This is my first venture out to a coffee shop since the pandemic shut so much down this year. I have to admit I haven’t been as motivated to head out for coffee since I moved. My back porch is very inviting and my favorite coffee hangout these days. Today called for doing something special Read More
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Front Porch, Largo, FL
When I wrote my first Coffee House Conversation almost 2 months ago, I envisioned visiting a new or favorite coffee shop every week. And then the world stopped. In all fairness, I was missing the weekly deadline all on my own. I did visit one other place before the Covid-19 lockdown, but I didn’t have Read More
Astoria Pastry Shop, Belleair Bluffs, FL
I decided I needed a coffee one afternoon while running errands. Astoria Pastry Shop is tucked away amidst some smaller shops in Belleair Bluffs. It took me one drive by and a u-turn to find it but I was glad I did! I sat outside in their small courtyard and enjoyed the solitude and sugar. Read More
Barnie’s Coffee & Tea Co., Winter Park, FL
This was always the image I had in my head when I became a ‘writer.’ I’m sitting outside a nice coffee house. When I became a ‘writer,’ I would sit in casual coffee cafes and tea houses, smartly writing away. My fingers would be flying over the keyboard and other patrons would look over enviously Read More
Tampa Riverwalk
Warm sun on my face, gentle breeze, sunlight shimmering on the water…this was my birthday ‘outing’ this year. I had seen the Tampa Riverwalk mentioned briefly in the tourists’ guides but didn’t read much about it before we set off. Being a long-time resident of Texas, I had visions of the San Antonio Riverwalk in Read More