The Coffee Baron of Caffe Pronto

Riding through the traffic on my chariot this morning, my mind turned to matters of importance.. Coffee, and women..
Over the last weekend, I had the pleasure if dishing out caffeine in differing forms to many many delightful women, and, during the weekend, one of my regular ladies said something to me which made me think…

“Baron, how is it that you always flatter us, we always know that its not 100% sincere and said with the tip of tongue in cheek, yet we still love it when you do?”. I turned to her and said “But it is always 100% sincere, as I only flatter gorgeous people”. She giggled and blushed furiously……. This got me thinking..

Is flattery a bad thing? Is a charmer of women labelled as shallow, and when he flatters a woman, is it always insincere? Do women discount flattery, or turn their noses up at men who verbally appreciate beauty?

From my perspective, flattery is just that – a verbalisation of a visual. Some men express it – others dont – the expressive ones get labelled as charmers…..

So, ladies, your thoughts, S’il vous plait? Merci

Chatting to a friend of mine today, I mentioned that this last weekend, was like moving into a different world. A world containing yester-years characters, yester-years music, but this years cappuccino’s. My consumers lived up to all expectations (see “from push bike to motor bike). They were astounding in their “out-there-ness”.

I promised you a story, and this is it.

Miss Macchiato (see “the characters”) decided that she would oversee operations for the weekend. Coldest freaking start that I have had, in a LONG time – but,,,,, they arrived. Beautiful three wheeled Goldwings, thumping Harley’s, and screaming Superbikes. And of course, all of the classic bikes – they were superb!

Which starts off my thought process of things that struck me..

Should I be worried that

• The first (and only)  Superbike that I owned, is now considered a classic?
• All the Vikings and other bikers are from my era! Where is the next generation of bikers?
• The SAME band played the SAME classics from Creedance and Boston, and the like

The answer – NO! This was given by Miss Machiatto with her continual utternances of “cool” and “awesome” and “he is scary – but I like him”.

So, that was the self affirmation part of the story (AS IF The Baron EVER needed self affirmation).

So, I think…… this blog should be some visuals, and then I will regale some detailed stories later!

(1) Scariest Dad Biker in the world goes to…..

(2) Best band who NEVER forgets the songs from last year, or the year before, or……

(3) A Baron’s nightmare for a macchiato to bring home – and the macchiato promptly falls in love with! (seriously – he seems like a pretty cool dude tho!) – Lead singer and Guitarist of the legendary band

So,,,,,,, does this set the tone ????

Ahhhhhh the joy of fresh air, fresh coffee, smiling faces and ultra fit bodies and ultra fit bodies – oh I said that already!

What drives people to get up in the middle of the night (seemingly) to hop onto their ultra modern and high tech bikes and dash off into the mud and grime? To arrive back after having subjected themselves to hours of this to hop into their motor vehicles, and go home to catch up on the board pack that is due on Monday? One of life’s great mysteries.

I dont know, and am not going to ponder it. Because,,,,,,,, preceeding and post the event, they do crave the ultimate beverage, from the ultimate source, and we were there to deliver. they came in all forms, from the hoards of bike people……

To the spectators and supporters (who I prefer, cause they are NORMALLY cleaner and less smelly!)..