Arcadia Cafe in Ames

My username for my TripAdvisor account is Travelforcoffee. I could easily take a vacation simply based on wandering to coffee shops. I could have one place scheduled for the morning and one for mid-afternoon, then sightsee while the caffeine wears off. I do have my limits with caffeine. 

I find a lot of joy and excitement in going to new places or revisiting ones I love. I have a mental list of the coffee shops in Kansas City, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Chicago that I'm wanting to go visit. Two of those aren't justifiable day trips for me so I'll get to them eventually, maybe KC sooner. 

Today's post is a little different as I'm just going to review and tell you about a place that's worth a visit when in Ames. 

I haven't spent a lot of time in Ames but it is home to Iowa State University and is about 40 minutes north of where I live in Urbandale. I've been here for music events mostly. All-State band is hosted here. I was here for my student's honor band in 2014, which is when I first discovered Arcadia Cafe. I remember loving the tree truck slice tabletops and quality coffee. With my extra free time in the summer, I thought I'd revisit.

Arcadia is part of campus town, just south and a little west of campus, off of Lincoln Way. As, I'm typing, the owner is talking with a customer about a potential move to a new location in town. Sounds like it will happen this fall!

Why would they move? Well, the location in town is great but the store is small. There are about 7 tables with seating for 2-4 people. So, a new shop would serve them well. 

Above is my almond croissant. It was warm, flaky, and tasty! I asked the owner if they make all their baked goods here and they do! They have scones, muffins, bread, cake, and sandwiches. The prices are very reasonable. I got a small latte and almond croissant for $6. The latte was good but I've had better. There was a little crema (the brown layer) on top which means the espresso pull was done correctly.

Because I've been sitting here for about 2 hours, I also got a pour over of their Guatemalan coffee. I know owners have respect for their own roast when they offer a pourover. This is a fresh, individualized way to brew coffee. It does take a couple of minutes but allows you to truly taste the flavor of that specific bean. I love medium roasts and Guatemalan is often roasted to that degree. It has good body to it and a slight acidity. My 12 oz cost $2. 

Summary review:

4 out of 5 stars

-Seating for small groups (2-4 per table)
-Free wi-fi
-Offers breakfast and lunch options
-Pour over coffee, lattes, Italian soda, smoothies

Arcadia Cafe provides quality products at a great price from friendly staff. The store is small and the work space looks cluttered but a potential new location should improve that for them. 

Worth a visit if you're in the area!

Roasted Tomato, Pesto Pizza

You've all probably made homemade pizza before. It's fun to make and you can please everyone when you let them top their own! We used to make it growing up and mom would let us put our own toppings on. Back then my kid-friendly pizzas had zero veggies. I loaded mine up with sauce, meat, and cheese! My pizzas have grown up a bit with me and now I've gone the complete opposite with toppings.

Toppings are the fun, easy part of pizze for me. You can be creative and try new combinations without totally destroying it. (Unless of course you were to add something strange like celery. Don't you try to tell me celery is tasteless, not true.) What I've struggled with is the crust. I've tried making it from scratch many times and just can't get the right texture. It's usually a little too soft and the slices droop. But not today!

The Delallo superfine flour saved me as well as cooking the crust almost all the way before adding the toppings.

Usually in my posts I include what I've been learning from my Bible Study or life in general but I'm not coming up with anything that doesn't feel forced. I think that's simply because what I've been studying is small, specific sections of John that I can't yet put into an overall thought. So, here's a taste of what the book is like that I've been going through.

Kathleen Nielson is a professor of literature and has written the Bible study book I'm using now. She does a great job of getting the reader to look deeply at a passage and help them (me) understand the context, connections, and application within that passage. Sometimes I don't fully know what answer she is looking for so I have to skip a question or come back to it later. 

Chapter 2 is where I'm reading now (one chapter of John per week) and she's making some cool connections about Jesus' presence at the temple during Passover. After reading in Exodus about the original Passover, it clicked that Jesus being in the temple, talking about his future crucifixion is kind of ironic. Here is the ultimate sacrificial Lamb standing where many burnt offerings have been offered for sins. Now, He has come to be the only sacrifice we need for forgiveness from God. 

