End of an era

Last Sunday night I met up with Lanie, Mitch Erik, Lindsay, and Rayline to say good bye to our beloved Diedrichs. It's the one on 17th street in Costa Mesa.

We spent most of our high school life firmly planted on the patio of this coffee house and did a lot of our growing up there.

Chances are you would run into someone you had a crush on. Or someone that owed you money. Or someone that you could bum a cigarette off.

Because we startesd young, by the time we were seniors, we ruled the patio. We were legends and people wanted to be us. (Um, ok, maybe not "legends" so to speak, but we did own that turf. Something to brag about? Maybe not..)

We used to hang out there so much that I remember at one point they had security guards there on the weekends. Like it was a club or a rave or something. Did we really need a bumch muscle for high school kids drinking tea and eating Wendys from next door?

It was a meeting spot for friends, a hangout crash pad if there was nothing to do. If you were looking for someone past 7pm, chances are, they were at Diedrichs.

As we grew up and became adults, it was still a meeting point for us. Lanie and I have gone there many times over the past year, hung out, grabbed a vanilla Chai or iced-t and shoot the shit.

And now it's gone. They closed down on Monday due to slow business. Not that it mattered all that much as Starbucks has bought them out anyway. Booo.

It's the end of an era ladies and gentleman. Thanks Diedrichs. We'll miss you.