After a prolonged cool spring, summer finally and suddenly arrived in the form of 100-degree days. I work from home. I don’t want to swelter while I work, but it seems completely absurd to cool an entire house to benefit one person in one room. And so, I go to Peet’s. I call it “airpooling.”…
Tag Archive: Peet’s
Ageless Technology
On Monday afternoons, a group of elderly Greek ladies meets at my Peet’s. They roll in, one by one, leaning on their walkers and escorted by their daughters, caregivers of the driver of the senior transit van. They talk loudly, as the hard-of-hearing often do, so I feel like I’ve been part of every conversation…
The 3rd 40: Day 27
It was a 100% work-free day (with the exception of the time I spent jotting down ideas into an email on my iPhone at the A’s game… yes, I have problems). Every Sunday I wake up with the intention of going to kickboxing at 9:00. The problem with that plan is that it interferes with…
The 3rd 40: Day 4, 5 and 6
I am sore. I started Thursday’s kickboxing class still sore from Tuesday’s. Adding another major workout only managed to highlight some additional muscles that I didn’t previously know that I’d had. I tried to counteract that with some yoga and stretching, which was a good decision, considering that I was still able to move on…
Best 09: Day 16
I’ve had every intention of jumping into Gwen Bell’s blog challenge on day 1, but here we are, on December 16…. Today’s prompt: Tea of the Year. For me, that’s simple. It’s Peet’s Summer House iced tea. I’m probably a little strange in that I don’t like hot beverages, even in the winter. If you…
Brand Awareness
I try to keep my mommy blogging to a minimum (or at least limited to my secure blog), and yet here I am, mentioning him twice in two weeks. As I mentioned before, I have a 3-year-old son, and as much as I try to shield him from marketing, he’s already caught on to several…
Live a Little
As a freelancer, the one thing I lack in my life is human interaction. I like to spend two afternoons each week at my local Peet’s Coffee & Tea just to hear other people’s voices. It’s also a good place to generate topics for blog posts. The other day, I saw two women waiting for…