today i ended up going in to work for a class on espresso preparation. this was technically the intermediate class, but i really should have taken a refresher on the beginning stuff first, as i had forgotten a lot of the topics presented there. it was a really fun crowd of people, though, and for being work and tying up a weekend, it could have been a lot worse.

last night a bunch of us went to city beverage. it was amazingly packed…for the first time ever, i had to wait to get a table. the food, beer, service, and of course, company were all top notch.