National Coffee Day--Thanks D&D!

I still had my usual pumpkin/vanilla coffee at Bruegger's this morning. However, at lunch, I went to Dunkin Donuts for a free cup of coffee in honor of National Coffee Day! It was delicious.

In NYC, I had blueberry coffee at D&D every morning...so good. Maybe I can convince Bruegger's to offer flavor shots.

Running to Bruegger's for Salted Caramel Coffee!

I am a regular at Bruegger's...it fuels my addiction. Hi, Rick! Hi, George! These two managers (of the two stores I frequent the most) are the best. Although I usually get French vanilla or French toast, I happily report that their new featured flavor of salted caramel is fantastic. I love it. It does not taste salty at all, just a nice robust caramel flavor.

 

 

Ten Inches of Snow with More on the Way

Wisconsin Avenue

The meteorologists were right on the money with this storm. Around our neighborhood, we had at least 10 inches. It stopped snowing mid-morning and turned into rain, which helped clear the roads and sidewalks. After a brief dry-spell, a wintery mix has started to fall (4pm). No run for me today. Kudos to Bruegger's for being open this morning at 7:30am. I was shocked and extremely grateful. We are supposed to get another one to three inches tonight.

No Run on the Ice

6am shot of ice on tree branches

I wanted to run this morning outside--and was inspired by a woman running down 37th when I was walking to get my Bruegger's coffee--but I am not a fan of ice. No way.
Not sure if my picture captures the beauty and extent of the ice coverage. The roads weren't too bad; however, as usual, the sidewalks were quite messy. Julia's school was delayed two hours; several others were canceled. There were reports of power loss everywhere.

Unfortunately, meetings prevented me from working the entire day from home. The walk to work had a few, slippery close calls. Weather.com is forecasting a high of 52...but it is still hovering below 40 at lunchtime.




Real Snow Day!

Washington, D.C. schools, city government, and federal government are all closed. Thank you--that means my work is closed as well. There will be no banking for the world today. ;)

Of course, this did not deter me from getting my coffee at Bruegger's; and thankfully, Whole Foods was open so I could get some bread, butter, Parmesan cheese, cat food, and sardines. (Yes, I had sardines in Rome and loved them; so I'm going to give them a go here.)

The prediction is three to six inches by 2 p.m. As of 9 a.m., the roads and sidewalks were a slushy mess. I did not see one city snow plow. 

Guy Mason Recreation Center Playground

Large Coffee, Small World

I am a fan of the Bruegger's bottomless cup of coffee. I am so happy to take advantage of it, with one shop by my home and one shop by my work. My two, new best friends are Rick and George, managers from the two Bruegger's respectively. I didn't think it would be a big deal to be greeted every visit by my first name--but it is!!! I love it.

Admittedly, I now need two 20-ounce coffees…one first thing in the a.m. and another around lunch. Well, at my second fill up of the day, Rick was pumping me for some market intelligence of the L Street Bruegger's (by work). They have been struggling with having enough help and he wondered if it affected service there. I hadn't noticed; however, I don't visit during their peak times (according to Rick). I also offered up some info on my observations of the 9th Street shop that I visited while attending a conference last week.

Rick said that the Glover Park shop is the strongest seller in the area and isn't going anywhere. Good.

We were talking about coffee and Rick said his favorite was a Wegmans brand. I told him I worked at Wegmans in Rochester a long time ago and low and behold… Rick is from Rochester. He grew up in Fairport. It was nice to talk about the city and various landmarks--small world!

Highlight of Morning: Running to Bruegger's

The temperature felt like it was in the 70s. I don't know why my run was so slow this morning. The pumpkin spice coffee at Bruegger's hit the spot!