This Is Perfect

[Blarg]

Once in a while everything seems perfect and I'm enjoying a moment of that now.

On San Dimas Ave in old Town on just the other side of the train tracks is a new set of Bodegas with small shops on the bottom floors.

It's in the comfortable 70's (both temperature and feel) and I'm sitting outside of a coffee shop called Cafe Rail Side. It is a real coffee shop with real snack items like fresh muffins, not the vending machine crap that Starbucks has devolved to.

My decaf mocha was served to me in a tall mug with fresh whipped cream and the chocolate was of a more robust dark flavor so it wasn't over sweet.

The music is a collection of French club music from the 20's through early sixties, kind of their Sinatra's and Billy Holidays. It makes for a simply relaxing afternoon that isn't like the noise of my regular day.

It's time to get on with my day but for a moment it was perfect.

[the dude abides]

 

 

[fan_since79]

I can't have the whipped cream or any of the muffins, etc due to diabetes.

It's black coffee with non-dairy creamer for me, and that's it.

I'm glad Blarg had a nice moment.

 

Edited February 16, 2018 by fan_since79

[Blarg]

I'm sure their plain black coffee will suit you fine and they may even have a sugar free item behind the counter if you're in the area.

[AngelsLakersFan]

I really like that area... rarely have a reason to be over there unfortunately.

[Blarg]

Having absolutely no reason is probably the main reason anyone ends up in San Dimas.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Ha! There isn't a whole lot going on over there, but a nice place to live if you don't have to commute too far.

[Tank]

i don't have school on monday so this morning i got to turn off the alarm on my phone for the beginning of next week. that's always a good feeling.

[gotbeer]

Just for clarification, but is it closer to the water park, mall, bowling alley, ziggy piggy, or high school? 

And I believe the title should be this is quite excellent 

[Blarg]

It's closer to the railroad tracks. 

[Stradling]

I love when someone can actually relax and simply enjoy something like this.  We live in a super fast paced society, so we miss a ton of the simple little things in life that we really should appreciate.  

[yvangelfan]

I wake up every day in the beautiful Southern California desert sunshine and feed 6 roadrunners (one has a broken leg),  2 crows who have been around here for 5 yrs, and about 10 blue jays and quail.

Everybody should have their own zen and that is mine.

And then the world starts turning and I hang on and get going.

[the dude abides]

I used to start the weekend with a 4-5 mile walk along our bayou (yes, the same bayou that ended up in our house during Harvey) and into a bordering wilderness preserve.  About 1/2 mile along the trail the sounds of the city went away, and it was just the sound of the outdoors.  The wildlife was amazing.  Alligators, deer, turtles, the occasional feral pig, and even a bald eagle one time.  There was one particular gator that I would see regularly over the past two springs/ summers... always in the same general area.  Hope she was able to survive Harvey.

Damn, I miss that trail.

 

 

[BaseballMom]

The day at work was going like crap, 1st day after a holiday weekend, kids acting up in the district I work in, etc.

If you have kids in public school in California right now, you have probably been asked to fill out a survey on how the school, district, teachers, programs, etc are doing (in your opinion).  The survey is also given to the middle school kids.  Our department is responsible for collecting the data and part of that is going through the free form comments to make sure there is nothing profane or threatening in them.  My co-worker called me over to show me some comments that a 7th grader had made.  She found the words "desert you" and looked to see what question he was answering and found these comments in the rest of the survey:

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

It made me laugh. Perfect end to the work day.

 

[Blarg]

Getting Rick Rolled by a 7th grader. 

Priceless.