Just Tell Them She Was Briefly On Desperate Housewives

(In response to the Caribou Coffee question of the day, “What does the acronym “SCUBA” stand for?)
Late-Twenty-Something Woman: I totally know the answer to that. And you know how I know it? Because of Mallory Keaton on Family Ties.
(Several other late-twenty-somethings look up from their laptops and confirm that’s how they knew the answer, too.)
Teenage Barista: Family Ties? Um, what’s that?
Late-Twenty-Something Woman: Oh God. Um, it was a TV show. In the 80′s. Alex P. Keaton? Wow.

Caribou Coffee, Grand & Snelling
Overheard by Just realized that I, too, am apparently ancient.

05/23/2008 | tags: coffee shops, st paul

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