I’d never been to Mount Vernon before, a teeny little town in Iowa. And I probably wouldn’t have ever entered its city limits except it’s where my brother lives, and so Mae and I hopped over there for a quick visit last week.
I pulled into town on the main street and noticed that the corner, where I needed to turn, was blocked off.
There were lots of people and a few police officers directing traffic, which is kind of a big deal in a little town.
I smiled, took a detour and a few extra turns, and found where I needed to go.
We said our hellos and then we all decided to take a little walk. Little because it is a small town (have I mentioned that?) but it’s a cute small town. If I had to live in one, that might be it. Anyway.
One thing I’m a sucker for is a unique, non-chain, coffee shop. They usually have the best coffee, hands down. And so when my brother and sister-in-law were telling me about this one, Fuel, only a block away, I had to try it.
We wandered toward there, and the crowd I’d seen before was now surrounding the door to this place.
What’s going on?! Move! I’ve got coffee to drink at 4:30 pm!
Ok, ok, so I only thought it… 😉
But a girl standing in front of a store informed us that, OF ALL PEOPLE ON THE PLANET, Hillary Clinton was in town.
And? She was drinking coffee at the place that I wanted to go. (Correction: according to Fuel’s Facebook page, she was having tea.)
😉
So there was this day in this little Iowa town. And while there was a lot to love about it…especially the uber cute store I wandered into and walked out of with the current-most-adorable-bag-ever…Hillary Clinton made me wait for my coffee.
Yes, yes she did.
Hubby and I had this little tongue-in-cheek text exchange after it all…I was proud of my wit. 😉
And I’ve got nothing against Hillary, really. I probably won’t be casting my vote for her but that shouldn’t shock any of us. Though, she might have had a better chance if I hadn’t had to wait a day for my brew from Fuel. 😉
Which, by the way, was awesome. I had it twice the next day. If you’re ever in Mount Vernon, swing by this little place and say hello. The coffee is yummy, and the people working there were incredibly sweet.
There was also a horse for my girl to ride…the kind when you put in a quarter? YEAH. I hadn’t seen one in ages. Mae loved it, too.
A total win for this coffee-lovin’ girl and her sweet daughter. 
P.S. Thank you to almost the entire population of Mount Vernon for letting me get a photo of you. I got impatient waiting to actually get one of Hillary and decided to take your picture instead. 😉
We got stuck in traffic in San Francisco (we were on a trolley) because of a motorcade for Bill Clinton! There were 5-6 identical cars with look-a-likes in each car so we didn’t know which one had the real President. And when we went to Paris streets were blocked for Bill then, too.