Don’t let the green packaging fool you

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Laduree has finally made it to the states, even if it means flying in their macarons from Paris every morning.  Really, no joke.  This isn’t SF!  Who cares about their carbon footprint!  Still, it saves us the plane ticket and we only have to sacrifice 1.5 hrs of waiting in line in the hot sun.  At least the distinguished French gentleman handed out bottles of water, which are at the very least recyclable.

Coffee and Doughnuts

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To be economical, I’m trying to give up $4+ espresso drinks and drip my own coffee instead so I ventured to Chelsea to scout Ninth Street Espresso.  They only had blends and one Guatemalan available, so I decided to head over to Stumptown instead and walked away with a nice-smelling bag of “Mordecofe” from Ethiopia.  Two caps (Ninth St. had good flavor, Stumptown’s foam was richer) and a stop at Doughnut Plant later, I had quite the coffee buzzzzzzzzz and kind of defeated the purpose of trying to save money.  Oops!

I can see why the “blackout” cake doughnut is so popular especially since it’s filled with chocolate pudding, but it felt like more cake than doughnut.  The PBJ was ok but nothing special.  Even after eating these two halves, I still have a buzzzzz.  To quote Alice, “lalalalalalala I love coffee!”