The Starbucks across the street from the W Hotel here in Seattle feels like an actual cafe and not just a coffee delivery factory. It is large and has wi-fi internet connection and nice music and there are a couple of comfy lounge chairs in the corner by the floor-to-ceiling windows. I have spent the greater part of two days sitting there reading trashy detective books, which is one of my very favorite things to do. I’ve read Cold Service and Widow’s Walk by Robert Parker, (two more in the very long series of Spenser mysteries which are set in Boston), One Shot by Lee Child, (a Jack Reacher mystery), The Forgotten Man by Robert Crais (an Elvis Cole mystery), Ten Hot Ones by Janet Evanovich, (a Stephanie Plum mystery), and am making my way through The Bourne Legacy, which is written by Eric van Lustbader but is copyright 2004 by the Estate of Robert Ludlum. I’ve had a lot of grande decaf nonfat lattes and Earl Grey tea with milk while hanging out at the Starbucks, and I’ll confess to at least a couple of delicious glazed donuts. Yum. Indulging all around. I’ve also been watching West Wing Monday marathons on Bravo and The Closer on TNT and renting silly movies (Hitch, Hostage (which was actually a Robert Crais non-Elvis Cole book)) and basically soaking up a bunch of indulgences that aren’t available to me in Homer, especially television. I did buy several first novels and have read Osprey Island by Thisbe Nissen and started The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw. Knitting, a first novel by Anne Bartlett, and Before We Get Started: A Practical Memoir of the Writer’s Life will go in my carry on, but I suspect I’ll find another mystery to entertain me on the plane tonight. I think John Sanford has a new Lucas Davenport book out…
Brad will fly across the country from Boston and we’ll meet at the airport to take our flight to Anchorage together, arriving late. We’ll stay at the downtown Marriott and have breakfast at the Snow City Cafe and take a de Havilland Beaver puddle jumper down to Homer and our summer can officially begin.
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