It's not NOT 6 a.m.

Good morning Seattle.
Good morning crisp dry air.
Good morning crazy buildings, clean streets, Puget sound.
Good morning Shaun Alexander, Leroy Hill, Mike Shannahan, and the Seattle Seahawks.
Good morning everything here, except coffee shops. Honestly, their domination of the landscape is absurd.

It is common knowledge that a coffee shop exists on every corner in the Pacific Northwest; however, nobody ever explains how many city blocks exist in a town like this. Chris, our local friend and tour guide on monday, mentioned that using the Starbucks website 'storefinder' feature from his address, he was able to locate 96 Starbucks within 2 miles of his doorstep....and there are others too. We made a visit to Tully's Coffee which apparently has "Coffee So Good, It Deserves Its Own Drinking Game". I might disagree.

My friend Wally, in Columbia, has a job acquiring and distributing coffee in the workplace...mostly transferring it from one pot to another. Wally: you do an incredible job, but stay home...these are the big leagues.