Moose espresso bar, newtown
Aroma coffee. Relaxing 1920’s music plays in the background, muting the sound of the traffic a little. The lighting is somewhat soft, ceiling fans create a gentle breeze, and the smell of bacon is in the air.
If anything, the place seems understaffed this morning: one loan [...]
Tisu, balmain east
Coffee roaster coffee. It turns out that balmain east is a good 15 minutes walk from balmain itself, past sandstonje and other heritage buildings. Tisu, then, is a fish out of water with its glass walls and smooth concrete floor.
A range of appealing food options fill a [...]
Bertoni’s casalinga, balmain
Belcafe coffee. Somehow this place is crowded and friendly at once. Communal table, against a wall, surrounded with different people all going about their morning rituals. Mostly magazine reading.
Coffee is made enthusiastically, but there are a few people ahead of me in the queue. Without asking, a [...]
Witham’s coffee, waverton
Witham’s coffee. The smell of burned toast combines with a warm, slightly dark ambience inside, and a range of well-to-do locals outside. Staff are friendly to customers and each other, and a range of somewhat pricey food choices (we are in waverton, after all) compliment a serious [...]
A conversation between Jared M. Spool and (Paradox of Choice author) Barry Schwartz - why having more choices makes it harder to make a decision.
Noncanonical Literature - spiritual writing that didn’t make it into the bible
Snakes on a Plane. Another guilty pleasure of a movie. Captures some of the spirit of the old action movies, with its attitude to sex and violence… quite a few jump moments, and some content that’s not suitable for kids. The plot? I’m not sure what they’re going to do with the sequel - it [...]
Balmain eating house, balmain
Karmee coffee. Rustic mediterranean décor, upmarket food - almost worthy of tablecloths. Varied mix of balmain people, from the new parents to the retirees.
Coffee, not their specialty, is as you would expect from a place that concentrates more on its food. Pleasant enough.
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Swerve café, mosman
Swerve house blend coffee. Has a little of the mosman attitude: there’s a sense of not being quite worthy - perhaps I’m too scruffy this morning. Four front-of-house staff, and a couple more out the back.
Coffee, despite two baristas and not too many customers - is a [...]
Dj interior design café, leichhardt
Neoma coffee. A lone sandwich board on parramatta rd draws attention to this café, with outdoor seating for 8, and indoor seating for six or so. A range of lunch options, a couple of breakfast menu options, and a few staff buzzing around.
Coffee takes a [...]
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Spent much of Saturday at the PTC, at a seminar on Depression and Addiction run by Ed Welch. I spoke briefly with Ed during one of the breaks: he works for both CCEF and WTS, and has written a number of books on Christianity and depression.
The majority of the time was spent looking at what [...]
Resource site - Learn Chinese Characters. I learned a few this afternoon!
The bay run
Constraints of time have me only doubling back on a 2km segment of this 7km loop, and i’m still not confident enough at injury avoidance to run, but it’s still good to be here.