StringGrrl sees the World

On a recent trip to Colorado for some VR related customer visits, StringGirl and Kam made a stop off at a neighborhood coffee roaster while waiting until a reasonable hour to head to the Airport. This brought us to Kaladi Coffee Roasters. The neighborhood had a definite bohemian (nee "Hipster") vibe going on with lots of what appeared to be 1000 sq.ft. or so bungalows, ranch homes, and other Ozzie and Harriet era construction houses sprinkled around. Evans Ave and the area around had a few little bars, coffee shops, and restaurants in this stretch leading into the university, and very limited parking other than street side where apparently 1 hour parking is strictly enforced to prevent the students from parking on residential streets all day. StringGirl makes new friends with Ian at the Roaster counter In addition to a friendly staff and accommodating locale, the coffee here is well balanced in flavor profile. All the coffee is Air Roasted which as Ian informed u...

Crossing from the English Gardens to the Bayerisch National Museum The class was on a whirlwind tour of Germany, while StringGirl and Kam were in Germany for work. Arrangements were made to travel from Essen, where Kam had spent the work week slinging VR for ESI Software GmbH, to meet the group down in Munich. The Eisbach just downstream of the famous urban surfing spot Among the stops made during the day together in Munich was a stop by the English Gardens and a chance to cool down in the Eisbach. Pictures that we took would not do the surfers on the Eisbach justice. But there is plenty of good footage on YouTube. The Class in front of the Neurrathaus, Marienplatz Munich The Munich Altstadt is well known for the large clockwork on the Neue Rathaus (New Town Hall) several times each day the bells will ring while automation will put on a show commemorating the 1568 tournament held for the marriage of Duke William V and Renata of Lorraine in the Marienplatz. A meta p...

In a Thriving city center area, we found Noodle 1 Food Blogger Vikram Bapat enjoying his side hustle, eating fine food from around the world The challenge with finding any new location of a favorite genre of food, is deciding which dishes t try. After all, holding a new site up to your crutch dishes from a perennial favorite is a little unfair. Looking at the starters, I generally twist between whether or not a Goi-Cuon or Cha Gio, and Satay or Mon an goi lettuce wraps is the best measure of a restaurants appeal to my taste buds. Fortunately Noodle 1 offered a very straight forward choice with a special platter for 2 that let us try their complete selection of appetizers. Satay Chicken, Goi-Cuón, Cha Giò, Wan Tan, butterfly-shrimps with dips  http://www.noodle1.de/ The special platter for two  In a break from the typical Vietnamese restaurants is the lack of Pho on the menu. So that relieved us from any predisposition to only have Pho and jud...