It’s been some 20 months since first visiting Cup Coffee and we were impressed with how Cup had successfully transitioned into its role as a community institution.   We liked the way the community just naturally seem to gather there, no doubt encouraged by the friendliness of the unflappable barista, but also by the various settings in which patrons can avail themselves of.  Last time we were here we stayed on an outside porch, this time downstairs in a living/gameroom type space; two different experiences, but each rewarding.  Next time we’ll no doubt hang around the fireplace.

Topics discussed by today’s foursome included: D’s recommendation for both The Invisible Hand playing at Artists Repertory Theater, and the unorthodox multimedia art on display in ART’s Geezer Gallery; the fact that J’s 19 year-old daughter Michelle, a PCC freshwoman, has her art – combining traffic lenses with watercolors – on display at three different locations; and the unique art that M’s 35 year-old son Josh is producing using Polaroid film.  M then somehow segued back to the ART play about a banker kidnapped in the Middle East, to his own dangerous time in 1973 when he was picked up by the Argentina police for interrogation.  J closed our session with his recommendation for Radio Lab’s show on the evolutionary changes that the Galapagos Islands have gone through, and the global warming challenges they will face.

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