We're having a conference here this week!
I have been charged with the honor/distinction of managing the audio equipment for the conference, which includes two translator stations and appropriate broadcasters and recievers for a group of spanish speaking attendees and a group of Romanian attendees. This has involved a lot of running around, obtaining and configuring all manner of cables and adaptors. And radios for the recievers.
I was up until 5:45 yesterday morning (Tuesday) getting things ready, got six hours of sleep (yeah, I know- that's plenty. Yeah, right.), then continued running around all afternoon getting everything ready to go for the opening session at 7:00 pm last night (Wednesday).
I was pretty zonked all afternoon.
Until I went to Coffee Dan's.
About two years ago, a friend of mine told me about the most wonderful coffee store right down the street from us. At the time (yea verily, until this evening) I was not a coffee drinker, so I never bothered to check it out. This afternoon, zonked that I was, I went to see what I could find at the coffee place.
Coffee Dan's is a side business of West End Roastery, a manufacturer of coffee roasting equipment which is reputed to be some of the best in the world. They sell a variety of coffee beans (whole or fresh-ground) from Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Hawaii, and probably several other places I didn't notice. They also sell coffee beverages- coffee, esspresso, cappucino, latte, etc. I ordered a latte with macadamia nut syrup and was astounded. It was amazing. It was just incredible.
I also bought a pound of fresh roasted (1 or 3 days) fresh ground (on the spot!) Costa Rican coffee. I tried it out this evening (Wednesday), and I think I'm now a coffee drinker.
Quinton would be proud.
3 comments:
Yay Coffee Dan's!! Yay Jonathan!!
You were truly the un-lauded (is that a word?) hero of this year's conference. Without you, it would not have happened. From the 95% of the guests being able to understand the speakers, to the international tour actually coming to pass (10 and 13 hours days)- it was you.
Happy, proud, and Grateful (!!)-
Shannon
Where is this place? Me like coffee!
And, I may even have someone run by there and mail me some...:)
It's just west of us- ten blocks, I think.
Not to be redundant, but they fresh roast their beans! Again, I'm not trying to be redundant with statement.
If you send me an address and a bean preference, I can send you a pound, whole or ground.
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