She makes you think. I'm excited to see what else I'll learn.

Back to pizza! To be honest, I don't measure very often. If I'm baking I do because you can mess up baked goods pretty easily. But with this pesto, you can throw in more basil leaves or garlic depending on what flavors you want to stand out. It's also best to mix the pesto ingredients in a food processor. I just have my Ninja blenders which work well but not as well as a real processor.

Melted fresh mozzarella is so good! If you can't find fresh, I understand. The bagged, shredded cheese will do the job, but trust me, fresh is better!

Roasted Tomato, Pesto Pizza

Makes one 12 inch pizza (6 slices)

Crust:*

Delallo superfine flour (I used half the bag and halved the instructions on the package, listed below)

1/4 tsp yeast

2/3 cup lukewarm water

1/2 tsp salt

Toppings:

8 oz fresh mozzarella

-sliced in 1/4 inch (or thinner) slices

Roasted tomatoes

1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes

2 Tbs olive oil

1 tsp oregano

Pesto

1 garlic clove

5-6 fresh basil leaves

1 tsp thyme

1 tsp rosemary

2 tsp salt

2 Tbs pine nuts

1/4 cup olive oil

1. Prepare the pizza crust in advance if it needs to rise. Mine did. You should be able to refrigerate the dough for a day or two after it has risen if needed. 
2. Preheat oven to 350° F. Slice the tomatoes in half and toss in olive oil and oregano. Spread them out skin side down on a parchment lined cookie sheet. Put in the oven for 20 minutes. 
3. Put pesto ingredients into a blender or food processor. Blend until ingredients are fine. 
4. Increase oven temp to 450° F and press out pizza dough on an oiled pan to desired thickness. Use a fork to poke holes all around the dough to prevent bubbles. Bake for recommended time on package. (I baked mine for 10 minutes)
5. Take the crust out of the oven and spread the pesto evenly over it. Then place the roasted tomatoes all around the crust. Finally places slices of mozzarella on top. They will spread, so don't get them too close to the edge. 
6. Place pizza back in the oven for 5-7 minutes. Keep an eye on it and take it out when the cheese has melted well. Enjoy!

*any pizza crust will work fine, this one was just a brand I wanted to try:)

Blueberry Lemon Muffins

Summer. I love it. Not because school is out (but it's awesome to have built in vacation time), but because the days are long and the temps are high. While I don't love sweating, I do love not shivering and having to wear three layers everywhere. 

I also love the food of summer! Blueberries are in season and are probably my favorite fruit. Adding the lemon to these muffins makes them taste bright and summery. 

Every summer I have the same dilemma when I think of what to do with my time away from teaching. It's not something I feel I've mastered yet. I've been reading Andy Stanley's book "Ask It" with a friend from church and this last chapter challenged me with how I use my time. It came at the right time as I don't have anymore big trips planned for the summer, so I need to make the most of my day to day activities. 

Ephesians 5:15-16 "Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk - not as unwise people but as wise - making the most of the time, because the days are evil."

When I look at what matters the most in my life, the top three things are my spiritual walk, relationships, and my career. I want to invest in those areas and not waste my time on things that don't accumulate value over time. So, as I was thinking about these priorities, I realized that blogging, while a fun hobby, is not really benefitting those areas. Meaning, I'll only be posting when I feel the time allows and I have worthwhile food pictures to post:) What I should do with my love of food is invite you all over to eat the food and spend time with you face to face! So, who wants free food and conversation?!

I just counted and I've pinned over 20 recipes involving blueberries...too much? Nah. They're so tasty and pretty.

Blueberry Lemon Muffins

Makes 11-12 muffins. Bake time: 18-20 minutes.

