Nothing beats getting off work and getting sloshed on a cup of tea and a good book as you wait for a friend in a coffeehouse. 
Currently getting drunk on Sarah Addison Allen’s “Garden Spells.” Enchanting and cheesy in all the right places. I’ve been sucked in because the main character runs a catering business and uses edible flowers and other crops she grows herself (rumored to be magical) to bake and cook with. This book is like Laura Esquivel, Alice Hoffman and Joanne Harris all sharing a pot of Earl Grey together.
Hope all your hours are happy today.
October 28th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
aha! i see you are making full use of your new toy
the book sounds intriguing. i just might check it out this weekend at a local bookshop…
October 29th, 2008 at 4:37 am
I’ll check that book later.
and yes…with a good book and a steaming coffee, it’s a stress buster after a long day at work
October 29th, 2008 at 5:03 am
well, that book i should get, thanks for sharing…
October 29th, 2008 at 5:50 am
I’m having a lovely cuppa right now as I read this blog post
Mmmmm.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:18 am
i had and still have this bad habit of reading lying down, so now I can’t read sitting up. i really really want to curl up by the window on a rainy day, enjoying the lushness of a luxurious (kuno) throw while reading a good book and sipping hot choco at the same time, but I can’t. i’m missing one of life’s happy pleasures. i feel bad.
October 29th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Like Mai I also prefer to read lying down. =) I bring a current read to kill time when I go to salon, coffee meet up, airport, etc.
October 29th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Mimi
- I absolutely love my new toy.
Jeanny
- You’d love that book because you cook! (That rhymes!)
Sheng
- Hope you get a chance to read it. Think of it as your vacation AFTER your vacation. Hehe.
Mai
- Naku, if I read like you, I’d fall asleep in three seconds! Sitting up, lying down, reading is reading, noh! Read it your way!
Wits
- I figure you’re a book person, especially because you have those snazzy shoes!
October 30th, 2008 at 1:52 am
haha! thanks. weird lang kase the light can’t shine on the pages.
November 1st, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Was this taken at a cafe? Looks sooo cozy!