This morning I woke up at 5:30 am due to jet lag feeling wide awake and very bored. What does one do that early in the morning? I decided to take a walk by the strand at Torrance Beach then head over to one of my favorite local coffee spots. I hadn't been there in ages and it was quite the treat.
Lately everyone goes to coffee shops to take instagram worthy photos of latte art and experience the hipster ambience. (I am guilty of that too). While Catalina by no means has the hipster environment, there's something that I enjoyed about an antiquated yet cozy coffee shop. Filled with couches upon couches, bookshelves of books, and lamps you'd imagine to be at granny's house, Catalina's environment is somewhere I feel at home. I snuggled up on a couch and read my current read, R.C. Sproul's,
Who is Jesus (which btw I am thoroughly enjoying. It's part of the 12 crucial question series).
I can care less about fancy shmancy hearts or dragons on my coffee. I'm happy with a simple yet wonderful medium roast drip. This place roasts their own beans! super plus! They have pastries and food for the hangry customers. Going in on a Tuesday morning, there were a lot of cute grannys and grandpas, people working on what looks like important things. Then people like me who were reading casually. I'd like to have days like these in the future to go to the beach then grab coffee and read.
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| too impatient to wait before taking a pic...poppyseed muffin! YAS |
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| bean roaster! (is there a name for that?) |
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| scrabble & chess |
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