• ½ cup whole wheat or white whole wheat flour
• ½ cup all purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups rolled oats
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ tsp salt
• zest of one lemon
• juice from half a lemon
• 1 Tbs baking powder
• 3/4 cup milk (I used unsweetened almond)
• 1 large egg
• 2 Tbs light tasting oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup of blueberries, fresh is best

1. Preheat oven to 400° F.
2. Spray muffin tin with cooking spray or grease with butter.
3. Combine all dry ingredients into a large bowl.
4. In a separate bowl whisk together the lemon juice, milk, egg, oil and vanilla.
5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Stir until all of the ingredients are combined. If the batter seems too thick, add a couple tsp of milk. Then carefully fold in the blueberries.
6. Divide the batter evenly between the muffin cups.
7. Bake for approximately 18-20 minutes until muffins have a golden edge and a toothpick comes out clean.

Almost Healthy Pumpkin Muffins

I have an eye twitch. Have you ever had one you can't get rid of? I've never had one that bugged me everyday for a week. I even looked up a couple tips for getting rid of them. One suggestion was to blink a bunch of times for 30 seconds. I'm so glad no one was around, I looked ridiculous for 30 seconds. Then another suggestion was to drink less caffeine...yeah right. I moved on quickly after that lame option. I'm trying to drink lots of water and I did my PiYo (pilates and yoga) workout so maybe those will help. We'll see. If you have any suggestions, let me know!

Anyway...I know, intriguing introduction. These muffins came first from a favorite blog of mine, Cookie and Kate. I've edited them a bit and I like them both ways. Kate uses maple syrup to sweeten the recipe but I was inspired to try molasses. You can take your pick or try both versions!

1 John 2:1-2 "...I am writing you these things so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father - Jesus Christ the Righteous One. He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world."

I remember memorizing these verses back in 7th or 8th grade. Sadly, I can't recite them anymore but they are still very familiar. I learned a new word when reading them years ago. Here's the definition for that word; propitiation - "Propitiation means the turning away of wrath by an offering. In relation to soteriology, propitiation means placating or satisfying the wrath of God by the atoning sacrifice of Christ." - Ryrie

This is why Christ came to earth, it's "what Christmas is all about" to quote Linus. Christ came to be our Savior from God's just wrath. Sin must be punished, even the things we deem as little sins. Christ was willing to take that punishment for the whole world so we would be seen as innocent before God. It's amazing that Jesus did this for all of us but many reject Him. We do have to believe Him and accept that we can't earn God's favor. But we can live in gratitude, loving Him for providing the propitiation for our wrongdoing. We can love Him because He loves us. 

 I guess I'm stuck on molasses lately. It fits this time of year so well why not use the rich, spiced syrup. I'm trying to help you out with the almost healthy part. I know we all have more sweets around the house now than any other time so you shouldn't feel too bad eating these guys. That's part of why the cinnamon chips are optional. 1) there's less sugar without them and 2) they can be hard to find at some grocery stores. 

I found mine at Hy-Vee.  

Almost Healthy Pumpkin Muffins

-makes 10 muffins-

1/3 cup melted coconut oil or extra-virgin olive oil

1/4 cup molasses 

1/4 cup honey

2 eggs, at room temperature

1 cup pumpkin purée 

1/4 cup milk of choice  

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/4 tsp allspice or cloves

1¾ cups all purpose or whole wheat flour

1/3 cup old-fashioned oats
1/3 cup cinnamon chips (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 325° F. I played it safe and greased my muffin tin to ensure they would come out easily.

2. In a large bowl, beat the oil, molasses, and honey together with a whisk. Add eggs, and beat well. Mix in the pumpkin purée and milk, followed by the baking soda, vanilla extract, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice or cloves.

3. Add the flour and oats to the bowl and stir until just until combined. If you choose to add the cinnamon chips, stir in now.

4. Divide the batter evenly between the ten muffin cups. For these muffins, it’s ok to fill the cups a little higher than you normally would.
5. Bake muffins for 22 to 24 minutes or do the clean toothpick test. It's best to let them cool before removing from the tin as they are very soft. You might need to run a butter knife along the outer edge of the muffins to loosen them from the pan. Enjoy them as they are or add a little butter if you'd like.

