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Coffee in Astoria III (favorite)

Marie Antoinette's Cupcake and Espresso Parlor

 

By far most impressive as far as decor, set in an old majestic bank building it's like walking into a ballroom.

Light above our table

The coffee and food weren't bad either! Rebekah had a lemon curd something or other cupcake, and Grant and I shared a chocolate ganache  something or other. And half way through each we traded. Yum! A splurge at $3.50 per cupcake but it was all about the atmosphere :)

Our barista was very tolerant of my picture taking.

Silverware picture for my Mom

Are you about done taking pictures, Mom?

Rebekah went to the ladies room and came out with large eyes, she crooked her finger at me and said, "you HAVE to see this". So off to the bathroom I went (camera and all)...

Bling everywhere

A fun stop, I'd highly recommend checking it out at least once. And they brew Stumptown Coffee. YUM!

Coffee in Astoria II

This one was only really picture worthy on the outside - I took no pictures on the inside.

This was not a coffee shop at all, and we never went in it but Rebekah wanted to. We walked by it the first night in town and it was closed, I snapped this picture as we were driving by the next day. Looked like a lot of Mexican import stuff - sparkly skeleton anyone?

Coffee in Astoria

This is one of the coffee shops we visited on our anniversary trips to Astoria:

Columbia River Coffee Roaster - anytime we see coffee roaster we brake :) As it turned out, this place had EXCELLENT coffee, giving even Stonehouse a run for its money (in our very humble opinion). Located right under the famous Astoria bridge.

Lots of fun stuff to look at too...

The roasters...we counted at least 3

Not entirely sure what the story is on this thing but it was cool.

My Mom taught me to cook...

which is why I can't write a recipe to save my soul. Okay, that's not true - I could write it but I would never again follow it. Why? Because this is how I cook:

I look in the fridge, there is a lot of this and that, nothing noteworthy, nothing moldy, this is good. Hmmm in the back there is that left over small bowl of quinoa and rice. Rice. Hmmmm cooked off pinto beans. Beans and rice!

Let's see, a wilted orange pepper, that should get used up. Pathetic scrap of onion in a zip lock? That needs to go. Jalepeno and garlic stuffed olives...pass...but wait, there is a lot of liquid in that jar. Probably jalepeno garlicky vinegar, that could work.

Oh lookie me with a supper plan!

Slice up orange pepper and find some green pepper to go with it. Slice up the onion scrap. Throw in a skillet with olive oil and a wad of jalepenos, also toss in some of that olive juice. Looks good. Now toss in the beans and quinoa and rice. Let it stir fry awhile. Taste.

Needs salt - no, maybe lemon. Do I really feel like cutting and juicing a lemon (no)? Ok, garlic salt it is. Taste it. Dangit, still needs lemon. Fine. Add half a lemon. While getting lemon from fridge, notice 1/4 container of left over pica de gallo. Hahaaaaa! Throw that into the skillet, why not?

What is this I spy on top of the fridge? A chip bag with some crumbs in the bottom. What kind of chips? Organic cilantro lime tortilla chips....corn is good in mexican-ish food, no? Cilantro? Lime. Yeah baby! Throw those crumbs in - waste not want not!

Okay - liquid is cooked off. Smells good! Put it in a bowl, put a few tortilla chips around it, top with a wad of guacamole and some fresh cilantro....AMAZING! I mean like really really good! Like Chipotle good!

Now how am I ever going to make that again?

Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful my Mom taught me to cook this way and she's an amazing cook. Just don't ask us for a recipe, we WILL laugh. :)