wakebird » Coffee http://wakebird.com an acrobat's search Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:35:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 The Lost Bean http://wakebird.com/2007/08/06/the-lost-bean/ http://wakebird.com/2007/08/06/the-lost-bean/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2007 21:01:00 +0000 wakebird http://wakebird.com/2007/08/06/the-lost-bean/
The Lost Bean is by far my favorite new coffee place. It’s located on the corner of Irvine Blvd and Newport Blvd in Tustin, CA which is right on my drive to church everyday. It is an organic coffee house that is independently owned. I have been wanting a place to enjoy my morning java that isn’t as corporate as Starbucks or even Peets. I also like that it is organic, but that’s just a bonus for me.

Most of the other independent places that I have been in the OC just didn’t have coffee I liked. I drink black dark coffee or an Americano. That’s it. The Lost Bean’s coffee is delicious and they have good pastries, even decent nonfat muffins.

Of course all of this will change when the new Calvary Church Bookstore and Coffee House is finished being remodeled. I love The Corner – Randy rules!

What’s your favorite coffee place? Why?

]]> http://wakebird.com/2007/08/06/the-lost-bean/feed/ 7 10 Briefs http://wakebird.com/2007/03/22/10-briefs/ http://wakebird.com/2007/03/22/10-briefs/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:50:00 +0000 wakebird http://wakebird.com/2007/03/22/10-briefs/ 1. My first day at OC AIDS Services Foundation was good. I talked for a while with the head of volunteers and helped dispell some of his presuppositions about pastors. I helped make an email list for the AIDS Walk on May 12.
2. Matt Doan, High School Pastor at Calvary Church, started a blog. It’s called OrangeCountyPastor which shows Matt’s love for combining three words together (The High School group is called EveryDayLife) and his nerdiness. It’s a cool blog other than the lame quotes on top and the RSS feeds on the bottom.
3. I am valuing the concepts of Sabbath and sabbatical more and more. Especially after conversations with staff members struggling with burnout. We need to “feed our forgotten souls” as Paul Borthwick says.
4. I’m going to see the movie “300” tonight. I’m a combination of excited and apprehensive. I’ve heard it’s gnarly.
5. I’m going to buy a new surfboard. Mine is about 10 years old. When I realized that I wanted to turn myself into a dorky high school freshman and make fun of myself.
6. We have a Kenya meeting this Saturday. I’m looking forward to this trip but it’s a bit all consuming.
7. Trader Joe’s banana bread is excellent for breakfast – especially with Kona coffee.
8. Be careful what you say in staff meetings. It can backfire on you.
9. I recently got Logos Bible Software and I suck at it so I wanted to go to a training seminar and I saw this. WOW!! I need to go to this. It’s for ministry.
10. GO UCLA BRUINS TONIGHT!!

]]> http://wakebird.com/2007/03/22/10-briefs/feed/ 2 Sad Day for Coffee Lovers http://wakebird.com/2007/01/03/sad-day-for-coffee-lovers/ http://wakebird.com/2007/01/03/sad-day-for-coffee-lovers/#comments Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:36:00 +0000 wakebird http://wakebird.com/2007/01/03/sad-day-for-coffee-lovers/ Today is the last day you can enjoy one of these at the Diedrich’s in the Orange Plaza (circle).

Diedrich

It makes me very very sad. Starbucks bought all the Diedrich’s franchises which are much less corporate and have Free Wi-Fi. I go there all the time and now I’m just bummed. And guess what, of course there is another Starbucks right across the street. Stupid. At least some of the employees are opening up a small privately owned coffeeshop down the block in a couple months.

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