Spotted / Bay Area / Oakland / Umami Mart
Visiting Umami Mart seriously makes me want to replace my kitchenware and switch all my barware to gold. I’m always on the hunt for simple, unique and well-designed products and this shop carries an...
View ArticleSpotted SF / Noe Valley / Lovejoy’s Tea Room
I absolutely adore Lovejoy’s—it’s one of my favorite tea rooms in the city. I discovered this spot many years ago when I lived in Noe Valley, as it was several blocks from my house. The space is very...
View ArticleSpotted / New York City / The Butcher’s Daughter
* I just got back from another week in NYC, so I’ll be posting some great NYC spots all week long. * This is a cafe and juice bar I’ve been meaning to try in NYC for some time and I finally had a...
View ArticleSpotted / New York / Brooklyn / Bellocq
One of the highlights of my day in Brooklyn was discovering this gorgeous little gem in Greenpoint. I was once gifted a silver canister of Bellocq’s English Breakfast tea and I’ve loved seeing these...
View ArticleSpotted / Stockholm / Cafe Vurma
This is a charming little cafe with several locations in Stockholm, including this one in the neighborhood of Hornstull. It’s the perfect spot to meet friends for coffee, sweets and other tasty...
View ArticleSpotted SF / Russian Hill / Saint Frank Coffee
There’s so much to love about Saint Frank, my favorite coffee spot in Russian Hill. First things you’ll notice are the open, skylit space + the gorgeous woodwork and plentiful seating. Second are the...
View ArticleSpotted SF / NOPA / Umami Mart
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m posting photos of the latest pop-up shops within The Perish Trust this week and today I’m featuring Umami Mart. What started as a food and drink blog in 2007 has since...
View ArticleSpotted / Brooklyn, NY / Bakeri Greenpoint
This week and next I’ll be posting photos of some great new spots I discovered a few weeks ago in Brooklyn and NYC. The first is the darling new Bakeri which just opened up in Greenpoint—not too far...
View ArticleSpotted / Brooklyn, NY / Homecoming
I had seen a few photos of this spot on Instagram and made it a point to add it to my “must-see” list for this Brooklyn trip. I was anticipating a quaint little cafe with some pretty arrangements, but...
View ArticleSpotted / New York, NY / Kaffe 1668
Found this sheepy little cafe in Tribeca on my way to work one day. I stopped in for a quick cup of coffee and some sweets, but ended up staying a little while longer to admire and capture all the...
View ArticleSpotted SF / Mission / Samovar Tea Bar
I’ve now found my tea spot in the city and it is the new Samovar Tea Bar in the Mission. Simply fresh, modern, white, concrete and ceramics heaven. That’s the first thing you’ll notice when you stop...
View ArticleSpotted / Reykjavik, Iceland / Stofan Kaffihús
Reykjavik is full of great cafes and I had a blast scoping them all out during my trip. This one in particular was especially beautiful and cozy—perhaps because stofan in Icelandic means living room....
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