Sep 3, 2010

Fortuitous encounters

Last week, at the Think Coffee near Union Square (to-die-for grilled cheese sandwiches by the way), this guy at the table over says to me, "You're the cheshire smile from flickr." I was completely flabbergasted and probably grinned and nodded like an idiot. I suppose it is a small world though! Nonetheless, I was really excited to meet a flickr contact by chance and not through a planned meet-up. Turns out he is a big java junkie as well, and this week we headed to Blue Bottle Coffee in Brooklyn to chat more about photography and coffee and everything in between. This place is like nothing else I've seen in the city. The New Orleans iced coffee I had almost tasted like an espresso drink. Very velvety, comforting, but with a huge kick to it.

Sure, it's a little out of the way, but I will go pretty great lengths for great coffee. Plus, I've crossed off another on the NY Times list, yay.

9 comments :

  1. Awesome! I agree, you're rather well-known on Flickr.

    Good times for major photo and java-geekage.

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  2. oh, awesome post! i love that photo of the coffee + camera. perfect.

    xo Alison

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  3. That's only happened to me once before, at a music show in college - but in a cafe nonetheless! I guess coffee shops were made for that sort of serendipitous encounter. So cool.

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  4. what a coincidence! you are quite popular on flickr though, so i'm not surprised :) maybe i'll bump into you one day!

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  5. You're a star! Not to mention very cute ;)Maybe one day.

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  6. haha! that's so hilarious! great coincidence!

    i love your pp here. this coffee shop looks like a chemistry lab =)

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  7. I think there is something so special about the ambiance of a coffee shop. Nice photos.

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  8. I found your blog by way of Flickr too. I love your images and now I'm equally loving (maybe more so!) reading your blog! Great pics this post - I love this coffee bar it's like a science lab for coffee connoisseurs! Amazing!

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