Jan 16, 2012

Another beautiful space

I've always been a fan of La Colombe, having spent my college years in Philadelphia (where I believe it got started) - their ornate signature cups and saucers are a familiar and welcome sight for me. I think La Colombe might have been my first brush with serious and good coffee. I was guzzling down 24oz cups of hazelnut coffee from Wawa at the time, but I finally got to see what was out there in the coffee word. Anyway, I definitely have a soft spot for it. As soon as I saw the newest location (on Lafayette and East 4th ish), I knew I had to go in with a camera (specifically the Canon 1V with Portra 400 here).


Not pictured are lovely terrarium bowls on some of the bigger tables. See a tiny snippet here. The hammered metal spoons (see link) are insanely lovely, but a little bird told me La Colombe had bought every last one of them from Fish's Eddy! So none left for us sadly.

The chic girl in the cloche you see is my coffee date, Kathy. I had been following her blog for years (literally since 2006 - it was in fact one of the first food blogs I had ever come across), and we finally met through Serious Eats. Ah worlds collide. :)

11 comments :

  1. Another must try for my next trip into NY. Lovely photos as always, and--wait a minute--is that tea?!? :P

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  2. That photo of the tea bag is gorgeous. Such a simple thing, but such a lovely photo.

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  3. oh, that aerial shot is KILLER. nice light and wooden tables -- i would love this place.

    and how great is film? i need to shoot it more.

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  4. I thought that was Kathy peeking out from under her cloche hat!

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  5. Your Canon 1V shots always make me salivate.

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  6. Ahhh... whenever i read your blog, you make me want to dig out the camera from under my bedroom side table (where it's been collecting dust for at least 2 months now...). One day, I'll shoot again. One day soon. =)

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  7. Aw hooray, that was a fun afternoon! Next time...Otto! :)

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  8. ooh, I love those cups....& these photos :)

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  9. gorgeous! I could sit in there all day...

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  10. I can't believe I've never been to La Colombe but it sure looks like a nice place to laze the afternoon away. I started reading your blog recently and just wanted to say that your photography is such gorgeous eye candy! Cheers!

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  11. I see what you mean by portra 400 being your fav "BW" film - I totally dig those BW pics of Kathy!

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