n.
1. A supervised, inexpensive lodging place for travelers, especially young travelers.
2. An inn; a hotel.
3. A sandwich. Respite for the tongue and for the heart. The smiling whisper of a beautiful, slightly mysterious woman that it doesn't matter where you laid your roots yesterday or tomorrow-- in this moment, you are home and you are loved.
The Hostel In The Forest, invented by Kelly at Java Jo's in Jamaica Plain, achieves a level of perfection that is rarely glimpsed by human eyes, let alone digested by human stomach acids.
In the warm embrace of an onion foccacia, the following weary travelers are at last free to mingle, tell tall tales, teach snippets of their home language to their new friends, or simply tuck in early with their moleskines:
-Veggie burger*
-Hommus
-Pesto
-Avocado
-Cheddar cheese
-Lettuce, tomato, red onion
*The Java Jo's veggie burger is a blog post in and of itself-- rest assured; it's no frozen Boca Burger)
I'm not a poet, not a bard or a singer/songwriter, and it's with sandwiches like these that the confines of my own clumsy words frustrate me so. Were I able, I'd write a sonnet for The Hostel In The Forest, to honor and immortalize it. As it stands, I'll stand down and let the poet-bards Savage Garden pay tribute:
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life
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