Molasses Snickerdoodle Cookies!

Hello blog and blog readers! I've come back for a visit. The semester is winding down with students taking finals this week and having, oh maybe 10% of their minds on school. Who am I kidding, their teachers are the same way;) Well, we really aren't that bad. I'll be teaching 5th and 6th grade bands and extra/make-up lessons this week. We'll have fun as usual!

I am looking forward to Christmas break! My apartment is decorated and I've been baking a few Christmas treats, one of which I'm sharing today and they are wonderful! The molasses flavor is strong (in a good way) so if you want a more kid-friendly version you can use a light molasses (I used dark, unsulphured). 

Hebrews 1:3 "The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact expression of His nature, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After making purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high".  

I was able to attend a Christmas service Saturday evening in Ames with my best friend, Tonya. Her friend attends Cornerstone Church, as do many of our friends we discovered, and she invited us to come. It was very well done with the music, video, and speaking. Mark Vance spoke on the passage above and I was ashamed to realize that I had not been thinking about Christ this Christmas. I've made it about me, family, decorations, and traditions. I love all these things and he did not condemn them in his message but he made a point. Christmas is a celebration of Jesus' coming to Earth to glorify God and endure the punishment of sin for us.

Christmas is about bringing glory and praise to God for sending Jesus to save us. I know this is obvious to most of us but I really needed the opportunity to re-focus. I don't need to do a lot of talking here because God's word can speak for itself. Re-read the verse above and remember what Jesus' life on Earth was about. 

 

 

So far, these beauties have 4 positive reviews! My fellow music teachers, Tonya, and myself speak highly of them and the other teachers asked if the recipe would make it on the blog. So, I figured that means they're pretty good. 

I love molasses cookies or gingersnaps as long as they aren't hard. A crispy edge is fine as long as the center is soft. These are wonderfully soft and chewy! I can't take all the credit though as I used this recipe from Averie Cooks! My only modification was leaving out the ginger simply because I didn't have any.

 

 I don't have a fancy cookie scoop so these are my sad little dough mounds. They all look about the same when baked anyway. Except that mine didn't keep the rounded top like Averie's do in her pictures...I'm not a master baker so I'm not sure why that is. Regardless, they taste wonderful and will make a fabulous holiday cookie for your family gatherings or for your "alone-at-home-watching-too-much-TV-eating-endless-cookies time". 

Molasses Snickerdoodle Cookies

-makes 24 cookies-

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed (light brown sugar may be substituted)

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 large egg

1/3 cup unsulphered molasses (I used dark; light or medium may be used; blackstrap will likely be too strong)

1 Tbs vanilla extract

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ground ginger (I did not use)

1 tsp ground cloves

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

pinch salt, optional and to taste

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp cornstarch

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp cream of tartar

Cinnamon-Sugar Coating

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 to 3 tsp cinnamon

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cookies - In mixer, combine the butter, sugars, egg, and beat on medium-high speed until creamed and well combined, about 4 minutes.
2. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the molasses, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, optional salt, and beat on medium-high speed until combined and smooth, about 1 minute.
3. Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, cream of tartar, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 45 seconds.
4. Scoop medium sized mounds (1 1/2 Tablespoon size) onto a tray or plate. Cover with plasticwrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours, up to 5 days. The dough is soft, mushy, and isn't going to bake well until it's been chilled.
5. Preheat oven to 350F, line baking sheets with fancy Silpat liners I wish I had, or spray with cooking spray like I did.
6. Cinnamon-Sugar Coating - Add sugar and cinnamon to a small bowl and stir to combine.
7. Roll each mound of dough through the cinnamon and sugar mix.
8. Place coated mounds on baking sheets, spaced an inch and a half apart (I baked 12 cookies per sheet). Bake for about 8 to 9 minutes, or until edges have set and tops are have crackled. Don't overbake unless you want crispier cookies. Cookies will firm up as they cool. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for about 10 minutes before serving. I let them cool on the baking sheet and don't use a rack.
9. Cookies will keep airtight at room temperature for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 6 months. You can also keep unbaked cookie dough stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 4 months. 

