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Tiki Moon #196

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"Can we go somewhere and talk?" I asked, figuring if I suggested going up to her apartment she might get the wrong idea. I might get the wrong idea as well.

She thought for a moment and said, "There's a coffee shop around the corner. We can go there, I guess."

We walked in relative silence to the Molten Java, a coffee shop that looked like it catered mostly to intellectuals, writers and poets.

We took a booth at the end of the shop and sat down.

A mousy little waitress with stringy brown hair ambled over to the table...

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    Jamie Clapperton almost 5 years ago

    I like it in here :-))

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    Neville Hunt almost 5 years ago

    Me too! I feel at home... well except the intellectual bit.

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    Jamie Clapperton almost 5 years ago

    :-)

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    Neville Hunt almost 5 years ago

    I like mine with those Lotus biscuits, if that’s OK with you, Drew?

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    Christopher almost 5 years ago

    Thanks, everyone. I heard the phrase "molten lava" and immediately thought it would be a great name for a coffee shop if you changed lava to java. The clientele reminded me of Jake running the Existential Cafe in the story about the Beatniks.

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