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Travelogue: Spend the day in Morro Bay

July 5, 2012by Franny 1 Comment

Some of my earliest summer memories involve feasting on fish and chips and chasing squirrels and seagulls in the sleepy coastal town of Morro Bay. Having been a Bay Area […]

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coffee, Comfort Food, Dinner, local eateries, local food, Lunch, seafood, Travel, Travelogue, Vacation

Dining:A Modern Brunch at Caficultura | Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

June 4, 2012by Franny 1 Comment

Our last meal in Puerto Rico was definitely bittersweet. We had fallen in love with the island and had experienced much of its trademark cuisine. However, our last brunch in […]

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BLD, Breakfast, Brunch, Caribbean, coffee, local food, organic, Travel, Vacation

Caffeine Scene: Cafe Calabria, North Park, San Diego

May 13, 2012by Franny Leave a comment

You had me at Mexican Mocha. After a couple days of dreadful conference coffee, I needed to get a good caffeine fix while in San Diego. After consulting the trusty […]

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Caffeine Scene: Cafe Cuatro Sombras, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

April 27, 2012by Franny Leave a comment

As I was planning our trip a few weeks ago, I spoke with a friend of mine who lives in the southern Puerto Rican city of Ponce. She grew up […]

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Caribbean, coffee, Travel, Vacation

Caffeine Scene: Cognoscenti Coffee at Proof Bakery, Atwater Village

April 19, 2012by Franny Leave a comment

Cognoscenti Coffee has been a fixture of the LA specialty coffee scene for some time now and although this pop-up style coffee bar has appeared at various locales from downtown […]

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Bakeries, coffee

Cafe Dulce in Little Tokyo Turns One

April 10, 2012by Franny Leave a comment

Little Tokyo’s Cafe Dulce has been one of my favorite downtown spots since I first noticed them opening up shop in 2011. This weekend the specialty coffee and bakery celebrated […]

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Bakeries, coffee, local eateries

Caffeine Scene: Primo Passo Coffee Co., Santa Monica

April 4, 2012by Franny Leave a comment

When I caught wind that there was a new specialty coffee shop opening up in Santa Monica, I was only marginally interested. When I was told they’d be serving Oregon’s […]

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Caffeine Scene: Fix Coffee, Echo Park

February 17, 2012by Franny Leave a comment

Tucked well into a residential neighborhood in Echo Park, Fix Coffee is an awesome local coffee shop perfect for studying and meeting up with a friend. Even at its busiest, […]

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coffee, local eateries

Straight Trippin’: Reno 411- A Guide to Local Gems

November 19, 2011by Franny Leave a comment

I always hated going to Reno when I was a child. We had a family friend who used to live there and we could make the trecherous drive in the […]

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Brunch, coffee, local eateries, microbrew, Travel, Vacation

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