Coconut Chicken Curry

I don't know if I've talked about Bangladesh much on here but curry makes me think of it. That's possibly why I've avoided making curry before. 

I lived in Chittagong, Bangladesh for 8 weeks and learned about a very different part of the world.  It's bursting with people and traffic. The city was so busy and crazy which caused some culture shock for this Iowan. The people are beautiful and wear colorful clothes. They love to spend time together and stay up late. 

I grew a lot during that trip but didn't grow to love the food. Probably because it was hot out and we were eating hot food with our hand. 

Yes, just one hand. The right; don't use the left. You don't want to know why. 

They make food similar to what you would picture as Indian food. During our St. Paul/Minneapolis trip, I was happy to try curry and biryani again and enjoyed it! 

Tonya asked if I could make coconut chicken curry like we had at a Himalayan place. I did a pretty nice job if I do say so myself. Trust me, I don't post things that I don't like and I do make some of those meals once in a while...

I've been reading through the Go Eat PopCorn books lately and, oh wait. You don't know what those books are? They're in your Bible I promise. They're not about popcorn but if they were, I'd read them. These are some of Paul's writings. Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. See it now? That's how I was taught to keep them in order. 

Anyway, I was noticing some overlap in the wording and ideas of a few verses and wanted to share them with you. They are from all the above mentioned books except Galatians. 

Eph. 1:17-19 (highlights) "I pray that...the glorious Father would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him...that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so you may know what is the hope of His calling...and what is the immeasurable greatness of His power to us who believe..."

Phil. 1:9-11 (overlapping highlights) "I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment so you can determine what really matters and can be pure and blameless in the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness..to the glory and praise of God."

Colo. 1:9-11 (overlapping highlights) "...we haven't stopped praying for you...that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened with all power according to His glorious might..."

The last ones have been my favorite verses for several years now because they summarize God's will for us. To grow in the knowledge of Him. He wants us to seek wisdom and spiritual understanding, to determine what really matters and bear fruit for His glory. He gives us the strength to do these things, which gives us hope and motivation to seek them out. I encourage you to read these in full for yourself and really study them. They give me great focus and encouragement. 

I've become pretty stellar at using chopsticks, just saying.

I absolutely love quinoa cooked in coconut milk. I'd eat it as is if I didn't have other plans for it this time. It's creamy and healthy and sweet. You'll enjoy it! unless of course you don't like coconut... It also balances out the spice of the red curry paste. I don't have you adding too much here. If you want more spice, just add more and maybe throw in some red pepper flakes. Eat up!

Coconut Chicken Curry

-serves 2-

1 boneless, skinless chicken breast

1/2 cup uncooked, rinsed quinoa

1/4 cup water

1 14oz can of coconut milk (regular or lite)

2 long carrot sticks

2 Tbs coconut oil

1 Tbs red curry paste

2 Tbs curry powder

1 tsp turmeric 

2 garlic cloves

1. Pour 3/4 of the can of coconut milk and 1/4 cup water into a saucepan and set over medium heat.

2. Add 1/2 cup of quinoa to the saucepan and cover. Check the quinoa periodically. As it begins to boil, reduce heat and simmer until tender.

3. Peel and cut carrots into 1/2'' pieces. 

4. Cut chicken into 1'' pieces and coat with curry powder.

5. In a medium skillet, place the coconut oil, garlic cloves and chicken. Saute until cooked through.

6. Remove chicken from skillet and set aside. Add carrots to skillet with red curry paste and more oil if needed. Cook until carrots are slightly tender.

7. Add the remaining coconut milk from the can and turmeric powder. (you can add the turmeric powder at about any point, this is just when I added it)

8. Put the chicken back in the skillet and stir everything together.

9. The quinoa should be done, it takes about 20 minutes or less. 

10. Serve the curry mix over the coconut quinoa and enjoy!

Minneapolis/St. Paul weekend - the food!

