Blue Bottle and a body

I've never been a coffee person. I didn't have coffee until I was 21 - that's disturbing. Didn't have coffee again until I was about 25. Started with mochas and then slowly got into the drug. Now (and forever!) it's Blue Bottle Gibraltars - that's two concentrated (ristretto) espresso shots with an equal amount of steamed organic whole milk. And when you add that the coffee is absolutely the best, you start to get a sense of what's up.

Dope Blue Bottle style, moments after gunshot on Saturday

Was there on Saturday with my partner before a late-fall evening hiking trip to Mount Diablo about 2:30 p.m. Standing in the long line, which is persistent on the weekends (there's only one! location - near Jack London Square - in Oakland (though it recently got bought :(, so the franchise disaster may be happening soon)). We heard an echoing smack in the distance, like a piece of plywood falling. My first thought was gunshot, but then dismissed that. Ten minutes later, police cars drive up and start yellow-taping off the street that borders Blue Bottle. Went to go ask the police officer what was up, but it was obvious. I live in West Oakland and hear shots all the time. The only time police show up is if someone is hit. Someone was hit.

We found out later via searching for "Jack London shooting" in Google that it was a fatal gunshot -- with a body lying in the middle of 3rd Street at Franklin. An Oakland, Blue Bottle moment.