I was at the Starbucks in the center this morning (waiting and waiting of course!)  and as I was in line I looked around at the other customers and as I was thinking about all of the news I’ve been reading about an impending recession (or are we in one I don’t know!) I noticed that most customers were spending a lot of money ($3+ for drink and$3+ for food) and realized that if one uses the local Starbucks as a indicator that we are actually in pretty good shape despite what is being sold as news to us.  To further my analysis I also saw another real estate broker writing an offer to purchase a home!  If that didn’t warm my heart I don’t know what will!  Like politics, our economy is local…  Does anyone else have any anecdotal evidence as to how our economy is doing?