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Coffee in our household

Beverly, my wife; Liz, my daughter along with myself love our coffee. - every morning I'm the first up and I put the water on - then taking the two french presses down along with my Italian espresso pot. I make a decaf for my wife; a good strong non-decaf coffee for Liz and I have the espresso. It makes for more of a clean up but we all love our coffee.

Added by Steve MacDowall on January 9, 2010 at 12:46pm — No Comments

it's a very good Coffee day

here in Moncton it is raining outside with fog. Not a nice day but a great day for coffee.

I'm on my second mug

Added by Steve MacDowall on June 12, 2009 at 4:48am — 1 Comment

my first poll is about coffee

go on take the poll:

Poll #1

it only takes a moment to do.

Added by Steve MacDowall on February 19, 2009 at 7:26am — No Comments

going out this morning

I got up at 5am after a late night with my grand daughter who was staying over - she would not go to sleep. She is only 3 years old; Shannon - the first thing I did was make coffee. The first sips are the best.

I also want to visit a new Café that opened up in town, if we have the time this morning.

The weather: -21°C this morning in Moncton going up to -11°C this afternoon with blue… Continue

Added by Steve MacDowall on January 27, 2009 at 4:12am — 1 Comment

just got off the phone

I just got off the phone to a friend, Bob. He was in Toronto the same time I was - he got down to the Green Beanery but I missed it. He pick up 20 pounds of green beans, this is just for his home. Oh well we can't do everything.

Added by Steve MacDowall on January 26, 2009 at 2:32pm — No Comments

it's very cold out

oh boy it is cold out -26°C (-14 Fahrenheit) this morning in Moncton going up to -20°C (-4 Fahrenheit) but we have blue sky and lots of sun - I'm so happy to have had a wonderful hot mug of coffee this morning.

Added by Steve MacDowall on January 26, 2009 at 8:31am — No Comments

it's going to be a cold one. . .

wow it's time for a coffee! By the way: the weather: -24°C (-11° Fahrenheit) this morning in Moncton but it is going up to -19°C (-2° Fahrenheit), with lots of sun and a little cloud.

Added by Steve MacDowall on January 17, 2009 at 1:34am — 1 Comment

my first coffee this week

I was sick when I was in Toronto but now I have bronchitis and I’m on antibiotics - I've been drinking a lot of tea but today I'm going to have my first coffee in a week. The water is on.

Added by Steve MacDowall on January 16, 2009 at 1:38am — 1 Comment

Had my last coffee of my vacation only 30 min. ago. . . it helped me get home

that was a fast two weeks - wow we just got into Moncton 10:14pm Monday Jan. 5, 2009 - and I have tomorrow off to catch up on all my email, it's still downloading.

Added by Steve MacDowall on January 5, 2009 at 7:10pm — No Comments

the good the bad and the ugly

I didn't get to the cafes that I wanted to but I did get some a few places because of family. But I did have some bad stuff too. More soon. We are up in Meaford at the moment.

Added by Steve MacDowall on January 1, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

we made it to Toronto

We got into Toronto Friday night around 8:30. On Saturday John and I went to Newmarket about 30 min. from his home and visited Chapters with a Starbucks in it. It was the best coffee I've had in three days. The coffee on the trip was so bad that we just gave up. Over the next few days I will try to get out for a great mug of java.

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 28, 2008 at 1:07pm — 1 Comment

coffee for the trip

Up at 4:30am - first thing I did was put the water on and have made a lot of coffee - Well we should be out of here in the next hour or so. Liz and the baby are not up yet. So Beverly and I are getting the last little things done.

Toronto here we come!

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 25, 2008 at 1:34am — No Comments

one day to go

I'm sitting here in my office wondering if I should go out when my wife goes to her work then work very hard all afternoon on my Thursday File or should I say in and work the full day.

As I lookout the window from my home office or studio I think I might just stay in. The snow is coming down but there is no wind. I have my mug of coffee and I don't know what to do.

We leave tomorrow for Toronto and we will stay over in Montmagny, Quebec tomorrow night. Then on the 26 we should hit… Continue

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 24, 2008 at 4:30am — No Comments

Three days to go. . .

If you count today, we have three days until we head off to Toronto. Beverly and Liz are so excited but for me I'm worried about the snow and the 18 hour drive.

I'm sitting in my home office drinking a very stong mug of coffee my Daughter Liz just made. Looking out the window we have a very bad snow storm. The wind is really blowing and the snow ever since last night just keeps coming down. When will it stop we just don't know. Some people in the area are without power. Not a good thing at…

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 22, 2008 at 9:10am — 1 Comment

My list so far for my Toronto Trip (any more coffee houses or esprsso bars?)

from Von Flores
1 - Bisogno - 61 Sherbourne Street at Adelaide Street East in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 - Dark Horse Espresso Bar - 682 Queen St. E., Toronto (queen and broadview)
3 - Broadview Espresso - 817 Broadview Ave. (broadview and danforth)
4 - The Common - 1071 College Street (college and dufferin).

If you can please add to my list. Thanks!

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 18, 2008 at 8:47am — 1 Comment

going to Toronto

I will be going with my Family to Toronto / I'm off to Toronto for two weeks - 18 hours by car from Moncton, NB to Toronto, Ont. We head off on Dec 25 early in the morning and we will be staying over the first night in Montmagny Quebec at L'Oiseliere.

I'm really looking forward to spending some time in Toronto downtown area. I'll be taking a lot of photos for sure.

looking to visit as many coffee houses along the way. If you have any suggestions please let me know.

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 17, 2008 at 4:29am — 2 Comments

The power of smart copywriting (Coffee)

I just finished reading Seth's Blog on copywriting and he uses Coffee as his theme.

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 16, 2008 at 5:30am — No Comments

coffee, coffee and more coffee

I was up at 5am and working by 6 in my home office. I made my self a wonderful mug of coffee with my Frence press then around 6:30 my wife made a pot and brought me in another rather large mug of hot black coffee. I just kept working and talking - Then around 10:30 my daughter made more and brought me in a mug. My lunch time I felt I had a little too much coffee for the morning.

It was so nice that they thought of me and served me.

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 12, 2008 at 11:29am — No Comments

reading my mystery book with a strong mug of coffee

I woke up eary this morn - I had two hours before I would start working so I made myself some stong black coffee sat down in our living room with my mystery book and read - my coffee and my book. What a life.

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 6, 2008 at 4:32am — No Comments

4:50am

I just put the water on for coffee it's 4:50am here on the east coast - got up early and needed to get working too much to do and not enough time to put it all into action. Here is to a good mug of coffee and a great day.

Added by Steve MacDowall on December 3, 2008 at 12:49am — 1 Comment

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