The Coffee Bean

Today I got some good mailing action taken care of. I did something very stupid, and uncharacteristic for that matter, by mailing something that ended up costing me about $14 when I could have thought ahead and gone the flat rate route. Pretty dumb.

Some job searching, some cover letter writing, some gchatting with Roshan, Julie, Kenny, and Nicole, some reading, some coffee drinking. Currently, I'm listening to the Red Sox game (the video feed is blacked out because the Angels are playing the Sox and Angels games are all blacked out for me... how stupid!!!) and enjoying the Papelbon/Dunkin Donuts commercials. What a combination. Red Sox kicked some behind last night... taking out their angst from being swept by the O's over the weekend. Understandable. Embarrassing. And now Jon Lester is pitching insanely well. Without going into it too much, this is his second consecutive start in which he has pitched dominantly which is a key sign that we're seeing the real Jon Lester once again, after a tough first few outings at the start of the season.He's gone for 7 innings, 106 pitches, 4 hits/1 earned run/1 walk allowed, and he's struck out 5. That's a really nice night right there- unfortunately, the game's tied at 1, so our boys better step it up and get Lester that W.

What a glorious, sunny day. Tonight we've got a new episode of LOST... not sure what to have for dinner before then, if anything. This coffee might be enough for me. Hopefully by now everyone has received their pictures of my norcal excursion.

Julie just sent me this picture of Boston, taken this evening:

The Coffee Bean is the closest coffee shop, so if I'm wanting coffee or a place to hang out, The Coffee Bean is my go-to place. Today, I decided to give Peet's Coffee a shot, and judging by today's brews at either coffee shop, I can say that The Coffee Bean's coffee is much much better. I suppose that this is good to know, and if I was really interested in investigating this matter I'd enlarge my sample size but The Coffee Bean has never once let me down. It's sad that there are no cheap places like Dunkin Donuts- at least, I havent found them- but The Coffee Bean is a comfortable hangout spot for studying, writing, and job hunting/dreaming.

I have to wonder why Dunkin Donuts has not moved into California. I know that there's a demand. People would love it out here, cheaper coffee, donuts, bagels, breakfast sandwiches all together. The major coffee joints around are all alike- fancy coffee, decadent-looking bakery items. What about those of us who dont WANT all of that quality stuff? Just a plain old bagel or an occasional treat donut hole will do the trick, thank you.

Well, it's pretty cool to see that at my blog has over 700 views. Tell your friends, and maybe the pressure will get to me and I'll start writing something interesting here :)