licorice spice tea.

today was glorious! and where was i? stuck inside. making coffee. oh well.
i'm still learning how to do really nice looking foam art. and then when i do make the lattes look nice, i feel really successful! i tend to make really delicate looking abstract foam.
i recently discovered that licorice spice tea is incredibly awesome.

there is this family that comes in quite often that walks to the greenbean. there is a few girls and a little boy. the eldest, in 3rd grade is so talkative! and very smart. she's really fun to talk to. She is really good at unicycling and that's how she gets around. her school has a unicycling program. I was explaining to her today about capillary action and how an example of it is when i fill the cups really full and they look like they're going to overflow, yet though don't. at any rate, she called it cappuccino action. :)

well.. i don't know what else to say for now.
till next time!

sunny days hooray!

the weather has been phenomenal! the sun is shining and it's decently warm.
it's getting my soul ready for the summer.
I think about lake Michigan and the dunes, of Mackinac Island, of Tasty Treat, and of campouts with bon-fires.
As I walk to and fro between my abode and the Greenbean, I listen to my ipod (everyone does out here)
and today I was listening to one of my favorite musical groups, Vampire Weekend. They are so upbeat and creative and awesome and they make me think of the word nautical.
this past Sunday, I went to Roots church where Simon Cunningham pastors. I met a girl whose nickname is Spiro. Last night we hung out and she took me on a driving tour through some parts of Seattle. I had my first fish and chips (pretty de-lish) at Spud's and then we had a second dinner by preparing salmon in her apartment.
I invite you at this time to take a look on the right side of my blog and read my dislikes section.
As you will notice, seafood is highlighted as one of my dislikes. As of last night... i quite enjoy it.
Not all seafood however, I don't like prawn or shrimp.

At the Greenbean I will be doing some artsy projects as part of my internship.
Today I started a project.
I am in the process of painting a chess/checkerboard on a table for the Greenbean. I was inspired by this during my time with the Vanderwerf's when Jake and I went to a cafe and played checkers on the table with chess pieces.

Jumping back to Sunday night again....After church a small group of us walked to Saint Marks Cathedral (an episcopalian church) for the Compline choir. It's a group of men/priests? who sing prayers and such.
Acapella. The place was packed full of people wanting to hear. People were strewn everywhere! Sitting in the pews, laying down with pillows and blankets (we did that) or just finding anyplace to sit against the walls. the voices of the men and their harmonies were melt-and-give-you-goosebumps-beautiful.
Spiro mentioned that her atheist friends even go just because of the beauty of it all. Beauty is such a universal concept and can really bring people together. Great, eh?
Seattle is awesome.