Monday at Mary's

I have been very slack lately with my writing, I could rattle off 101 excuses my number one has been focusing on my movie making skills! I have loved combining my passion for photo taking and music with my coffee drinking! I now just need to get a decent camera... although I must say my IPhone has done a pretty good job to date!

Some of these photos taken at Proud Mary I think are my best... Maybe it was just the environment to take them - all that Blue cup glory....

Darby and I walked into Proud Mary on a cold Monday afternoon to the soothing tones of Bad Moon Rising by Creedence, some might not automatically think of CCR as soothing, but it reminds me of my dad and puts me automatically at ease! At first gaze around the busy cafe I am instantly impressed by the Massive and Grand Blue (Synesso I'm guessing) coffee machine, it takes up a whole bench and is beyond words!

What I love here the most are the signature Blue cups.. they are simple but so different and really set this place apart from the rest. Darby and I managed to get a table overlooking the coffee machine and we both stared at it in wonder.. his wide eyes lighting up every time the Barista said "Coffee Up" ... he turned to me so innocently and said "Mum when I grow up I want to be a coffee maker!" Bless his heart... my eyes filled up with proud motherly tears!! He is going to be one hell of a barista one day!  Hopefully I don't take up a new hobby any day soon!   My coffee came and was pretty as a picture... I could have looked at it for hours.. but decided the best thing to do was to drink it! Mmmm heaven is all Ill say! Maybe I will use a massive cliche here and say I did 10 Hail Marys to wish every coffee I have is this good!

Proud Mary is an impressive place to eat and drink at! There is the usual exposed brick/concrete floor combo in a converted warehouse that I am becoming accustomed to, yet it doesn't feel too industrial or cold.. in any case it oozes with warmth! I keep coming back to the blue cups.. I seriously have to get over my major fetish and get some of my own!



All Gone... it was soo delightful!!

Every way to make a good coffee is demonstrated here, from the  single origins here plus interesting blends too, down to the clover/syphon/chemex etc methods of making ..... plus cold drip as well... The one that caught my eye was Velvet Underground.. next time I will be ballsy enough and just ask for it!   

 I really want to come back here on the weekend to eat, drink and soak up some more Mary vibes.... and I have a coffee date with my cousin Kate.. and after a let down in February I am out to impress this time so I think Proud Mary will be my top pick! Until next time xxx

Life is too short to drink crappy coffee .........