Cocoa Cinnamon | Buzzfeed List

a few weeks ago while i was in lynchburg some friends and i made the trip down to durham north carolina for yet another shop on the buzzfeed coffee list. cocoa cinnamon is the cutest little old building with a jazzy floor and the best part? they brew stumptown coffee. it tasted like the west coast and glorious high fives to my taste buds. we twirled in the spinny chairs and drank our coffees slowly, talking and laughing and we even tested out periscope.

it was a good day to be in north carolina. i even made a little tiny video! i'm still getting the hang of it...

Buzzfeed List | Safehouse Coffee Roasters

my favorite coffee shop near my parents is also the favorite coffee shop of a bunch of young Indian men. they are here every time i'm here and they sit on the patio and drink tiny coffees and smoke cigarettes. each time i see them i always wonder if their cigarettes make the coffee taste nasty. because i can't imagine it making it taste good.

speaking of coffee! i am killing these buzzfeed lists! i've crossed off eleven so far and though i know there is no way i'm going to get to Hawaii this year, its really fun to try and get to all these places in my travels. on a recent trip to florida we drove (only a little) out of the way so we could try the coffee shop in griffin georgia. which apparently is very close to where one of my favorite wedding mamas lives and i'm real sad i was so close and didn't know!

georgia is a funny place. i didn't expect to find this kind of quality coffee in the middle of nowhere. honest to goodness, its right next to a county called Butts Co. we passed a bbq place called the hog father. its stereotypical south. and so we were very pleasantly surprised to have great coffee! they make all their syrups in house and the environment was quiet and cool. the girls running the counter were super helpful in our decision making and all in all i only have good things to say about it.

its worth going out of the way!

Eat me, Drink me | Case Study Coffee & Seasons Cafe & Deli

since buzzfeed released their coffee and donut list, i have been checking it during my travels for anywhere close so i can visit. coffee and donuts are probably in my top five favorite things to ingest so it makes sense to try and go to the best places in the nation.

while we were in portland we visited case study coffee which is on the list! its always fun to check things off and they do actually make really good coffee! if its possible, i was starting to get sick of coffee after that week. it made up about 80 percent of my diet i think. whoops.

when we were later over at the coast we stopped in a sweet little cafe for dinner and had two of the best sandwiches. (hands high for the turkey club!) we had a little trouble with our first waiter (sorry buddy but you were weird or tired or both...) but once that was sorted out everything was great! the food was super yummy and you can't beat that company.

Eat Me, Drink Me | Amy's & 25-30 Espresso

fredericksburg virginia just happens to have a very special place in my heart. its where teenage abbey grew up and turned into the please (strange) gal we all know and love. (you love me right?) we moved there when i was 14 and i only left because dad made me go to college.

downtown fbx is quite the spot. its jammed with cute bookstores, antique shops, all kinds a food and even a couple coffee place. i love walking those streets in the spring or fall, sipping an iced coffee and window shopping. its sort of a perfect town.

this last time i was there (unintentionally) kelce and i decided to try a cafe called Amy's we have been eye for years. you know i'm all about that sandwich i think cafe is french for sandwich or something so we went. 

it was really good. i actually ended up getting a turkey wrap (which i ate all of) and potato salad (amen and amen) and even managed to eat some of kelce's fries. it was really great and other then being told we were picky by the waitress (2.2 stars for service.) i really enjoyed it! but it was a sandwich, how could i not?

after walking around town and going in the worlds cutest bookstore, we ended with mochas at 25-30 espresso. let me give them the loudest shout out for being the nicest, most pleasant, best coffee makers in that city. if you are every around, you should swing by. and talk to them about the name (hint: its coordinates!) they are all super friendly and cool and have a great story. plus that coffee is on point. kelce and i know because we have had mochas from every coffee place in f-burg.

please enjoy too many pictures of our silly selves.

^^yay ice! also these two pictures together are really funny...

Coffee List | Lamplighter

i'm sure if you read buzzfeed (or are living) you have heard of the coffee list for america. there are 24 coffee places around the usa in all sorts of places, some of which you have heard of, others you probably never would have had you not lived in that area your whole life.

i know that i will never get to go to all of these but i decided to write them down in my brain book and make an effort to get to them when i'm anywhere close. i already missed two by accident...oh well, i'll have to go back to new york then. 

i am also writing my own list because there are a couple that didn't make it that i love and should get some air time. we will see how this goes, and really, its just an excuse to take pictures of my beautiful coffee.

Kelce and i started with Lamplighter Coffee Roasting Co in richmond va. its number four on the list and i recently found out that one of my favorite photographers did the redesign for it. i love that bike. Kelce and i both got a mocha because thats just what we do. it was one of the best i've ever had from lamplighter and i would highly recommend a swing by.