When we first heard all this flap about pasties at espresso stands, we thought: surely coffee and pastries go together like sushi and sake. Like pizza and Coke. Like polish sausage and cold beer! What's all the controversy about? Upon closer reading, the articles were not about flaky apple strudel or almond chocolate-dipped biscotti. The word is pastie--and not the meat-and-potato-filled variety, either. The mix-up was a little embarrassing, to tell you the truth.......

Sitting here, looking out our window at the torturous rain and gray skies, thinking about killing ourselves--you know, the usual thing to do when it's June but still feels like February. But what is this? Yet another story about scantily-clad baristas! Joy! Boobs and joy and boobs and joy. This latest assault on our provocative purveyors of coffee, comes from the City of Bonney Lake and their efforts to put a stop to the girls......