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me, i'm mie. actually it's mette-marie but most people call me mie, and that's fine. i'm a coffee buyer, blogger and a norwegian. i broke up with my previous blog and most of my life in norway, and started this one when i lived in san francisco - thus, the name. but, like my friend says: "there will be other san franciscos". this is the story about those places.

Posts tagged Montreal

Mar 18

I came to Montreal for the first time on a freezing cold day in the fall, with a monstrous heart break and not enough warm clothes. I was pretty sure I was going to fail miserably on a presentation I was giving, but instead I fell in love with a city and some people that will always mean a lot to me. First they scooped up whatever was left of my heart and then we just ate for a week to end.

Needless to say, I’ve been wanting to come back for a while, and with this layover, I met old friends again, and ate some old favorite dishes. Not to mention it was the pretties day of spring I’ve seen in years. I immediately promised myself I would never miss another springtime! Seasons genuinely makes me happy. The baked eggs at Lawrence is an amazing breakfast, the kind of savory meal that just needs some beignets to really make it feel like the weekend. So I ate the beignets, and had some coffee. And some more coffee. We walked everywhere, talked for hours, and then it was time to leave. 

East Africa up next, more about that another time. 


Mar 13

I just did the grossest thing I’ve ever done after a return to home - I went out with my friends for all-you-can-eat fish n’chips. Now, I want to die. 

I over-ate because I am over-worked and have only four days at home before I take off, but before I land in Nairobi early next week, I have a layover in Montreal Sunday morning. Just about long enough to hit up Lawrence food and see my friends at Myriade. I’m going back to East Africa, and I guess my crush on the region is now official enough to say I am confident that once I get there, I will be excited about it. 

Speaking of geographical chemistry - on my way home from Central America, I stopped in California to celebrate a much beloved friend and a wee bit of work-related affairs. It is just that feeling of belonging to California that is so hard to shake - but unfortunately, life is not black and white, not enough for California and me to be together right now. However, I miss every bit of it, and while waiting for a friend at Tartine bakery, I ate all the things I dream about eating when I am far away. Among sugar and wheat and all things delicious, I couldn’t help but order everything I have craved the last eight months. This is what I ate: Morning bun, bread pudding and chocolate croissant. While I know what San Francisco and New York has got is only stuff, and I really don’t want to be so serious about stuff, I can’t help but wonder how my life with will ever be resuscitated?  

That being said, I just started a dough for bread, and I’m about to flake on meeting friends in a bar and go grocery shopping instead. Shhhhh…I wish I was better at life, and better at explaining it, but at least I love to bake. Right now I’m so tired and have a few days of a lot of work ahead of me - but being at home will keep me focused, nourished and nice.