AN ANOMALY TODAY.

I found myself at a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf this morning. I thought I'd try something different.

I was disappointed.

The vanilla in my latte was not syrup, but powder, and it was slow to dissolve.

A gritty experience. Also gritty using this new pen, the Faber-Castell Pitt Artist Pen.




But the staff was endearing.

I went afterward to a car wash. The grizzled mug was spotted at work toweling down a Lexus mega-SUV.

He seemed more genial in real life than I managed to capture. Here he looks...bitter.