Coffee
Posts here are devoted to the simple joy of coffee—whether it’s a nitro oat latte in Fargo or a tasting flight during a road trip. I share notes on cafés visited, beans tried and the small moments that make each cup memorable.
- Jamie up and playing around with Escaping Things website
- Tammy goes on a run
- 9:00a Depart for Escape Room
- 9:11a Miromesnil to Stalingrad
- The Taxidermist — amazing escape room
- 11:51a Metro from Stalingrad
- Incredible lunch at Ladurée
- Walk along the Champs-Elysee to Arc de Triomphe
- Explore Arc for a while
- Look for high-end coffee shop or good boulangerie and sadly didn’t find what we wanted
- Return to Airbnb to drop off things
- 4:31p Metro from Miromesnil to Eiffel Tower
- Explore Eiffel Tower area
- Tyler and Tammy get tickets to walk up stairs to first level
- Jamie realizes not enough time to take elevator and avoid fear of heights
- Tyler and Tammy come back down
- Bateaux Parisiens dinner cruise on the Seine. Very fancy!
- Take in the Eiffel Tower at night all lit up.
- 7:57p Metro from Trocadêro back to Airbnb
- Pack and prepare to leave for Barcelona tomorrow
- 9:45p Learn that Tyler was accepted to go Edina High School Japan trip in 2027!
- Rest a bit in the morning in the Airbnb.
- Walk to crêpe stand on Champs-Élysées for breakfast
- Stop at Cojean for cappuccino on way to Metro
- 10:16a M9 from Miromesnil to Puerte St Cloud
- Walk to Parc des Princes
- Stadium tour of Paris Saint-Germaine
- Shopping at PSG Store: Tyler Jersey, Tammy Sweatshirt, Jamie scarf.
- 1:08p Take M10 Boulogne — Jean Jaurès to Mobillion
- 1:35p Burgers for lunch at Specimen
- Walk around neighborhood exploring
- Visit Notre Dame during day
- Stop at Merveilleux
- Coffee at Strada
- 3:31p M10 Cardinal Lemoine to escape room
- Galactic Mission Escape Room
- Saw super cool race car simulator place
- Walk to Gem La Patisserie for Macarons, but sadly they had closed early
- 6:08p Quatre-Septembre
- Visit Le Coin Des Barons — Pokémon shop in Paris!
- Cookie at Ben’s Cookies
- 7:13p M1 Hôtel de Ville to Arc de Triomphe
- Return to Airbnb
- Tammy goes for run
- Jamie returns to Sango for delicious coffee
- 10:00a Pat’s Poffertjes for Dutch Pancakes.
- Hustle back to Hendrick’s Hotel to get luggage and checkout.
- Hustle to Amsterdam Central.
- 11:10a Eurostar train to Paris.
- 2:55p Arrive in Paris at Gare du Nord.
- Take M4 to Strasbourg — Saint-Denis then M9 to Miromesnil.
- 3:50p check into Airbnb.
- 4:35p CONNECT WITH MAZIE!
- Walked to dinner along the Siene.
- Delicious pizzas at Senza Nome.
- Explore and experience the Louvre at night.
- Macaron stop at Laduree.
- Walked to Notre Dame.
- Took the M4 to the escape room.
- Escaped from Revolt at Lock Academy.
- Took the M9 back to the Airbnb.
- 11:50p Return to Airbnb
- 9:50a Jamie up, enhancing Escaping Things site
- 10:25a Time to be up
- 11:30a Leave hotel to Central Station
- 11:44a Intercity Heerlen line to Utrecht
- 12:45p escape room! Amazing.
- Stroopwaffels warm and fresh first time. Plus a sugar waffle.
- Exploring Utrecht.
- Magical experience at Keen Coffee.
- music box museum
- 4:00p Tammy steps out to get Brandi Carlile tickets!
- impromptu Macaron stop
- stopped at Belgisch Biercafé Olivier Utrecht
- Dinner at Casa Damstraat
- 6:00p Escape Room again. We liked it so much we decided to do another room!
- Train back to Amsterdam, Walk back to hotel
Escape in Europe — Day 10
Escape in Europe — Day 9
Afternoon cappuccino with espresso starter at Strada in Paris.
Escape in Europe — Day 6
Escape in Europe — Day 3
Delicious breakfast and coffee at Kek in Delft.
Sunday morning. Working on the Weekly Thing. Codex improving Elixir in another window. Coffee. “Bonus time” at home because of Delta flight cancellation, and hoping our flight today actually goes.
POAP 7573675 at TeamSPS Pi Day 2026.
Delicious coffee this morning at Blue Bottle Bryant Park. Not going to score top presentation points, but the taste is as good as always.
Miscut Perrserker
Tyler and I enjoy collecting Pokémon cards together and one of the cards I collect is Perrserker, the Viking Pokémon. In fact, I’ve collected all the English cards and am well on my way to having all the Japanese cards. Just today I discovered that Perrserker is now in Pokemon Pocket too.
We decided to go to Northfield today as an excuse to get some more driving time for Tyler, and also Tammy loves Content Bookstore there, Tyler and I both like Games n’ Geek, and if I’m in the area it only seems appropriate to stop at Little Joy Coffee for a delicious Flat White.
I had Perrserker on the brain because of this mornings Pocket discovery, and Tyler and I both knew that Games n Geek had a very unique card a few months ago — a miscut Perrserker. They were asking a lot for it back then and I was wondering if they still had it in the case. They did!
I gave the card a close inspection. I’ve never bought a miscut and this one is really cool. These are all 1-of-1 cards so the price is hard to figure out, but I felt good with where they were now. So now in addition to my full collection of Perrserker I have this cool miscut one. I’m debating sending it in to PSA to get it graded — thinking I will.
