:: Life on Planet Dan-E ::

:: Saturday, April 24, 2004 ::

It's a truly small world we live in. Back in my early college days there was this coffee house called brew.net across the street from campus that was unique from other coffee houses. (This was just before the out-of-control proliferation of Starbucks.) It had seats but it also had sofas and couches so you could just sit and lounge around… kinda like Central Perk on "Friends" now that I think about it. They had some cool people working there.

So I'm working the outside tables Friday afternoon and this couple (a girl and her "gay boyfriend" as he later put it) sat outside, order some drinks and some appetizers. They're enjoying the warm weather and good food, just another friendly set of customers who I hope tip well. It's when I drop off a third mojito that I get asked by the girl "do I know you? I just know I’ve seen you before."

"You sure?" I reply, thinking she might have waited on me at some restaurant.

"Yeah, I'm sure. Are you from New York or L.A.?"

"L.A."

"Okay. That’s where I’m from."

"Cool," I say, now knowing she’s a fellow Angelino but still wondering how the hell she'd know me since I certainly didn’t recognize her. "What part of L.A."

"Well, Hollywood now but I used to live in Redondo Beach."

I hear a "ding, ding" in my head.

We eventually discovered that we both went to El Camino College from '93 to '95.

"But we never had any classes together?"

"I honestly don’ t know."

"Did you ever hang out at brew.net while you were there?"

"Oh my gawd, I used to work there! Did you go there a lot?"

(Smiling) "I was there almost everyday."

This girl's name was Sarah and she made coffee for me all those days when I had a morning class. I remember her being very friendly, artsy, and quite the wiz with an espresso machine. And now, almost ten years later, she's still very friendly and now I just served her a calamari salad and mojitos.

It’s a truly small world we live in.

:: Miscellaneous Ramblings by Dan-E at 11:26 PM [+] :: | 0 comments
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