Re: OT: Canadians and Coffee, was: Question about beverage

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On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:05:54 -0500, Wizop Marilyn L. Alm wrote:> At 02:46 PM 2/19/2010, you wrote:>> Well, yes -- when she's on the road (she's a>> > hiker!). Ah, but in between times, when she's having a nice gourmet >> cup?>>>> That's a good question. I live a few hundred>> yards from the Canadian border and am in Ontario>> at least once a week, sometimes more (and worked>> there for years after I moved back to the U.S.),>> but I can't think of any coffee that Canadians>> particularly like more than others>> I've heard of Second Cup from my friend in Toronto.>> However, the locale of what I'm writing is in the> Canadian Rockies. Now I gotta decide if my> character is intop roasting her own beans, or if> that's something one of her new Canadian friends introduces her to. <g>>> And of course, later on, there's a Venezuelan character....There's some good Venezuelan coffee.... >> Not to mention the Maine Coon Cat.....You could always consider turning the Maine Coon into a Canadian lynx.  Beautiful animals (love the tufted ears), though not exactly anybody's pets! Natural habitat: Canadian Rockies and coastal mountains. In fact, there was one that wandered down onto one of the Olympic ski runs last week, in daylight. It seemed to be curious, appeared to be sniffing around, checking things out. Unusual, because they  tend to be elusive creatures. I saw the film footage on CTV's Olympic coverage; I'm not sure if NBC showed it.n -- Now available. A fine gift for cat lovers:Confessions of a Cataholic: My Life With the 10 Cats Who Caused My Addictionby n Van Tilwww.wordpowerpublishing.com ; signed copies; free shipping in U.S., reduced shipping elsewhere