Category: Coffee Ride

Coffee Outside

This morning was fantastic for a quick ride to the beach to brew up a cup.  Our regular summer weather is filling in, which means alternating days of fog and clear.  Every time I get out and do this, then look at the pictures, I am reminded of why we work so hard to live here.

A word about the product placement in the pictures.  All of the gear, clothing and stuff in the pictures are things that I use weekly or daily.  Some of it we sell: Caldera cone stoves, Farm and Field Knives, Rambler, Bandanas, LTD Edition Caps etc..  Selling this stuff is what affords the ability to make these mornings happen, and we are grateful for your purchases and support.  Some of the gear I buy just to use.  Both the knickers and shirt in this ride are from SWRVE, and are top notch products that I will sell some day when we grow to a retail location.  Choosing to support small innovative business will often get you better products as well as help keep the local economies rolling.  My purchases are all heavily based on a bias for value and craft, consider what you see as recommendations.  If you ever have a question about something you see and like, do not hesitate to ask for more info.

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Coffee Outside

I woke up at my “regular” 4:30 AM for the first time since Daylight saving time started this year. That meant that #coffeeoutside could actually happen, and be break after a couple hours of work was on the clock.   A great way to kick off Spring

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Coffee Outside

The new baby is finally sleeping through most of the night, at least for the moment.  THat helps get me out of bed and out to the beach in time for some coffee outside and the sun rise.  Today was tight, but I set up in the dark, then as the sun light passed through the clouds and the magic lens of LA air things went all sorts of psychedelic for a bit, then settled in closer to normal.  As usual, a great day to enjoy being outside, light breezes and temps in the 40’s but closer to 50 right by the water.

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Coffee Outside

Things are busy, and I jyst realized I now have two wednesday blog posts back to back.  That means I need to catch up on the promised technical articles.  Until then….

Our Indian Summer is in full swing.  We live at the confluence of two valleys, one with wind coming down from the mountains at 50 degrees, and the other from the inland valleys at 80.  This morning the weather was dominated by high pressure, Santa Ana winds and it was a swirl of hot and cold, with crystal clear air and visibility as far as the curvature of the earth would allow.  I headed up into the hills above town to get the most out of the morning views.

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