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Nov 23: A European wake-me-up
Posted On: November 23, 2005 12:49 PM
Posted By: LauderBLOGGER
Related Subjects: Greater Fort Lauderdale
I never feel quite awake until about noon. So I'm always looking for some way to ease into my day...slowly.
Gimme that first morning coffee, baby. Strong and black. And please don't talk a lot for a while.
Just the other day, I was back at my fave wake-me-up spot. Las Olas Boulevard. It was a Sunday morning and people were already ambling around, looking for some place to eat or shop or something. Waking up, like me, after their Saturday late-partying.
Sunday mornings can be a little painful. That's how you know you had fun the night before, I guess.
For me, one of the best spots for this kind of relaxed morning thing is Cafe Europa, which sits on a downtown corner. I've spent a lot of time in Europe and Cafe Europa always reminds me of those amazing mornings in Rome or Amsterdam or Paris.
Cafe Europa is verrrry Italian. Great espresso, great sweet stuff, great pasta and soups. The owner really is Italian and so is his food.
So I ordered my usual double macchiato (ok, not totally black -- but the coffee is bigtime strong!) and a nice Italian pastry. And I just sat. Still a little bleary-eyed, but damn happy.
The corner always seems to catch a coolish breeze, even on the sweatiest summer days, and all the waitresses and shopkeepers and tourists slipped past me, going wherever. And the reliable stream of downtown babes, to be totally honest with you -- they were around too and a major attraction, for me at least.
Las Olas was coming alive around me. And I was coming alive with it. Slowly. And that's when I caught myself smiling.
And thinking, "This is not a bad way to wake up!"
Gimme that first morning coffee, baby. Strong and black. And please don't talk a lot for a while.
Just the other day, I was back at my fave wake-me-up spot. Las Olas Boulevard. It was a Sunday morning and people were already ambling around, looking for some place to eat or shop or something. Waking up, like me, after their Saturday late-partying.
Sunday mornings can be a little painful. That's how you know you had fun the night before, I guess.
For me, one of the best spots for this kind of relaxed morning thing is Cafe Europa, which sits on a downtown corner. I've spent a lot of time in Europe and Cafe Europa always reminds me of those amazing mornings in Rome or Amsterdam or Paris.
Cafe Europa is verrrry Italian. Great espresso, great sweet stuff, great pasta and soups. The owner really is Italian and so is his food.
So I ordered my usual double macchiato (ok, not totally black -- but the coffee is bigtime strong!) and a nice Italian pastry. And I just sat. Still a little bleary-eyed, but damn happy.
The corner always seems to catch a coolish breeze, even on the sweatiest summer days, and all the waitresses and shopkeepers and tourists slipped past me, going wherever. And the reliable stream of downtown babes, to be totally honest with you -- they were around too and a major attraction, for me at least.
Las Olas was coming alive around me. And I was coming alive with it. Slowly. And that's when I caught myself smiling.
And thinking, "This is not a bad way to wake up!"
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