Coffee and Breakfast Burrito

As I commute to school every day I often find myself with extra time in the day. So whenever I need a place to relax I come to my favorite coffee shop in the world, Nautical Bean. And I recently found out that they are putting one downtown. How glorious is my life. 

Coffee with Donald Miller

Today is coffee time with Donald Miller. I have to admit, I look pretty cool when I sit in the coffee shop, sipping my drip coffee (we're talking the legit stuff - no over-sugared lattes here) and reading D.Miller's blog.

Now if it was the real Donald Miller - that would be AMAZING.

Rainy Day Love

I love rainy days at coffee shops. Now Starbucks is not my first choice but when its cold and I don't want to drive to the other side of town to Nautical Bean sometimes I have to travel to Starbucks. 

Starbucks

"The whole purpose of places like Starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. Short, tall, light, dark, caf, decaf, low-fat, non-fat, etc. So people who don't know what the hell they're doing or who on earth they are can, for only $2.95, get not just a cup of coffee but an absolutely defining sense of self: Tall. Decaf. Cappuccino."

Bathroom Sign

I went on a small adventure with Shannon around SLO. After walking around downtown, exploring candy shops, and eating various gummy things, we needed to use the facilities. And this was the most amazing sign on the bathroom door at Starbucks. The men's restroom was out of order, so one of the workers put this on to show that it was now everyone's bathroom. I was very amused for several minutes.

Picture Wall

One thing I love about Nautical Bean (other than the coffee, the people, the food, the couches, the study space) is they always have different photos on the wall. This one was a wedding/couple photographer and made everyone look really cute. My dream one day is to be able to put one of my photos up on the wall - it would be a magical dream come true - especially if it came with free coffee.

Second Cup

Second cup of coffee today. See that large stack of books in the background. That is what I must study for my wonderful midterm tomorrow.
What class you ask? "Gender, Race, Science, and Technology" (That is not the wordiest class title I've ever had though. "African American Woman Writers in the 20th Century" was).
Anyway, this wonderful cup of coffee is from Nautical Bean - the best coffee place in SLO. There will be many posts to come about this heaven of a coffee shop.

Free Coffee

So yesterday Jeanette and I had a 1:1 and got free coffee tasting. I love free coffee tasting.
If only it had come with free pastries...