Café Crawl – july 4 weekend 2009

4th of July 2009 gets off to a good start. Sophia, Janice and I explored Greepoint and Williamsburg in Brooklyn, then made our way over The Williamsburg bridge to the East Village section of Manhattan. A great way to understand a neighborhood is to walk around in it, eat the local fare, and indulge in it’s coffee culture. That’s what we did.

The café crawl begins at Gimme! in Brooklyn. Ristretto, triple basket, 1oz.

Sophia cups frothed milk with 3 drops of crema at Gimme!

Sophia saw a display of carniverous plants at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. She agreed to this tour with the condition that when we were finished touring neighborhoods, we would buy a Venus Flytrap for the apartment, but keep it out of her room so it wouldn’t eat her at night. She also liked the fact that she would get a Sophia style-cappuccino – frothed milk with 3 drips of crema. Not a bad deal for a 4 year old!

After Gimme!, we stopped by for some spro at Ninth Street in the East Village.

Janice samples the Ninth Street spro, Sophia looks on.

Just when I thought the fun was ending, it continued.

In need of lunch we visited Mercadito Cantina, a couple of blocks from Ninth Street.

Inside of Mercadito. Great service and delicious food!

Sophia enjoys her passion fruit bubbly at Mercadito Cantina.

Fourth of July weekend, Day 2. From Brooklyn.