Conference at Starbucks

Our internet decided to stop working early Saturday morning. We decided it was too much of a hassle to get dressed up and go to church. Instead, we went down to the end of the block to Starbucks. I grabbed myself an Apple Carmel Spice and my roommate grabbed a Hot Pumpkin Chocolate and we sat down with another friend, Charlye, to watch General Conference. 3 girls watching conference on 2 computers inside Starbucks – oh the irony.

During each song we would stretch a bit. I noticed after the second song two middle-aged men were sitting behind us. They had been there for quite a while. Right before President Uchtdorf's talk we stretched again and one of the men asked us what we were watching so intently – 3 20-something women watching men in suits on the screen. They were confused. Inevitably they figured out that we were Mormon and decided to ask us what's up with the golden underwear and if we watch Big Love. We told them that there is no golden underwear and that Big Love has nothing to do with our religion.

We later found out that the men were freelance photographers. They had some of their equipement with them and snapped some shots of us. They ended up sharing the photos below with us.

As we were getting ready to leave a lady with a baby came and asked if we were leaving. Before we got all of our stuff she was sitting down already feeding the baby, free like a bird. People are much more open in New York.



This picture is originally a polaroid but it didn't scan very well so I took a picture of it. One of the photographers took this of us without us knowing when they got to Starbucks.



This is Charlye. She is in the Union Square 3rd Ward with us and is a junior at NYU studying journalism.



Awesome roommate Amber.



Not the best picture of me but since I put Charlye and Amber on I thought it only fair to put me on too...