This rainy Wednesday morn, Jeff and I
headed to Cafe K'Tizo on Gary Avenue.
We split a pot of black Keemun, a light, earthy, slightly smoky tea.
The store itself is one of my favorite
places: it stands as a cathedral to all things tea—warm, spacious, and bright,
the building is two stories (with an accessible loft!). Windows line half the
wall-space, the other half is covered by paintings from local artists.
Suspended lights provide a gentle glow while acoustic music croons in the
back-ground. Snuggle up in a plush arm-chair or browse through the wide range
of tea-pots on sale.
Order a pot of green, white, black, oolong, herbal, rooibos, or mate. They make their own blends in store, so you can choose from the Great Wall of Tea (a bookshelf almost two-stories high lined with gleaming metal tea canisters). In short, Café K’Tizo allows you to be at home away from home; it's a place to curl up in an armchair and allow your soul to wonder and separate from the world for awhile. And that, friends, is priceless.
Completely unrelated, we read some absolutely crackin' modern poems today in class. Try this one on for size-- oh, it gave me shivers! It's "A Display of Mackerel" by Mark Doty.
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| where there's tea, there's hope |
Order a pot of green, white, black, oolong, herbal, rooibos, or mate. They make their own blends in store, so you can choose from the Great Wall of Tea (a bookshelf almost two-stories high lined with gleaming metal tea canisters). In short, Café K’Tizo allows you to be at home away from home; it's a place to curl up in an armchair and allow your soul to wonder and separate from the world for awhile. And that, friends, is priceless.
Completely unrelated, we read some absolutely crackin' modern poems today in class. Try this one on for size-- oh, it gave me shivers! It's "A Display of Mackerel" by Mark Doty.
Read it here and/or listen
to it-- it's worth it!
Also, Dr. G had us parody Taylor Swift's "Blank Space," asking us to replicate 17th century poets as we addressed the song to God, instead of an attractive man. It was... something, to say the least. We all got a good chuckle out of the lines "So it's gonna be forever/ or it's gonna go down in flames." 'Cuz you know -- heaven and...hell.
A bit later, Sophie, Jeff, and I headed to Glenn Ellyn for some shenanigans
Also, Dr. G had us parody Taylor Swift's "Blank Space," asking us to replicate 17th century poets as we addressed the song to God, instead of an attractive man. It was... something, to say the least. We all got a good chuckle out of the lines "So it's gonna be forever/ or it's gonna go down in flames." 'Cuz you know -- heaven and...hell.
A bit later, Sophie, Jeff, and I headed to Glenn Ellyn for some shenanigans
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| sophie |
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| cat fights over denim -- understandable (PC: Jeff Camp) |
We meandered around,
snapping photos, taking in the sunshine, and unabashedly loitering like the
general hooligans we are. Afterwards, we headed to Blackberry Market for some Bourbon Pecan
gelato.
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| yum, i'm cute (PC: Jeff Camp) |
It turned out to be a lovely evening, so I plopped down on a grassy lawn to do some non-school-work reading (gasp! that's a thing?!). I'm chugging through The Outliers by Malcom Gladwell. With this view and my Spotify playlist on "A Beautiful Mellow Mindset," I reveled in the summer dusk.
That's about it, kids
Sorry it's not England, but it'll have to tide you over.
Until next time--
Cheers!
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