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Zona sunrise at Zona Rosa

Posted in Coffee shops, Hangouts on Feb 21st, 2007

Zona sunrise at Zona Rosa

Cranberry, orange juice, pink grapefruit and ice

Coffee shops: Enjoying the free wireless at Bean Town

Posted in Coffee shops, Free wireless, Hangouts on Aug 19th, 2006

Enjoying the free wireless at Bean Town

Bean Town Coffee Bar
45 N. Baldwin Ave.
Sierra Madre, CA 91024
626-355-1596
http://www.beantowncoffeebar.com/
Free wireless

Coffee shops: Buster’s in South Pasadena

Posted in Coffee shops, Hangouts on Aug 12th, 2006

Buster’s Ice Cream & Coffee Shop
1006 Mission St
South Pasadena, CA 91030-3146
(626) 441-0744

Route 66: Coffee Klatch in San Dimas

Posted in Coffee shops on Aug 9th, 2006

Coffee Klatch door

Coffee Klatch is a very hang-out-in-able coffee shop right along Route 66 in San Dimas. It was one of our “Hey! What’s that? Let’s pull over!” finds last weekend.

Inside the Coffee Klatch

Coffee Klatch again

Coffee Klatch
806 A. Arrow Highway
San Dimas, California 91773

Coffee shops: The Coffee Tree

Posted in Coffee shops, Hangouts on May 27th, 2006

Looking out the window from the Coffee Tree

The Coffee Tree
696 E. Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 796-8256

Coffee shops: Peet’s

Posted in Coffee shops, Hangouts on Jan 22nd, 2006

Peet’s Coffee and Tea

Peet’s is one of Pasadena’s third places. All kinds of people come here to hang out: artists, writers, scientists, students, professors, police officers, house painters, real estate agents, business owners, people in between yoga classes up the street, beauticians, entertainment people, computer people, architects, psychologists, mathematicians, stay-at-home moms, teachers—it’s a mix of interesting people, mostly in the 30 to 60 age range. The outdoor courtyard area makes it little kid and dog friendly. The coffee is great, but so are the tea and pastries. This particular Peet’s has 30-something (I’m guessing from memory) loose-leaf tea varieties, and they order pastries from four different bakeries in the LA area (Europane, La Brea Bakery, Venice and La Provence, which is quite a nice little cafe in its own right, but on the other side of town). If you’re overwhelmed by the choices, I have a few suggestions: the rustic cherry tart, the bread pudding, and the sugar bun are my favorite pastries, and in the tea department I like Lapsang Souchong, Genmai Cha, and Xiao’s blend best. It’s hard to go wrong, though.

Peet’s Coffee & Tea
605 S Lake Ave
Pasadena, CA 91106
(626) 795-7413

Coffee shops: Zona Rosa

Posted in Coffee shops, Hangouts on Dec 5th, 2005

Zona Rosa

Zona Rosa is becoming one of my favorite Pasadena coffee shop to hang out and work at. There are plenty of electrical outlets, the people are nice and the furniture is worn out enough that I don’t feel bad lounging all over it while I’m working.

Zona Rosa Caffe
15 S El Molino Ave
Pasadena, CA 91101
(626) 793-2334
zonarosacaffe.com