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Sunny with splenda and skim, please.
Unless you live under a rock with central air, you’re probably aware that it’s effing hot outside and have experienced the sexy natural phenomena that is back sweat (at least twice) in the last 48 hours. Fortunately, I’m a part of a growing demographic of ladies in this fine city that carries deodorant in their purse. While it technically doesn’t cool my body down, it helps me not smell like Sansom Street on trash day… and that’s a good thing.. right?
I’m going to take a second to plug that idea to all of our readers…. I trust you all to do the right thing.
Okay; that second is over– so now, onto a question! My question to you, darling PWstyle readers, is somehow inspired by my turkey bacon and egg sandwich aka my breakfast.
I’ve been a Center City kid for almost six years, and my weekday cup of daily coffee always comes from Jean’s Cafe on the corner of Walnut and Juniper Street.
Today I put in my regular order and set my bag on the counter to get my wallet out. As I was pawing through my purse, Jean asked “skim milk in your coffee, not cream, right?”. I nodded, and even though I had a half-full water bottle in my bag, it was at that moment that I noticed I was the only person not purchasing some cold bottled drink. I looked down the counter and it dawned on me at that moment that I’m really married to my morning coffee/tea.
Perhaps it’s all me– but it seemed at that moment the other clerk noticed, too. She laughed and commented I was the last person in Center City that drinks coffee at high noon when it’s 93 degrees and humid.
Hm, well– maybe that’s true. While waiting for the 42, I sipped my hot coffee in the shade and considered this for the first time. Gatorade, diet Coke, orange juice, Figi water, whatever— I really was the only person not getting something cold. I realized I even pass a Starbuck’s and a Dunkin’ Donuts on the way to Jean’s, but iced coffee is rarely on my mind or in my vocabulary.
Is this weird? Would it be weirder if I had a strong affection for iced coffee in December? Is it dangerous to be drinking coffee in the heat? Am I asking to feel sick? Oddly enough, I picked up a copy of a day old paper and a Metro on my seat on the bus and bam! on the cover of the Metro was a headline “Lattes, even on the hottest days” with a girl in her early 20’s reading a book and drinking a latte (much like myself) in the park.
So, does anyone else do this besides me and the chick on the cover of the Metro? Are we a weirdo dying breed? Stubborn? Set in habit? Do you do anything that should seemingly be dictated by the weather but… don’t? I’ll be asking the troops on Twitter about this soon enough, but I’d like to hear your opinions. Should I reform?! Comment away.