Tourist

Okay.. you stay overnight at someone's house and you get up the next morning and they are still asleep, what do you do?

On my walk in the last week a couple of people have run into this situation. Both under rather different circumstances.

I was walking my walk.. not particularly fast.. as many of you know. A short Brunett flagged me down as I was headed for the major intersection.

She said,"Where is that cigarette store around here. My ex, that is why he is my ex, left me without any this morning." She was pretty mad.

I pointed her in the general location of the storefronts that had the store. She was still fuming as she passed me.

This morning as I was headed for the Starbucks, a middle aged man approached me at the intersection. He said," Do you know where there a a coffee shop around here?" My first inclination was to point him to the mexican tacquaria in the shoping center. Its as close to a "coffee" shop that we have in this neighborhood. He further defined, like a Starbucks. I woke up and no one else is up at the place I am staying."

"Thats on down the road at the first traffic light make a left." I said. I added later,"They also serve Pete's at the gorcery store. Its not a "real" Pete's but they serve Petes there.

He said, "I like Pete's, Thanks." Off he went to the grocery store.

I think in some towns you would not fell comfortable asking these questions.

: ) Pat