As far as chains go, and as far as DC lunch goes, I think Au Bon is one of the best chain options out there. Great soups, good coffee, etc. But, I also like Potbelly :)

I like to give a set of unusual demitasse cups (to the couple’s taste, of course), like these: http://www.amazon.com/French-Bull-Espresso-Saucers-MUG...

.73 – Thats almost $6 for 2 sasuages! I kind of handed over the money without really thinking but afterwards thought - "what sort of mug pays that price for a couple of sausages?" They weren’t anything special, and...

I make a dessert that can be frozen and do that a week ahead. I always serve soup (in small mugs, in the living room, after appetizers) that can be made two days ahead. I do a little bit of housework every day in the week before...

and possibly even a toilet somewhere 8. The sights, sounds, smells, and chatter match the quality of the food 9. There is enough ice to put chunks into the mugs to cool down the beer 10. The food!

but never, ever put it in your coffee. I was desperate one morning, out of milk & creamer & there was leftover coconut milk in the fridge.... ew.

down with a clay mug full of nourishing amaranth, corn & chile atole. I know we all have different ideas of what it is to you?

been used in some way? OK, that’s it for now. Need more coffee.

in London (I ordered from French and Belgian suppliers when I was drinking loads). A couple of Whittard branches have decent leaves though staff are useless. Drury tea and coffee is another emporium with a decent selection. A few...

Remove the “perhaps” from your first paragraph and you’ve got a deal. Kraft singles on Wonder bread with a mug of Campbell’s Tomato soup made with milk. Done and Done.

Oh, I forgot to mention that not-too-sweet Turkish coffee is perfect with lokum/Turkish delight – it helps balance the sweetness of the candy. Anne

would own one funky little restaurant and one French coffee shop and bakery in NYC and be opening a new place at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas. He would have his own brand of cigarette’s and be hocking plain black...

across the street with their food, and they needed to cover their beer mugs, and they used these small dishes which happened to have food in them, and hence the marriage of beer with little tidbits of bar-food, i.e. tapas....

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