Coffee Shop Flashback

Many Thursday nights in college you could find me shirking responsibility and procrastinating reality in the DBU Coffee Shop.  Because everything at DBU came with accompanying name and Bible verse the actual full name was the “Fill My Cup Coffee House”.  Luckily, we didn’t let the cheesy name deter us from the fun that the coffee shop had to offer.

These Thursday nights (and some Wednesday and Friday nights) had a few fixtures:

1. Lots of Laughter

2. A big cup of Caramel Macchiato (oh, to be 20 again and able to drink coffee after 8:00 without spending the rest of the night awake)

3. David Ramirez playing some tunes

Well, Thursday night I had a little taste of my old coffee shop days.  My friend, David was in my town playing a gig at a local coffee shop and so, naturally (being the groupie that I am), I was there.  A few things had changed from my DBU days. 

Namely my age and coolness quotient.

But other than that it was basically the same.  There were a few other old DBU-ers there and we got a chance to visit which was fun.  In all seriousness, David’s music has never been better, he’s truly gifted and you should definitely check him out if you haven’t yet.

The day after the coffee shop redux, I was filling in my friend Miranda and she asked who I went with to the coffee shop.  I told Mir that I went by myself and I’m not exaggerating when I say she gasped and said “that’s so cool.  I wish I could be like you”.  I’m guessing she meant that she’d like to be able to walk into a room alone like I did (another drastic change from my college days- I no longer travel in a pack- much to my sadness).

But maybe she meant she wishes she could be able to relive her past too.  Or maybe she meant she wishes she could be a 26-year old groupie who’s able to walk into a room filled with college kids wearing her sweater set and pearls- all in the name of music, of course.