iPad

I’m not so fussed with the iPad, sure it’s clever, but because I have an iPhone it feels a bit like a giant clumsy fingerprint-magnet version of it. However The Mister really wanted on (for work apparently, pressure from the Boss and all that) so he pre-ordered and we went to stand in the special line for pre-orders at the Apple Store on 14th Street yesterday morning. I’m hoping he picked that store because it’s right next to Chelsea Market for me to wait with a coffee … although it turned out, it was so I could deliver him a coffee. It was quite fun hanging out and waiting, and the whooping and cheering and fuss made by all the staff was quite neat to be part of.

Anyway The Mister wrote about it on the Xero blog (including a tiny video I took on our new camera) and here’s a couple of pics we didn’t put in the post.

Oh, and funny story about what happened when I got the coffee. The guy at 9th Street Espresso asked me a couple of times if I was sure I wanted takeaways. When I assured him I did he said “Oh, I’m guessing with that shirt you’re a bit of an authority on coffee so I’m surprised you want takeaways.” I looked down and remembered I had on my Supreme shirt. I quickly cleared up that I wasn’t a barista, just a Supreme fan, and also a 9th Street Espresso fan and showed him the pin on my jacket. He was very impressed when I said we lived on the East Side but went across to the Chelsea Market (on the West Side) for their coffee. I only wondered afterward if he knew who Coffee Supreme were or the fact that the picture on the shirt was a piece of espresso machine that he referred to me as a ‘coffee authority’. Either way I was chuffed!