As many of our loyal readers may know, Steve-o-Reno’s is a special part of Halifax for us. We have spent many, many hours there with our tablets, and the idea of our tabletology blog was born out of the experience of spending so much time at Steve-o’s answering people’s questions about tablet pcs as their curiosity got the better of them and they overcame all natural reluctance to interrupt strangers at work.
It was like a form of extremely minor celebrity. When we met people at parties, they’d say "oh I know you, you’re the ones at Steve-o-Reno’s with those computers!" People we got to know would report that when they discussed getting tablets with co-workers, their co-workers would say "I’ve seen those! At Steve-o-Reno’s! There’s always these two women there with tablets."
And then the day came when another piece of technology entered our lives. After months of research, Olga settled on the Rancilio Silvia as a home espresso machine and its companion the Rancilio grinder. While we had never done that self-justification dance where people claim they’ll save so much on coffee out that it’s actually thrifty to buy a pretty expensive espresso/grinder duo, in fact the net result of bringing Silvia (we call him/her Tony…but that’s a story for another day) into our home was a sudden end to our intense involvement with Steve-o.
It’s sort of sad. Sometimes we miss it. The great wait staff. The orange walls.
So we made it in a couple of weeks ago on a whim, for old times sake. We were sans tablets.
And there, two tables down, sat a woman with a tablet pc. A toshiba I believe. The first time we have spotted a tablet pc in Halifax, outside of the set of tablets purchased by co-workers as a result of our tablets.
We couldn’t resist interrupting her to ask her about her tablet pc. Just to continue the tradition.
