Sprocket Roasters (Cafe), Hunter Street, Newcastle

I’ve walked past Sprocket Roasters on Hunter St Newcastle before, but haven’t headed in to try their home-roated coffee before… but it was a such as gorgeous day on Saturday that my parents and I said “Why not? Let’s have another coffee before the train comes!” (while the trains still run, hey?

We sat outside on the corner of Watt and Hunter Sts

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31 Photos in 31 Days (Day 3) Waiting for Coffee

Sitting in Lava Espresso Bar waiting for my soy latte before walking up to work. Groups started today, so I needed that caffeine hit to keep me bubbling along through the parent sessions. Try talking about kids overusing “like” or “um” and then listen to how much you do it yourself!

(Tights are from Mimco, Oilily bag from Frankfurt duty free, notebook from Amazon)

Sakeena’s Cups

What does it all mean? :)

Doesn’t matter, I still will walk down for the Olive and Feta Wrap

Our Daily Caffeine

For my first week back at work (first real week back, school wasn’t back before) I’ve made a start on the promises to bring my own lunch and cut back on the caffeinated drinks (both for Febusave and for my own health).

I managed to take my lunch each day (generally involving tuna, or leftover meat, with some salad and bread) but haven’t quite come to the not buying coffee or diet coke. Each day, I’ve bought either a soy latte or a diet coke. It’s more for the break, about 3 in the afternoon I’ve needed to escape work for a wander, and have generally come back from the shop with drink in hand.

Perhaps next week, I can look at ways of getting that headspace without coming back caffeinated?

Lava Espresso Bar @ Weston

They do a nice Soy Latte. Large, $4.

Good start to the day ;)

Morning Coffee

Struggled this morning, got out of bed, showered, and decided on purple tights

Thought they would help me with the sprngy feeling.

Made it to Uni, am now the only person at Degree cafe, have eaten my raisin toast, and am now working my way through the coffee. They don’t charge extra for soy here. Awesome.

I think I had enough dairy for the week, has youghurt a few days, cheese last night. And I think that’s all I can have now until my insides reset themselves for the new week. *beep* Another week, I hope where I will be pleased with my gym efforts, reading, and stickingability to trying to eat healthy (I just need to avoid Summer Rolls… too much sugar and the chocolate is so not my friend)

Nothing Permanent

I had my first “study leave” morning this morning… and since it was freezing at home, I headed down to Coolo, and to Sakeena’s to sit, read, have a late breakfast, and drink coffee. Sakeena’s tends to be my cafe of choice in Weston Creek… though I usually get takeaway.

There is nothing permanent except change – Heracleitus, 560 BCE.

Definitely a good way to settle, to read my uni readings, to get out of the house, and to warm up! Got some good thoughts flowing towards my final project – I have to design a full-day workshop for a school on Inclusive Education (I don’t have to give it, but it will be a good one to have in stock, because I’m sure I’ll want to one day!). At least for teachers, a full day is 9am-3pm, with decent morning tea and lunch breaks! Teachers have the best morning teas!

Delissio’s (mm pizza)

For a friend’s birthday last weekend, we had a bit of a rolling afternoon/evening. Started with lunch at Delissio’s in Braddon.

I ordered gnocchi and Rish went for a vegetarian roast vegetable pizza. I wasn’t overly fussed on the gnocchi (it was okay) but OMG the taste in the pizza. I happily stole a couple of slices of that! ;) I think it was the tangy goat’s cheese that did it for me :)

Being a birthday lunch, I just had to have coffee and cake – flourless orange cake often grabs me!

And I just loved the little cup my latte came in – mug-like, but still latte-esque, with the lack of handles. Good thing too, as it was after 3pm by then, and was starting to get a bit chilly out!

(and here are my home made pizzas from last night… before being ovened… there was kinda too much cheese on the bocconcini one :p Even did the dough myself – in the bread maker, of course!) Read the rest of this entry »

Depot, Darby Street

While I was in Newcastle, I went to The Depot, a new cafe on Darby St, twice for lunch. Mostly because I hadn’t been there yet, and the first time because I was by myself on Saturday and it looked like I could tuck away at a table with a magazine and eat without being disturbed… while listening to their music that strongly fell into my tastes (Goldfrapp was playing when I got there).

I had an awesome roast vegetable salad (with the usual diet coke) with pumpkin, beetroot, chick peas, pistachios and some rocket, topped with halloumi and pesto. Oh yums! :) The waiter observed that I was in a purple mood, with purple tights, purple handbag and a new purple clip. I ate in peace and read some local music magazine. Noice :p

The next day I went with Rish and his family. Aside from them not being able to do chai to save themselves (lack of brewing in milk – came out as a tea bag, separate pot of water, server of milk – only to be sent back to be brewed in the milk – so either ask for it how you like it, or hope they will learn over time) all was reported to be yummy. My latte (above) was very cute, and very drinkable :) And the toastie was yummy and warm with a nice chili/tomato jam. I was happy anyway.

Not the ‘same’ atmosphere as the Goldberg’s and the Grind on the street (with their wooden tables and chairs and French/Italian posterage), but I liked the walls and the clean industrial feel (clipboard menus are the thing I hear, I had one at dinner on Friday night, too). May or may not have been resting my head on the cork/chip board on the walls :p