In case you were wondering, we did more than drink coffee this past weekend. Although that would have been fine with me, food is good too. 

The cities have lots of ethnic options! We were pretty excited to try out the different cuisine Bekah and Travis recommended. Ethnic food is exciting to me! I love learning about other cultures and appreciating what they take pride in, I'd want them to have the same attitude toward my culture.

So, first off, Foxy Falafel. Greatest name ever right?! The falafel is a Middle Eastern dish that is amazing! It has a funny name but that should make you want to try it. As Tonya learned, it's nothing like a waffle.

It has balls of ground chickpeas with seasoning that are fried and crispy. These are placed in a pita or salad and topped with fresh veggies, often chopped cucumber and a mint yogurt sauce. Foxy falafel had some different options including a curry falafel and meat options such as chicken and lamb. They serve some bottled beverages but I was again excited to see that they had kombucha on tap! 

The decor was a little mismatched because they just use decor that involves foxes. They're loyal to their name to a fault. 

Anyway, awesome food, go check it out!

Next up...Nelson's ice cream!

Holy ice cream cone Batman! These people know that inside every customer is a child who wants five scoops of ice cream. So that's what they give you and they even call it a child size. It's crazy awesome and cheap! I was basically given a pint and a half of ice cream for $4.50 in a waffle cone. No, I could not finish it but I really wanted to.

The store is nothing to speak of. It's simple and humble but quite popular. There are larger sizes if you were wondering. I imagine the double size is close to 2 quarts. The flavor options are great! There were at least 15 to choose from.

So after pleasing our inner child, we went to Minnehana Falls to walk off our treat so we could go eat again. The falls are pretty and the park has some nice trails. Bekah likes to go running around there and it looks like a really nice location for it! 

About 2-3 hours after the ice cream gorging, we headed to Himalayan Restaurant. No, that's not poor grammar, that's just how stellar a name the place has. At least you know what to expect when you walk in:)

It's a fun find! Clean place with some decor. They serve food from Nepal, India, and Tibet. Some of it was also like the food I'd eaten in Bangladesh, only we got to use silverware here. It was really good. I don't have the fondest memories of food from Bangladesh so I wasn't sure how I'd like it. The naan was great as was the lamb tikka masala, coconut chicken curry, and chicken biryani. We kept the spice levels low so nothing was crazy hot. The servers were very kind and even brought us a sample of their potato salad, which was way better than the American version. Can you tell I hate potato salad? Theirs was fresh, no mayo, and had cucumber! Also has a little spice to it. Wish I could recreate it!

And for our final food stop...

Tonya's new favorite place. She really loves waffles.

Black Coffee and Waffle Bar is a cool place, not in temperature but in waffle options. The restaurant is small considering how popular they were on a Sunday morning. There was no open seating inside so we were lucky to catch a table outside as someone was leaving. I was really happy to sit outside though because it was a beautiful, cool morning. Because Minnesota is a frozen tundra for 75% of the year, they don't seem to believe in A/C. This place was a sauna inside. All the heat from waffle irons and coffee machines with no relief makes for a crazy hot restaurant. Our server even thanked us for sitting outside so he could get a break from the kitchen. He was literally dripping. Kinda gross. 

But, the food and coffee did not suffer from that! The service was a little slow but they were very busy. Once our waffles did arrive we were not disappointed! They have about 8 suggested waffle topping combos but you can also choose your own toppings. Travis and I both ordered the Fat Andrew. (pictured below) It included peanut butter, bananas, powdered sugar and whipped cream. I would have loved more peanut butter to cut through the sweetness of everything else. They do have great presentation though!

I should also say the coffee was great! They were grinding the beans as you order and I was happy to see they were using beans from a local roaster. Dogwood is a local coffee shop in Minneapolis. We didn't get a chance to stop there, but I can say they make a good black cup of coffee. 

We said our goodbyes and hit the road after one final stop at Quixotic Coffee! I mean, it only makes sense to listen to Tswift while drinking a latte named after her.

I know there are many many more places to check out in the cities so hopefully we'll get another trip in before too long!