Back to my daily coffee fix
October 18th, 2005

Now that it’s back to a more regular schedule again, I find myself enjoying Harry’s great coffee even more so, especially my typical early morning routine involving a croissant, orange juice and a Cortado. Can you get good coffee in the US? I’m pretty sure you can, provided you know where to go; we did find some good coffee in Ouray at a local coffee roaster, but generally – or more specifically – when traveling, good coffee is rather hard to come by in the US. And I’m not talking about the gallon or half a gallon jumbo XXL sized cafe latte you get at one of the chains. Aaaaanyhow, after our return, the first Triestino I had at Cup o Coffee together with a freshly baked brownie got me back on track… ;)

Josef

And a good old friend I ran into as well – Josef. A really cute looking Berner-Sennen-Border-Collie mix, who at some point in his youth got casted for a movie – isn’t he adorable? Consider it my belated contribution to pet blogging weekend – for the sake of the event, I temporarily adopted Josef :)
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PS: Most charming I find his droopy right ear…

Josef

Comments
Karin

Oct 18th,
2005

oh boy, what a cutie!!! we have a border collie named Rowdy, but it is nearly impossible to take pictures of him, let alone capture nice facial expressions. you did a great good job, maybe i should send Rowdy over for some photo-shooting... :)

keiko

Oct 18th,
2005

He really is adorable! We were thinking about adopting a border collie, but we've got a (super naughty) cat already and weren't sure if it'd work out for both of them...

Gia

Oct 18th,
2005

Dogs and food, is there a better combination. Our dog has learned to wake form a dead sleep when he hears "clean-up" he knows I made a mess and he is in for a treat. A dog=a kitchen essential.

shauna

Oct 18th,
2005

Oh goodness, you need to come to Seattle if you couldn't find good coffee in the US!

J

Oct 19th,
2005

what a cute doggie! :) atlas... there aren't any good coffee shops around here either. we find it's easier to go buy a french press and make it yourself.

angelika

Oct 19th,
2005

Hi there, ooooohhh you know that such cute doggie photos make my day ! However, looking at Josef especially in the photo below it does seeeeeem to me that he wanted a bite of your croissant. Did you behave well :-))) ? Have a good day, angelika

Cindy

Oct 19th,
2005

I was sure the dog was colie mixed, my dog is too but with a husky , therefore looks like a fox.
Cute dog anyway !

Kalyn

Oct 20th,
2005

There is one restaurant in Salt Lake that has fantastic coffee, but it's a Mediterannean restaurant, so that might explain. Sadly, I think you are right that a lot of the coffee in the U.S. is pretty bad.

Oliver

Oct 20th,
2005

Hi Karin, I think what helped in this particular instance was that he was busy focusing on a fly that drove him nuts - I have some other snapshots that actually show him snapping at it...

Hi Keiko & Cindy, He really is and he's such a kind soul, too. Here is the latest news on Josef: I've been told that he just got really lucky with a beautiful female counterpart - so 4-5 little Josef's (and perhaps Josefines) may soon see the light of day.

Hi Gia, Exactly. Or, like another dog owner I know once said, he should charge people for patting and stroking time with his cuddly dog - as a she's basically replacing a shrink - well, there is definitely an undeniable smile on all the people that meet her, if that's not proof enough...

Shauna, Seattle is also on our list of places to visit - I have not yet been there, very curious to visit though.

J, it's almost a curse to have tasted good coffee, because then you don't ever want to go back - if in doubt, I always opt for tea now.

Hello Angelika, I'm sure he would have loved a bite of my chocolate croissant, but here he chasing a bug (2nd image).

Kalyn, you could be right about that ;) It's difficult to find good coffee shops when you travel and only have a limited time at hands, but I could imagine, that if one looks hard enough you might find good spots here and there...

J

Oct 21st,
2005

hi, josef looks so cute! if we didn't have dachshunds, we would have border collies...they are so sweet-natured...

Josef

Oct 26th,
2005

Wuff to all together,
thank you for the many compliments. well, these pictures are very very good. but to be honest, I am not surprised. I know, i am not decent as well.
if you like to see one of my short movies, have a look on http://www.kaipflaume.de go to penthouse. there I show my favourite trick, the “rolle”…
at making of you will find some nice pictures…
by the way, two weeks ago I visited my cute doggy girlfriend senta at the marvellous stubai valley. she is a real look-a-like of me… we had a good time at 1800 meters, we made love again and again and now we are awaiting little PUPPIES. if you are interested, get in contact with my master andreas@modularquadrat.de or send me direct mail to josef@modularquadrat.de
by and wuffwuff josef