walking next to you...

on sunday, zack and i took a trip to silver lake to visit a couple friends from Intelligentsia coffee...if you are not familiar with it, trust me when i say---you SHOULD be. it is the best thing around and the people in LA and Venice are clearly aware of it. it is not some coffee fad that way too many people are into just to be into, it is a really coffee lover's dream. and on top of the quality coffee, every person we came into contact with was absolute quality. we started the day off with capps at the silver lake shop and worked our way over to the location in Venice which is quite the experience:)

the capp was delicious. the flavor of the espresso was so yummy i could have honestly gone back for another and another. they understand the bean so well and use it to its fullest. the shop itself was a vision. the blue tile work that started on the floors and worked itself up the counters was lovely and who would have thought up such a thing as plywood walls for the place? brilliant.

from that location, we drove over to the Venice shop and that is a site! there are four espresso stations with one monster of a machine located in the center of all the goodness. a 1970's piece rebuilt for the Intelli gang. the wood panels really did it for me:) they have a full time dj who is there to keep the music going and the layout of the room is incredible. especially the ceiling...if you go, look up:) the four stations are all always open and every person working is lovely. i had another capp while there and it was wonderful once again, ethiopian yirgacheffe---wow. it was my first Intelligentsia experience and i was NOT disappointed one bit.

while we were in Venice, i got one of these:
and zack got one of these:
our day ended with dinner at the farmer's market...best brc ever and a trip to anthro:) hope you are all enjoying your week!