Donuts and books. My oh my!
The Roster
Dan, Tony and Gary and me.
Today we actually started with some earthy dirt water (coffee), the glorious taste of which I am addicted to. Then on to Kingpin Donuts. You know, donut shops do what they do well. They just don’t do earthy dirt water that well. I’m in the process of comparing buttermilk bars – and Kingpin took it.
Quote of the day happened at the Kingpin courtyard (AKA, The Asian Food Ghetto): a very kind-looking, big-boned pigeon with no left foot hobbled our way, and with one look and a couple head bobs, Dan was putty in his chubby wings. The quote: “How can I resist those big orange eyes?” He then shot a chunk of maple-frosted old-fashioned his way. That bird knows what he’s doing. Grow a backbone, Dan. C’mon.
Then, on to Moe’s – a Berkeley living legend to be sure. It only took about 17 seconds to lose each other among 4 floors of shelves and stacks and spines. It’s pictured here a la 1967 in a shot from the cult classic, The Graduate.
The End Results
We ended up losing Tony – hope he found his way out… the rest of us tallied up a solid total of 10 books purchased. Not bad at all.
I think it’s safe to say that Dan got the Find of the Day Award as well by spotting a rare and ever-so-elusive copy of Owen Barfield’s Poetic Diction. My oh my. My big orange eyes turned green with envy.
I ended up with a collection of essays on Lewis and two classics in Christian philosophy of religion: Swinburne’s The Coherence of Theism and the Adams couple’s edited edition on The Problem of Evil.
To donuts! To books! Alleluia!
