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Yesterday I was walking back to work from Starbucks when I passed a friend ‘o mine. He was cupping his hand like a small boy who had just received a shiny, new marble (if this were the 1950s, I guess) or maybe a frog he was ready to release on an unsuspecting, pig-tailed girl. But as we came upon each other he opened his hand to reveal to me a new dollar. It was not in paper form but rather a shiny shade of dullen gold. The smile crossed his face as he held the George Washington side up to me for my approval. I smiled back and together we marveled at yet another relatively unannounced entry into the United States mint. What a sight thought. Around its thick perimeter were the words ‘E Pluribus Unum’. We quickly turned to small talk only to end our meeting with this challenge. I’ll take one and you take on (the dollar, this is). Let’s see who can spend it and where. He went on to Starbucks to find success, I imagine. I held mine waiting for an opportune moment.

As I left the city parking garage this morning headed to work I fumbled into my pocket only to feel that dollar. I looked ahead and thought, “I have to spend this.” And so it is with great delight that I went into Starbucks to get my coffee and spend my dollar. Not quick enough though I realized that he, too, had gone to Starbucks to spend his dollar. I had not really fulfilled my end of the challenge. The dollar did spend though. The moral of the story? In today’s world, no matter the size, shape, or color, Starbucks still gets our money!