Spreading the Love

Almost a year ago, Dave and I hatched the idea to do the BC Bike Race while getting our morning coffee at CherryStreet Coffee House. The name for our team, the Grande Americanos, was derived from our daily ritual of going to CherryStreet and ordering short non-fat lattes. When we finally decided to sign up for the race, we had to come up with a team name. We both thought that Team Short Non-Fat Lattes just didn't roll off the tongue very easily. So the next best alternative was Grande Americanos and our team was born. Here Dave and I (the Grande Americanos) are enjoying some grande Americanos with Ali Ghambari, the owner of the CherryStreet Coffee House (actually there are 5 locations in downtown Seattle). As a token of our appreciation for his support of our biking endeavors we gave Ali a few jerseys that prominently display the CherryStreet logo. Ever mindful of jinxing ourselves, we told Ali we'd be back after the BCBR to sign them. As a token of his thoughtfulness, Ali gave Dave and I a dozen bags of coffee. He also gave us some sage advice: "It doesn't matter how dark it gets out there, when you are the light." Well, if nothing else we will be well caffeinated and spiritually high during the race and the rest of the summer. To those of you who haven't tried CherryStreet yet, you owe it to yourself to stop in an order yourself a grande americano or even a short non-fat latte. In my opinion (which is the opinion of a die hard coffee drinker), CherryStreet is by far the best Seattle has to offer. See for yourself.