Saturday fun at the coffee bar...

Saturday morning at Kaldi's while on the way to do errands. We had oatmeal -- yeah, South Beach compliant! When I told Dad they had an oatmeal bar at Kaldi's, he thought I meant a granola-type oatmeal bar. Boy! was he surprised when he saw this!

Oregon Pics, as promised...

Sorry it took so long, but here's a few photos of the boys first weekend away. We were on the Oregon Coast which made for some great pictures.

Java the Hutt

Dad & I stopped by Kaldi's in Kirkwood on Saturday afternoon while we were doing our errands. We had a couple of strong brews and were teleported back to the car on thin wires.

Rockin' Faces

My work summer outing was yesterday. We went to the Cubs game and then ended up doing some karaoke, where I dominated Pour Some Sugar On Me. I'm pretty sure the stage is still burning from my moves.

Cards/Cubs Weekend

Okay, so this is a late post, as the series was two weeks ago. However, it was a fun day! Rachel's brother and wife, Brittney, came into town and we partied in Wrigleyville in full Cardinals' attire. We drew some looks, but our HUGE win helped with the trash talk.

GO CARDS!!!!

Crestwood Ghost Town

This is Crestwood Mall on a Saturday afternoon.

Notice anything unusual?

About 1/2 (or more) of their stores are closed. Even most of the kiosks are closed. I took a stroll through the food court -- they have McDonalds, Subway, Sbarro, & the Cajun place. Macy's & Sears is still there, but Dillards is gone. The card shop is gone, Bissingers is gone, American Eagle is gone, the book store is gone, shoe stores are gone, the toy store is gone. About the only thing left is GNC Vitamin store and a few shops for 13 year old girls.

Mom empties the tank, Dad fills the tank

One of these days I am going to teach Mom how to do this.

Debbie Holland, CLM / Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile / 314-726-6670

The coffee house crawl ~~

Denise & I try to go out for coffee as often as we can on Saturday mornings, and now the challenge seems to be to go to a different coffee house every time. This week we went to Kaldi's coffee house in Kirkwood. The coffee was very good, but honestly going to the coffee bar to get your "joe" and choose your blend was sort of like visiting a wine bar -- hints of vanilla, traces of blueberry, etc. Just give me the danged coffee -- and make it bold! This place was jam-packed. It seems the Kirkwoodian's like their coffee. I stood in line for 10 minutes to get two bottomless mugs and 2 gooey butter slices (one thing that's still good about The 'Lou - gooey butter cake). This was one of the biggest coffee shops I have patronized. The inside was bigger than BreadCo and the outside seating sprawled almost to the curb. We sipped on coffee so long it was time to have lunch, so we went down the street to Racanelli's for Calzones.

Saturday Morning Stroll

Here's a shot of our street just as we went out for an early morning stroll last week. Cutter always leads the way on his retractable leash. Unfortunately our early start wasn't early enough to beat the heat. After a few minutes we felt like we were breathing in a steam room.

Week-end fun & relaxation...

Dad & I went out for coffee Saturday morning to a place called "Get Wired". This is Dad after we had our coffee! Ha! It's a nice little place near Lindbergh and Watson with great interior decor and lots of comfy cozy spots to sit and chat, watch TV, or just zone out. Their coffee is mediocre, but their food's pretty good.