Cafe Complication Concluded

Happy Day! I’ve found my Bean Street replacement – guitarist and all!

Last Friday night, my book club meet for a Piscean birthday celebration. Out of 5 women in the group, 3 of us are born under the sign of the Fish. We gathered at the Laughing Seed, my favorite restaurant in Asheville – all vegetarian and vegan dishes. After our wine and dinner, the conversation was still flowing so we took it to new place (old building, new business) called the Dripolator. While we sipped our exotic teas, I noticed a small, well-done, handout announcing that Michael Farr would begin playing on Sunday mornings. So here I am.

It’s a very open space with wood floors, plenty of sitting area and interesting. Tables are around, with several groupings of sofas and easy chairs. As I write, Michael, from the defunct Bean Street, plays, soothing and enriching my sacred Sunday morning.

It’s not too crowded today, but I think that will change before too long. Word will soon get out in this small town and then I won’t be able to get the comfortable sofa in the corner with a great view of the scene in front: a single woman at the bar; a single man reading the paper at a table; couples sitting on the platform booths (Asian style).

A family comes in. My first impression is that they are tourist. Four adults with a three-week old baby, a two-year, and a young boy around 9 or 10. Turns out it’s one couple live here, the other’s visiting because of the new family member. As anyone who has been reading my blog for a while, you know I love eavesdropping on other people’s lives.

Feels like I’m in my own living room, but I have the convenience of some one serving me coffee, listening to a live performance, with interesting people around.

I’m going to start a coffee house rating system., using a scale of one to ten on items such as space, quality of coffee, and interesting people. I would give the Dripolater a very high score. And I think it will get even better as more locals find out about it and start to drop by.