A cool drizzly Christmas day here in the village. I often do a walk about town to snap photos of a deserted village. I’ll probably do that later in the afternoon. Right now I’m off to see if I can find a Starbucks that is open. That certainly seems to be a lively topic of discussion. I’m not a big fan of that particular establishment, but I already know nothing else has a chance of being open around here. Even the stores that say “we never close 24/7″ are closed.

Yesterday I spent about 90 minutes looking for my second 2 gig compact flash card for my camera. It was driving me crazy. I never found it. This morning I lay down on my couch in front of my computer to play with the demo version of Aperture and there it was…sitting right below my monitor (only visible when laying on the couch). Nice to know I didn’t leave it in an airport or anything like that.

Update: 2pm. The Starbucks on 29 across from the Fashion Square Mall is open. It was rather crowded. A former UVA coach was there, and he didn’t seem very friendly when I went to grab the newspaper sitting at the table next to him. Seems he thought it was his. Oh well…I found a Washington Post kicking around (he was reading the Regress).

I noticed some of the chinese buffet places were open, along with all the Subway’s that I drove past. The Blockbuster on Pantops was open. I guess that is so all the parents can get some kidzy movie playing on tv while they pound back some eggnog. On the downtown mall the only thing open is the chinese restaurant. I was hoping for a slice of pizza…but there was none to be had.