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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 Chocolate and Coffee I have a theory that singer-songwriters have to love coffee. It's almost a job requirement. And I've only ever met one person who was more obsessed with chocolate than I. So before leaving the Quad Cities, Kim, Monica and I made a detour to a local chocolatier that had clearly inhabited its space for years--very few shops were open in that part of town (we walked past a cafe that listed its Saturday hours as 8:00am-11:00am), but the store was full. I ordered a small assortment of truffles, English toffee, and caramel that didn't last through the evening. Admittedly I'm a chocolate snob; the confections were good enough to devour immediately, but nothing special overall. We walked through the streets, white bags of candy in tow, and relaxed for a while at a coffee shop I immediately loved for its name: Dead Poets Cafe. (Remember the movie of a similar title? O Captain, my Captain....) Large portraits of writers hung from the brick walls, and we could identify Shakespeare, Poe and Dickinson, though most of the others were contenders for debate. There was an old grand piano in the corner--in decent shape, I might add--and with Monica's urging, I played for a little while. (It's difficult for me to walk past a piano and not play something.) Somewhere in the middle of my noodling on the keys, the cafe staff turned off the radio so that my playing filled the space with no competition. It was an excellent way to start the day. Labels: touring ^ Top | 1:42 AM | | | 
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