Expresso--Expresso--Expresso

We found these expresso shops all over these states up here. Everyone walks around with a cup in their hands all the time.--crossing the street, driving down the road, shopping, walking, with their meals,----they are fanatics about their coffee. They drive up and get it at these small places that are in shopping centers, in the grocery store parking lots, and beside gas stations. Even tiny towns have their expresso place. A town the size of Quinlan would have at least 3!!!

Some of them had a theme and were really decorated.----a lighthouse, a log cabin, a red school house, a dog house, a hat box, a Victorian house,etc. Some of the ones in the wine valley used wine barrels for decoration.
This was my favorite with Elvis and an old car. When we ordered, we did not know what shots were so we had to google expresso so we could learn all about it. We watched a demo on how it is made--seems like a lot of trouble and lots of equipment to make a beverage. No wonder they all order it out.






I think if we put one in Quinlan, we would go broke. However, I can see how it would be great here with all the dreary, foggy days and the cold of winter.









Now that we are out of Oregon, we realize how nice it was not to pay sales tax. Things seemed so much cheaper. Now they seem expensive when you add all that tax in.

We could not pump our own gas in Oregon. It is against the law and there are signs that you will be fined if you turn the pump on and attempt to pump. It is so people will have jobs or so we were told. The state voted not to have self-pump. New Jersey also has that law. All the others allow you to pump. I wonder if there is any place at home where you can get someone to pump your gas???

WE FINALLY FOUND SANDWICH BREAD IN NEVADA. We always buy thin slice bread. We have not had it for 6 weeks. Fred just hates that thick sliced bread and complains everytime that I would buy it. I had no choice---they don't have it in ID, WA, or OR. I even checked Wal-Mart and they didn't carry it. I guess these people here like all those extra carbs.