There's a tiny coffee stand in the train station in my town. It's tucked into what was the luggage room back in the day (the station was built in 1902), and it's run by an ebullient bald Israeli man, who has catholic tastes in music. I don't stop in often, maybe once every couple of weeks, but I always walk out with a smile. This morning I picked up a cup of tea, and a "roll with Israeli butter", chatted with him about the Buena Vista Social Club record he was blasting, and got the day started off just right.
06 March 2009
Grace #6 = Tea and Cubans
There's a tiny coffee stand in the train station in my town. It's tucked into what was the luggage room back in the day (the station was built in 1902), and it's run by an ebullient bald Israeli man, who has catholic tastes in music. I don't stop in often, maybe once every couple of weeks, but I always walk out with a smile. This morning I picked up a cup of tea, and a "roll with Israeli butter", chatted with him about the Buena Vista Social Club record he was blasting, and got the day started off just right.
I am enjoying the fact that you used the word "ebullient".
ReplyDeleteBuena Vista Social Club totally rocks!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for people like him. They make life so much lighter.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post for those of us who live hundreds of miles away from things like "train station," "tiny coffee stand" and "Israeli butter." Thanks so much for this peek into a world far removed from my little rural patch of Alabama.
ReplyDeleteThis just sounds lovely.
ReplyDeleteI just love talking with people who are "characters". It is a great way to start the day. Hope the rest of it was just as good
ReplyDeleteIt sounds lovely! How great that you can appreciate all of that.
ReplyDeletewhat is Israeli butter> i have friends who are Jewish and from Israel
ReplyDeleteI love that you notice things like this.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it great being a regular? Even if it's not any everday thing, it's wonderful to go back to a place time and again and see the same people and to know that they know you, too.
ReplyDeleteebullient - i like that!
ReplyDeleteA brief post, but full of wonderful imagery. I somehow feel comforted by the scene I set in my head.
ReplyDeletePerfect start to a day! What's Israeli butter?
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