RTP-area local music and culture

[grady <grady AT ibiblio.org>]

The place in the 9N9 shopping center is our old friend the Jump'N'Java 
Cafe, which is OK if you like slightly freaked-out-looking 
entrepreneurial types who play nothing but whiter-than-white "swing" 
music all the time & always seem really worried about something. It 
kinda skeeves me. But they make an OK sandwich. I haven't had their 
coffee in a while.

The first floor of our building is actually equipped with its own 
pseudo-Starbucks, which involves a cafeteria employee turned loose with 
an ultra-automated espresso machine (has an LCD display on it & a couple 
of menu buttons) and a bunch of Starbucks beans. So I only have to walk 
down one floor & pay $2.00 for the burnt-as-shit coffee beverage of my 
choice. No soy milk, though.

I dig what you're saying about the positivity at Ideas! but I guess I 
wish the coffee gave me an actual reason to go back. I suppose I can try 
the regular or an espresso, but only if I'm hitting Spice & Curry or the 
Korean BBQ place.

I went to Lewis BBQ the other day & was reminded why I don't go there: 
pickles in the slaw. WTF? Also the meat is kinda goopy & the ribs sit in 
the sauce all day. I'm a dry-rub man, myself.

However, the honey-bun cake was even *better* than I remembered. In 
fact, just the memory of it has already erased the pain of the bad 
coffee experience.

Ross

ron thigpen wrote:
> grady wrote:
>
> > OK, I get it, y'all were pulling my leg. Ha ha, very funny.
>
>
> well, sorta, but not that way.  (not that your stories of finicky 
> outrage aren't a little amusing.)
>
> i've only been in there about three times, never ordered anything iced, 
> and certainly never ordered anything with soy in it.  i did have a 
> couple of solidly made and plenty strong, hot, espresso based beverages 
> that were a bit slow in coming but completely met my needs.
>
> the coffee's been fine, but the main joy in going in there, for me 
> anyway, is taking a quick dip in the culture of stunning positivism. 
> it's just so completely alien to what is normally going on in any kind 
> of shop that has a frother behind the bar. and for someone of my 
> disposition, it's a bit like visiting a foreign land, only closer.
>
> sorry about that ride on the "Big Train".  and good luck at McCafe.  or 
> you could try the Starbucks over in the lobby of the Sheraton.  and if 
> you find something better, plz share.  there's a place over by 9n9.  i 
> forget the name, but you might give it a shot.
>
> and oh yeah, the Korean BBQ is all right.  i need to try their monkfish 
> stew.
>
> --rt
>
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