energy fiend

my new favourite blog is energy fiend.

there is an awesome caffeine database.

and there is a story about a girl overdosing on caffeine.

check it out.

this guy puts café de bathúrst to shame...

Instead of kisses we get kicked...

What better way to celebrate the end of Cafe de Bathurst's hibernation period with a trip to the local ice creamery... Annie's.

Prior to this adventure I had no intentions of leaving the house because it was cold and I was not prepared to leave the house. Ben from Delaware came down the driveway and said that he was going to Annie's to try the very famous ice cream. Laura and I said we didn't feel like going... he left defeated and then came back to say that if I went, Ken would pay for my coffee. Who can say no to an offer like that?

We took our place at the largest booth inside Annie's which had just recently been populated by teenage girls. It was a cozy seating arrangement with Hollie, Ken, Me, Laura, Liam, Ben & Mel in attendance. Way to knock over a bunch of new quests (Hollie, Ben & Mel) as well as bringing back a good quality favourite (Laura).

I ordered a cappucino in a mug and Ken stayed true to his word like real men do and paid for it. At first the coffee wasn't all that nice. I'd actually had coffee from Annie's before and it was nothing spectacular... which I think is what is to be expected from such a tacky, one trick pony, kind of establishment. Thus I was not feeling particularly happy or upset at my coffee... I'll say content.

The ice cream came and it was delicious and sickening... I think there is a reason why people don't normally consume 12 different flavours of ice cream in one sitting. But somehow, the amazing ice cream transformed the taste of my coffee and actually made it taste better. This is pretty unusual given that usually eating sweet things makes the coffee taste less sweet and therefore less tasty.

All in all it was good times... a bit of social awkwardness that does not need to be resurfaced but mostly icey, creamy, garnished-with-paper-umbrellas good times were had by all. In other news: I got ice cream on the beverage boar and accidentally left him in Laura's vehicle... he is still sitting in there. Sorry piggy.

A tasty treat...

So, it has been quite a while since our last adventure but we have finally crossed another cafe off our list of places to visit.

Yesterday we visited Annie's Ice Cream, a lovely "mom and pop" style ice cream pa lour, in attendance besides the usual suspects (Kat, Liam and myself), were Hollie, Mel, Laura and a friend of Liam's who was visiting on his was back home to the USA from New Zealand, Ben.

As I write this blog post, it dawns on me that we didn't have a formal "topic of conversation". In the past Liam has come prepared with set topics to discuss however this time he must have forgotten.

Onto the coffee...Definitely not the worst so far on the trip however, as Liam will most likely comment on the froth was quite lacking. The taste of the coffee was acceptable however nothing outstanding.

Since Annie's Ice Cream is quite famed out here in Bathurst we also ate ice cream. We ordered a massive 12 scoops between us all and it was quite interesting eating it as one group from one big cup.

All in all, a fun day had by everyone,

Until next time...

while i am at it

Or should I say...because Liam did I can.

This is an unofficial post...I am please to announce that dna coffee has officially opened in Bathurst! For those of you who do not know of dna coffee you will have to visit either Bathurst or Orange...

I've had coffee at both places and must say that personally I do quite enjoy the coffee and the entire dining experience, with one exception. They have way way way way too many tv screens (kind of like how I used way way way too many instances of the word way...way).

A recent expedition was undertaken by myself, kat, and beth the other day, (the other day being Sunday) I splashed and tried something new...a latte (shhh I know what you are thinking), I enjoyed my coffee, kat, beth and dave all tried something weird kind of like an iced coffee with cream but not quite like that.

The decor is quite interesting although I must admit I felt a little cramped.

All in all quite a nice place to hang out.

unofficial: late night celebrations...

it was a cool, june evening and a little event, where the final has more viewers than the olympics, known as the world cup had just begun.

most who know me would know that i am fairly enthusiastic about my international football (and, of course, by football i mean soccer), so i was rather excited when australia had the opportunity to play this year.

so after ken and i watched superman with some friends in anticipation of superman returns, kathryn joined us at the clulow's (who were in europe (but not at the football!)) to watch australia play against japan on their nice widescreen television.

if you do not know how that game ended up i do not want to talk to you.

unfortunately cameron had to work his graveyard shift at the twenty-four hour coles express petrol station so he was unable to come and watch with us.

so we decided to go celebrate by dropping in to visit him at 2a, after the game!

the reason why this post is unofficial is because, for some reason kenneth and kathryn were not so keen on getting coffee in the early morning, so they satisfied themselves with chocolate, while i indulged in caffeinated goodness.

as you can see, the coffee was of a very high quality.

anyway, it was quite fun to visit camo at work.

i think kathryn agreed...

fun times...

Coles Express

an update of blogical proportions...

greetings from the united states!

just a few updates of a technical nature.

firstly, café de bathúrst now has a picasa web album, here, as well as an email address at: cafedebathurst@gmail.com.

i am quite excited about this development as i do not care to admit how long the whole process of uploading photos four at a time to the sister blog, café de bathúrst - a magical journey of photos, and then copying and pasting thumbnails with links to images and making sure they were centered and blah, blah, blah...took.

anyway, the important thing is that i should now be able to write posts much quicker. once i have caught up i think i will also go back through my old posts to remove the insidious (that's right: insidious) links to the picture blog.

meanwhile, because i am the biggest google fanboy i know, you all should have web albums and add us as a favourite and stuff like that.

in addition, i may put in some unofficial posts on some american coffee experiences i have over here.

and now i am going to go eat frozen frosted blueberry poptarts....

...goodness...