Saturday in the Yarraville sun!

It wasn't the ideal way to start a sunny weekend - spending the first few hours waiting to see my local GP  for some antibiotics for my wretched **@#@&%  tooth.. When we were finished the ordeal,  I wasn't sure if I needed a coffee or a very stiff drink! I needed some time to ponder this ....

So Darby and I drove to Yarrvaille so I could decide and to come good on my promise of the morning ' be a good boy for mummy at the doctors and we will get a sparkle biscuit(his all time fave from the Heather Dell bakery in Anderson St)' .. He was spectacularly good for me.. and I'm sure it wasn't just from my bribe.. he knows I'm not feeling well and is genuinely concerned with how looking after me , constantly asking - are you OK mum? The doctor will fix you'..... bless him! 

When I did get  him his biscuit and watched a very impromptu band and veterans march down Anderson st (over in a few seconds but I found it very overwhelming ).  I contemplated my options - that stiff  drink idea still lingering or a coffee.... my head was thumping, so I had to make a decision quickly,  and I really didn't think a dose of caffeine would alleviate it but I also thought entering the pub with a child at 10.30am may look seriously dodge... in Footscray maybe but not Yarraville! Plus my head was sore  from the 2 drinks I consumed last night??? I am sooo weak .... I would have thought the Panadeine  would have settled any headache, alcohol related or not!

I ended up being sensible and chose COFFEE!! I walked past Wee Jeannie, but it was looking rather busy, so I chose her sister and other favorite - The Corner shop in Ballarat St.
Darby and I perched ourselves at the big communal table and ordered drinks instantly! Darby's mini chocolate milkshake arrived within minutes and  I had a taste and almost wished I had ordered one, sweet chocolaty.. cold  and downright delicious!
It was busy as it usually is on Saturdays but the ebb and flow of customers was not at all frantic and stressful like it sometimes can be here.

The service from the new wait staff was very prompt, I ordered some eggs when Darby's drink arrived... (I think food was going to help!)

My coffee came next and even though thinking this was not what my body ordered,  it was exactly the right thing! My headache instantly lifted (uh-oh - alarm bells.. Does this mean I am addicted to caffeine and my body was having a physical reaction to no coffee??? surely not, it was only 10.30am!)

The crema was light and fluffy, with the magical chocolate on top exploding and melting in my mouth.. it was a marvelous experience.. and certainly a unique one I don't have anywhere else! It does bring me back every time! The Coffee that followed was smooth and rich and really marvelous especially when drinking to  the sounds of an all time fave Fleetwood Mac song "Dreams"  (and the whole Rumours album to follow- yay!) ... Darby and I sat there and grooved away  while we ate.. it was bliss.... I didn't think coffee was what I needed, but it was exactly the cure of me feeling off this morning! I should have known (Ill remember this cure  for next time) !!
Oh and we also had a couple of celebrity spotting's in the Corner Shop (if you can call them celebrities!) Comedian Adam Hills.. coming in to enjoy a solo coffee... and the guy that plays the doctor of that new show "winners and losers" having breakfast whilst holding his  baby! He is so cute!
All in all a 10/10 coffee morning!!!Oh and the sun was shining too as a bonus!!!  



On Friday my mum and Darby came in for an afternoon coffee  with me while at work! I  of course took them to Elevenses! It was fairly busy, so we sat outside in the relatively sunny autumn afternoon.... our coffee and babycinos were as always delicious and the lime macaroon we consumed (although just a small bite) was aHHHmazZZZing!! I might have to get the salted caramel next time!! hmmmm

Darby was on his best behaviour even though he was beside himself with tiredness... such a coffee trooper now!!



So Excited by his babycino and macaroon!