Intelligentsia Coffee on Second Street.
I guess y'all have heard that, in addition to leading the world in COVID-19 infections (locked in a friendly competition with Arizona and Florida...) we're also smack in the middle of a massive heat wave. Add in the rattlesnakes, scorpions and politicians and one wonders why so many people are moving here...to Texas.
But, as you know, I'm always looking for those "silver linings" and today is no exception.
We talked about my acquisition of two tiny cameras (Canon G16s) on Friday and Saturday and I showed you a passel of Jpegs from one of them in a blog post. I thought they looked really good. Much better than what I remembered being able to squeeze out of "point-n-shoot" cameras in the past. As I lay in bed listening to the locusts chirping, and the (almost) silent, black helicopters flying overhead last night, I started to wonder if the raw files from the G16s might be even better than the Jpegs.
I fired up the personal automobile and headed downtown at mid-morning. I've got a bunch of raw files to share with you but I liked this, the last shot of the morning (above), so much I decided I'd share this by itself before progressing to an exhaustive rendition of today's Raw Image Extravaganza.
I guess Intelligentsia Coffee is part of a chain. I found them again on Second St. when I was nearing the end of a noon-ish walk (already over 100° at noon) while struggling with thirst and dehydration. I ordered a cappuccino and also got a can of Richard's Rainwater (yes, canned rainwater...). The cappuccino was rich and sublime. I may never drink another kind of beverage in my life. I might have to locate my business next to this coffee shop and just create a standard, hourly cappuccino order. Now I can't imagine life without it.
I got my cappuccino to go and walked over to the Seaholm Center to find a shady spot and savor the magic elixir. When I finished my indulgence I documented the cup. It's the finest image I've ever made.
I guess you've figured it out by now. Today is International Hyperbole Day.
But the coffee was really good. I guess I could look the business up on the Google but I'm so hot and lazy today I thought I'd just ask the VSL brain reservoir and find out if Intelligentsia Coffee is a national chain. Anybody?
More photos to follow in a follow on blog this afternoon. After I eat my requisite 50 vegetables for lunch......(oh dear!).