my current thing, urth caffe

I remember going to Urth Caffe ages ago with a friend. I never gave this place a thought since I couldn't stand the obnoxious people that sip coffee at the Melrose location. As you grow older, you tend to allow stupidity around you since I am there for the coffee. I can withstand posers, wannabe actors/agents/stylists, I dunno because I truly luv their spanish lattes. The lattes are amazing. One reason is, I really...really... really miss my cafe con leches from Spain. Everyday, I would drink coffee because it was fairly cheap (uno euro) when I was living there. There hasn't been a coffee place that matches the coffee and coffee experience than Urth Caffe, well except for Aroma Cafe in Studio City ( I heart those gnomes). For the most part, it is very entertaining to sit and people watch. The people are hilarious actually and they are in their own little world as well.

a cup can make me :)

12 hour shifts are something my body has to adjust to or another speeding ticket on my way home will just make me broke. Yes, I got a speeding ticket going on 58 miles per hour on a 45 mile speed zone, which I wasn't aware of because I was just exhausted and driving like a horse with blinders on. Commuting to Weho from the valley is killing my patience as well, so it's a given of why I got a speeding ticket. I'm just anxious of how much speeding tickets cost because nowadays the government has evil ways to take my money when I "break" the law. In the midst of ending a semi decent day of hard work to the shits, I treated myself to nice cup of tea with my new tea/coffee cup Hamtaro. The hamster puts a smile on my face for some reason and so it relaxes me. It maybe the tea, but I like to believe Hamtaro's cuteness has some aphrodisiac effect on me.

busy week

This week has been busy!  It all started Sunday when my Dutch friend Anna and I decided to venture out in Lucca.  Lucca is 2 hours away via train from Firenze and it holds one of the most preserved medieval cities.  It even has a fort which protects the city.  You can walk one revolution and practically see the whole city in an hour or so.  I saw a cadaver of a Saint which was a surreal experience.  My friend Anna said they have one at Pisa, so for sure I will check that one out too; the cathedrals are amazing there also.  It was just nice to get away and see something different.

On Tuesday, I trekked out to Cinque Terre with Jill and her bf Tommy.  Oooh, I had so much fun because we are all chill type people.  It has been raining this whole week and to have Tuesday with no rain (well, except at the end) was a relief.  I even got sunburned from my back.  I was wearing a black and white striped shirt and was surprised the sun's rays penetrated through it and burned me!  The path started out easy and the book said it would be a leisure walk.  There is no such thing as leisure to me since there were steep steps and hills to walk through.  The book said the hardest trail was the last one that would lead you to Monterosso (the last village).  It was a fulfilling experience to walk on the cliffs and have an amazing view throughout the entire time.  In the last village, I ended up chillin on a beach chair and they swam, which I was so jealous!  After a strenuous hike, It would have been nice to swim and feel the nice cool water.  It was good times.

Today, was a great day as well.  I had another Italian lunch with Jill and her Italian family.  It was so good to have a 2 course meal with fruit as dessert and coffee with biscotti to end the meal.  It is good to be in Italy!  I also biked around Jill's neighborhood which was scary as hell, but definitely fun.  Of course had coffee with a design on the coffee foam, it made my day.

I am off to Venice tomorrow and have not even packed up my things, so I will be busy tonight.  It will be some good times ahead since I'm meeting up my sister and damn, I am going to Venice! Ciao!