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Long day totally wasted on fruitless pursuits;

Solution:

R.

Just the other day I was slowly but surely going through my bag of Kenyan from Intelli, which was all fine and dandy with its red wine flavor and heavy body (French Press). But something was missing, and it took me a while to put my finger on it, I had a hankerin’ for something more.

I needed my yearly Ethiopian ‘punch in the mouth’ coffee, which after a long and arduous 15 minutes of searching, was something I am rather familiar with. The guys out in Maryland, Caffe Pronto, had their hands in something mighty tasty. Ethiopia Sidamo Korate Community. Blueberry, nice acidity, super sweet, and the flavors camp out on your tongue forever. Just what the doctor ordered, and it took 2 days shipping to LA, which surprised the hell out of me, I was thinking more like 5.

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R.

Today my day improved 50% just by having lunch.

Why, you ask?

Ari, our killer chef (de cuisine, I think is the proper term), made me a ‘preview’ of a proposed menu item, a steak sandwich.

He takes our hanger steak with a nice cheese (what kind, I forget, its a cows milk cheese is all I remember), then he adds tomato and greens, a side of Yuzu Kosho mayo and hand-made potato chips. It was a bit of a long morning, and I was just having a hard time getting into the day, so this completely turned that around. Plus, if you are into a heavier lunch, this is perfect, and it goes rather well with the cup of clovered Rwandan.

Brilliant!

R.

Yesterday was Ryan’s birthday, and in accordance with birthday laws here in Silverlake, one must go and down a pint of PBR in a photo booth.

We started out at Silverlake Wine, with a nice informal wine tasting, where Tony (aka Tonx) was doing a bit of tasting and picture taking himself. After meeting a few new people, we left the wine store for a slightly darker environ, the Short Stop. This place is has a nice long bar, plenty of side room to have a quiet (or loud) conversation, and a sweet photo booth. After about an hour and a half, most of us where rocked out, and dizzy from all the beer and flash photography.

While I know Ryan is much more sophisticated than that (see wine tasting below), one has to occasionally hit the reset button on life.

Ryan in a standoff with the boss.

Happy birthday man!