tuesday: something to love

It was easy to find things to love this week. It is officially Spring, and what's more it has felt like Spring. There are some who say we will have one more bout of Winter before it is really Spring, but I would have to say I disagree with them. Spring is here, and I'll let tomorrow worry about tomorrow.


I took a flying trip up to see my parents over the weekend. I love their fountain in the middle of the pond in the backyard. Lovely!


Breakfast outside in gorgeous weather. . .yes, please!! Coffee, OJ, Oatmeal, and Greek Yogurt. . .Yum!


The flowers have returned!! Yay! The other day I was experimenting with perspective. . .this is one of the results.

i forgot about these. . .

I had forgotten that I took these pictures a couple weeks ago at my favorite coffeeshop. I love how the decor of this particular coffeeshop is very beachy. . .you know how much I love the beach. But I also love the sound of milk steaming and the relaxed atmosphere that a coffeeshop provides. This is literally one of my favorite places in the world. Now if only IT were by the beach. . .

Monday: something to love

A cold, dreary day today. I'm ready for Spring, but I've been ready for Spring for about 3 months now (sigh). However, a good cup of coffee fixes just about everything, and a good chat with a friend over a cup of coffee on a day off has the capability of making me almost forget that it is winter for another 2ish months.


Sorry the picture quality isn't that great. I forgot my camera in the car so I had to use the camera on my phone instead. Also, I have to mention -- the last couple of times I have been to a coffeeshop and gotten a drink that they can do latte art on, the male barista has given me a heart. Interesting. Guess I just look like a heart kind of girl.

Also something else to love on this grey day -- a funny, sunny, silly song.

Pencil Full of Lead - Paolo Nutini

coffee dates are the best

Now that my work schedule is getting a little less crazy, and I have begun to recover from the craziness that was my work schedule, I am finally starting to be able to do many of the things that I love again. One such thing being catching up with friends over coffee dates. I had three this past week...these are from the second one as I forgot to take my camera for the other two...oops.

YUM!

a tiny piece of heaven

I was making Tiramisu today for a couple of very special friends (who used to be my roommates), and I discovered a little piece of heaven. Not that Tiramisu by itself isn't heavenly, but this was maybe 10 times better...okay maybe only 5 times better...

So I had to share it with you...also I'm trying to make up for being so lame about blogging this last week (or two).

Tiramisu is one of those desserts that everyone thinks is really difficult to make, but it really isn't. At least the recipe I use isn't. But there are two basic parts to it. The first is a coffee syrup that you use to soak ladyfingers in. The second is a creamy marscapone cheese layer.

Being the coffee lover that I am, I decided to brew a little extra coffee for an afternoon treat. I finished making the Tiramisu and I had extra of the cream layer which I like to dip ladyfingers into and enjoy for a sweet treat.

That was when the stroke of brilliance happened. Why not dip the ladyfinger with the cream on it into my coffee...yep...delicious. I might have melted onto the floor. So rich, so creamy, so delightful. I almost made myself sick on it.

coffee...

ladyfingers...

a match made in heaven...
or maybe just my kitchen.

where i really want to be right now

Cold weather makes me want to be all snugly and curled up in my favorite comfy chair at my favorite coffeeshop sipping a steaming mug of coffee or tea or hot cocoa or chai...yum!

coffee love

One of my favorite things ever is coffee. I love the smell. I love the taste. I love the community that is associated with coffeeshops. (Just a side note...coffeeshops isn't actually a word. It's supposed to be coffee shops, but I think it should be one word, so I insist on writing it that way.) This is my photographic ode to my love for coffee.

YUM!!