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December 30, 2005

Norm!!

Are you a regular anywhere?

Posted by Mary Lucia at 4:16 PM

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I'm a regular at Al's Breakfast at Dinkytown. Not as regular as some, who probably go weekly or more often. I get there every month at the least with a bunch of four friends. We've been doing it a few years and its gotten to the point where the waitstaff recognize us and harrass us. Mainly because we talk cycle and many of ride bicycles to get there. We just stand out as unusual.
Gordy
the cycling curmudgeon

Posted by Gordy at December 30, 2005 7:12 PM



I'm embarrased to admit this, but I've been a regular at a couple of bakeries. We're talkin' EVERY DAY - Gordon's Bakery in Dinkytown (college days) and Turtle Bread (the first one, on 44th and Beard Ave. - two blocks from my old house - I was one of their first customers!). One morning I walked into Gordon's, and the gal behind the counter said "Oh, I'm so sorry to tell you, but our donuts went up by a dime!" It struck me then that I was a regular.
Now that I'm of a certain age, I no longer go daily to a local bakery.

Posted by Zeldapie at January 2, 2006 9:19 AM



A particular pub in a village nearby....more for the restaurant, really...but where I am a regular is a newsagents where I stop to pick up cigarettes, Ribena and an occasional music mag. The guy behind the counter is my meditation guru...self appointed, that is. Just about every day, he teaches me a new breathing technique in order to relax ( I must look uptight when I'm in a hurry to get to work )...anyway, the last one was to gently place fingers on temples and then lightly upon the closed eyes and "make the bumblebee noise" (he means to hum)....I find this cat very entertaining, and for some reason he seems to worry if I'm gone traveling or if he hasn't seen me in a while....the guy who sells me my Silk Cuts looks after my well~being, in a way, and I find that very nice. {LOL, Z-pie! "of a certain age"!!!}

Posted by juniper at January 2, 2006 10:48 AM