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.

bus schedule, please.

Today was my 3rd day working at the greenbean. I learned how to do all the coffee stuff so now I feel like I'm really living in Seattle! And, I rode the bus today all by myself!
Now if I can just find a bike.

There is a place. Called Cupcake Royale.
There is a cupcake. Called Lavender.
There is a girl. Called Curious.
Curious got the cupcake.
Curious has a new name. Called Surprised.



this may seem like any ordinary harmless cupcake, but rest assured, it has destroyed my conception of a good cupcake. THIS, my fellow followers, is the best cupcake i've ever had. (And lavender? i thought that was strictly candle territory.)

The United States of America.

I just spent two glorious weeks on Vancouver Island with some awesome people, and now I feel like I'm on Phase 2. (I played Phase 10, the card game, quite a bit last week).

Tomorrow I head to Seattle. I'm a little unsure of what's going to happen this week.
It's crazy to me how quickly I'm transitioning from being on Vancouver Island to going right in Seattle.
These past few weeks I'm realizing how easy it is for me to feel settled someplace so fast!

I'm also realizing what a can simple conversation with a stranger can do.
Riding the Ferry back to Seattle I sat next to a lady and her husband. And what do ya know? She's excited for me to be traveling and she understands why... because she's from Ohio.
Then I'm walking off the ferry and talking with two ladies. What's to be discovered? One of the ladies lives in a neighboring community of which I will be living in, she knows the coffeehouse of where I'll be working and she knows a lot of people from Michigan. (Then the guy in front of us is all like "I just moved here from Michigan five months ago!")
THEN, the other lady finds out that I have to walk to another Pier a mile down to get to my next ferry (late at night) (of which I didn't want to walk) and she offers me a ride! Amen Lady! I was so grateful for  that.

So anyway.
Hello, Seattle.
[Feel free to sing Owl City now.]