EDitorial ± 8-Feb-2010
Charley White
Let me pick out not one but two firsts from that there weekend just gone:
- watching Charley Varrick, a great Walter Matthau flick, on telly
- enjoying a Flat White, a lovely new coffee, at Costa
Like what that James Burke advised us many years ago, there are always Connections to be made:
- Varrick, a small time hood, inadvertently steals $750m belonging to the Mob...
...Costa was founded by Sergio and Bruno, two Italian brothers - during the heist, two police are shot...
...there's two shots of espresso in a flat white - Varrick and accomplice drop their guns into the river off a wooden bridge...
...only coffee shop open at that time was Costa in Woodbridge - thieves are pursued by a baddy in the form of Joe Don Baker...
...we sneakily ate baked goodies in the form of Co-op brownie bites - while his partner lays into the whisky, Varrick sips a glass of milk...
...the flat white is, apparently, "velvety, not milky" - Varrick is also a crop-duster and can be seen removing the chocks from his plane...
...for me, a caffeinated hot drink, for the girls, hot chocs - film released in early 70s...
...Costa started in early 70s - Wikipedia tells us that the Chinese restaurant in the film is now a Starbucks...
...Costa so far the only chain coffeeshop in Woodbridge - Charley Varrick is one of the "sleeper picks" at Clerkdogs
...not much sleep guaranteed after that much espresso - Varrick and partner set fire to their abandoned getaway car...
...we ran back to the car from Costa