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On Travel – pt.1

“Mmm. Tastes like California.” “Iced coffee?” my coworker nudges. “You know it.” Of course, my iced coffee doesn’t actually have much California in it, being from a local café on the main street of Salt Lake City. Even the espresso was extracted from Caffe Ibis beans, a Utah roaster from my hometown. However, there are…

Caffe Trieste – SF

Caffe Trieste sits just off Columbus Avenue nestled right on the corner of Grant and Vallejo. The café features an outdoor seating area wrapped by a cozy wooden fence-type wall painted in the same lovely green you’ll see on the trim of the exterior. Inside, a mural graces the entirety of the south wall. Crowds…