My goal for today’s new place of the day was to find an espresso cafe that wasn’t Starbucks. So my dear daughter and I stopped at Bella Latte. They had excellent coffee, an out of this world Bella Bar, great customer service and a lovely decor. I will certainly be back and next time we’ll try lunch! It was a lovely reward for getting our flu shots.
The new place of the day quest was a good excuse for visiting the Black Bear Yogurt and I’m sure glad we did. It was great. I had the peanut butter banana with chocolate sprinkles, my dear daughter had the chocolate with rainbow sprinkles and the husband had raspberry in a cone. They also had praline, vanilla and Euro Tart. They always have six flavors at a time and change about once a week. It was a really nice space with a fireplace and whimsical carved bears.
http://www.blackbearyogurt.com/
My poor, sick daughter requested a cheese pizza from Little Caesars on the corner of N. 26th Street and Pearl Street. Certainly not healthy, but inexpensive and convenient.
This Starbucks is the new place of the day for 9/25/10. Since I can’t think of anything to say about another Starbucks, I’m including as a bonus feature a photo of my dogs! Enjoy!
Originally uploaded by Gexydaf
Today’s new place of the day is Great Harvest Bread in the Green Firs Shopping, University Place. As soon as I walked in the door and smelled the wonderful bread aroma, I knew there was bread in my immediate future. I walked out with a loaf of delicious Cinnamon Chip and three cinnamon buns. I think I’ll come back on a Monday and try a loaf of the Cheddar Garlic. The other nearby Great Harvest locations are in Federal Way, Puyallup, Seattle and Bellevue. According to their web page Great Harvest’s mission is to “be loose and fun, bake phenomenal bread, run fast to help customers, create strong exciting bakeries, and give generously to others.” Can’t argue with that 🙂
Update: The store’s space is now available for lease, as of November 2015. Other Great Harvest locations appear to be open.
Today I stayed in the house all day with a rotten head cold. But I hate to skip my new place of the day. So I’m looking back to an old place and calling it good. This photo is of the Balinese Room in Galveston, Texas. The building had a colorful history of gambling and being a speakeasy. The website devoted to the building says ” Headliners (at the property) included Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, Jack Benny, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Duke Ellington, Mel Torme, Jayne Mansfield and Gene Autry.” In September 2008, Hurricane Ike destroyed the building.
http://balineseroom.net/index.htm
Originally uploaded by Gexydaf
After a full week of work, I decided to stop for take out today 9/17/2010. The waitperson was delightful. The food was fairly standard and there was a great deal of it. We ate it while watching Letters to Juliet at home.
BTW Kobe is the sixth-largest city in Japan and a popular name for teriyaki restaurants. It is also a special cut of beef from a particular type of cattle.
Originally uploaded by Gexydaf
I thought today’s new place of the day would be Wright’s Park, but then I realized I had already checked in there for Ethnic Fest. So, it was a sacrifice, but we went to Frisko Freeze, a Tacoma icon. The milkshake was very, very good! 9/5/10
I hadn’t realized that it is on the historic register. Here is a News Tribune article on that process.
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2008/04/27/345702/frisko-freeze-full-of-history.html
Today’s new place (9/4/10 is the Starbucks in Covington. We made a quick stop for a c
offee drink and snack. I already had the Barista Badge on FourSquare (http://foursquare.com) which is awarded for going to five different Starbucks. Really, I don’t go everyday, but I do like to stop when I’m out and about.
Wikipedia tells me there are over 17,000 Starbucks worldwide with over 11,000 in America. The first Starbucks opened in Seattle.WA.
The new place for 9/3/10 is The Harmon Hub in the Stadium District of Tacoma, where I gathered with friends for a happy hour celebration.
http://hub.harmonbrewingco.com/
