Favoritest Mug

ERICA AND CHRISTY'S SECOND BLOGFEST

is simply simple.

it pertains to HOT, HOT COFFEE mugs.  well, just one mug. 

Simply post a picture of your very favoritest mug. The one you'd choose to drink from every time if it never needed to spend any time in the dishwasher.  The one you secretly eye whenever your significant other, mother, brother, best friend, [insert other] grabs it from the cupboard and you hold yourself back from snatching it out of their hand and shouting, "Give it back!  It's mine.  All mine!"

Or just one you like almost that much.

You don't have to share anything about the mug, but if you'd like to share the story behind it, well, that would just be an added bonus.  Most of my mugs hold a special significance.  I usually buy one while taking a vacation and have started a collection.

Okay, so here's my favorite mug:

This is my Pico Mundo Grille mug.  I got it from Dean Koontz's site and it's based on the Odd Thomas series (in the beginning Odd is a simple fry cook at the Pico Mundo Grille, although he occasionally dreams of selling tires).  When I bought this several years ago I wasn't that much of a coffee or tea drinker.  Since giving up soda awhile back, coffee has become my major source of caffeine.  I love the literary reference to one of my favorite characters, and I like the size and shape of the mug.  I now have a bit of interesting mug collecting habit, but this one is still my all time favorite!