle is you don’t drink Starbucks in Seattle, unless you’re hosting out-of-towners… or it’s 3am, you’re next to a 24-hour drive-thru location, and you need some bean in your bloodstream.
The one bit which did surprise me to read was your description of Seattle city tap water. In general, I actually like Seattle city water — even if it has that aforementioned taste-colour of green (like a transparent-darker green). When I travel back and forth between here and there, I always remember to fill a Nalgene bottle of water (in checked baggage, since our airport here is in the next municipality) so that I can compare waters when I get into town (and vice-versa). It’s always trippy to taste one whilst standing in the other town.
On a merciful upside: at least your visit with family is over.
The original was D&D, but I usually say AD&D because for some reason more people have heard of it. Advanced did come later and the difference is basically what you'd think, more involved rules.I just did a fast search, and it looks like my "sense" was right. D&D was inducted in 1984. Although presumably it was the "original," not Advanced. I'm not sure of the differences; however, I noted with my search the dates involved. And Games apparently required something to be aroudn for 10 years before going into the Hall of Fame.
Games Magazine Hall of Fame
www.boardgamegeek.com
I suppose that being a transplant (despite being born in Washington state) and having lived most of her young life outside of Washington, my sister didn't get the message about Starbucks.
I'm guilty of just buying whatever mugs I see that I like. It's gotten to the point where it irritates my wife some times. But since she got me started on coffee, she has only herself to blame.I'm not much of a coffee drinker so I like to start my day off with a big ol mug of tea, Earl Grey, hot.
(I actually also have some tacky cat mugs which I found in thrift stores, I just love buying weird mugs)
I'd be tempted to have a tea party that seems classy on the surface...but full of touches like using tacky cat mugs!I'm not much of a coffee drinker so I like to start my day off with a big ol mug of tea, Earl Grey, hot.
(I actually also have some tacky cat mugs which I found in thrift stores, I just love buying weird mugs)
Totally get you. I have not been to a coffee shop since before the pandemic. Things changed in 2018 for us and that became a luxury. The new shop I chose also started to get crowded (although the coffee was still good) and then the pandemic happened.
LOL!!!!
I'm personally not a fan of Keurig--but I can see where it would be a practical choice in this (and other) situation.
It's probably best that she doesn't let others use it (or use it that much)--it'll probably hasten the day of the machine's demise if too many use it.
