I went over to Amore Coffee to see Paul the other day, and what do I see? For some reason Amore Coffee is back to the completely manual way of processing transactions. If you look close, you can see that Paul could use a credit card machine that makes a big "ka-chunk, ka-chunk" sound when you run the carbon copy over it. There's the fancy calculator, with dual power - solar and battery, and a print out of what the shop offers so he can mark it down with a pen. I'm not sure if this is being "green" or just painful.
Angela and I went to Sam and Kristen's open house, it was real fun. I have to tell you, I have some neat party tricks, sword swallowing, glass eating and another one that I demonstrated - using a person as a hula hoop. In this picture I'm using Reed as a hula hoop, he liked it, as did everyone else.
Sam and Kristen moved into a new place and I was able to help them move. This pana isn't as good as I was hoping but the pic of Kristen is fine. It was a great day to move and I even helped make a shelf - old school - with 1 x 12's and cinder blocks.
Last night Ange and I went and saw the prolific trio, Happy Apple, at the Artist Quarter in downtown St. Paul. Though we had a little bit of trouble getting there because of the ... RNC (it hasn't even started yet and the cops have most streets cut off!), we finally got there. During the break we had a nice conversation with Dave and two others, Megan and Mary. It was a great evening, though I would suggest to anyone going to the AQ that if you get cold easily, bring a sweater ... and maybe a hat. Or just don't sit under a vent.
