EDitorial ± 8-Feb-2010

Charley White

Let me pick out not one but two firsts from that there weekend just gone:

  1. watching Charley Varrick, a great Walter Matthau flick, on telly
  2. 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

(That's more than enough connections -- Ed)