Dear So and So

[Crankin]

Marni, I just edited this, as I re-read your post and saw you worked there 97-2004. You must know my son!!!! Phillips has gone through 2- 3 owners since you worked there, and my oldest son worked there for 3 years (last 2 years of HS and when he came home on break in his first year of college), from maybe 1999-2002. His name is Josh. I still go there all of the time, including a few times on my rides with Hirakukibou. That's where I walked in to get a sandwich in my cycling gear and a bunch of women I know said really loudly,"Oh my God, you rode all the way here from Concord?" (all 7 miles), when I was actually finishing a 50 mile ride.
My son became quite a barista working there, and also came home with all the A-B gossip on a regular basis. He said the "middle aged women" loved to spill their guts to him. He continued working as a barista in Amherst through college.
Anyway, the place was bought by a young woman, the same age as above son, 3 years ago, and it is quite upscale now and very successful. She was written up in the NY Times magazine as an example of a successful business that opened in the recession. But, the food and coffee has not changed that much.
We must have some mutual acquaintances.

Small mocha latte, skim milk