Starbuck's makes real espresso.
Dunkin Donuts makes almost real espresso.
I drink coffee, when I drink it at all, black. Very black. The stronger the coffee is, the happier I am with it. Most people cannot drink my coffee because it is too strong. And I do not drink decaf. What's the point in drinking coffee at all unless it has some caffeine in it? It's like drinking non-alcoholic beer. (I think beer tastes nasty after the first few sips, so I am biased anyway.)
It was very weird because I had been looking at these very expensive espresso machines but had not said anything to him because they were...well...very expensive.
I kept thinking how much dog food it would buy.
My dogs would not have to eat sticks to survive. I could buy real food for them.
I thought of how many dog show entries it would be.
How many books would it have bought.
How many groceries.
How many bottles of my Barefoot Cellars Chardonnay.
How many Basset Hounds I could have.
But instead, we bought the espresso machine.
And I have to say, it makes damn good espresso. I will never go back to regular coffee, and my consumption of Coca Cola has even dropped a bit. (I go through a 2 liter bottle a day, usually.)
So if you want real espresso, come on over.
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It snowed.
Not a lot but enough that there was some on the ground and Doc was absolutely thrilled.
He doesn't look thrilled in this photo but he was very happy, and oddly, so were the Bassets for about 15 minutes. Then they all realized ( all the Bassets) how cold and wet it was and that was the end of that. Which is why Doc is looking dejected: the Bassets all went in the house.
He laid outside by himself chewing on a stick which is his favorite toy.
This is about how much snow there was. Not enough, according to Doc who, even though he is from Texas likes his cold weather.
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