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marlow used to have my favorite breakfast, a spectacular biscuit served up with butter and jam…big, flaky, crumbly, moist, delicious. however, the pastry chef who made those biscuits left, and this biscuit was not THAT biscuit.

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greenpoint’s own peter pan bakery where i have just been introduced to their red velvet donut, their red velvet donut WITH COCONUT!? and their whole wheat donut which sounds like some kind of delusional health-nut abomination, but in fact is possibly their most delicious invention of all (and not healthy at all)!

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sitting at a coffee shop sketching ideas for an assignment, we here at EBEN WORLDWIDE INCORPORATED were experiencing…technical difficulties. we apologize for any inconvenience to those in the immediate vicinity. fortunately, the situation has been rectified, and all systems are returning to normal. we thank you for your understanding during this time of difficulty.

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this coffee shop has a great little backyard with a koi pond. i didn’t draw the koi.

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a lovely day, delicious food, and what started out as a nice drawing of eat’s backyard. needless to say, it turned into a bit of a mess, but it’s always nice to have these pop up occasionally in the sketchbook.

yelp: eat records

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antlers, a cool old bottle rack and cake. but wait, second stop has fitz’s root beer from st louis! i didn’t ask why, but a nice surprise to see fitz’s.

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more coffee shop drawing, including my new pattern stamp (still figuring out how to use it effectively).

yelp: cup o’ joe’s

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it’s been a few weeks, but time for some fresh coffee shop sketching. midway through this drawing a guy on the street had a seizure. fortunately, the paramedics arrived, took care of him, and apart from looking a bit dazed he seemed okay. this little story in no way has anything to do with this drawing.

yelp: variety cafe

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my week of guest sketchblogging over at design*sponge finishes off today, here’s the final post. coffeeshop drawing will of course continue here, and iff’n you’re interested, i’ve uploaded the entire set to flickr:

flickr: d*s coffeeshops

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i am excited to once again be blog-hanging out with my friend grace over at design*sponge (previously ao’s and my apartment had the honor of appearing as a d*s sneak peek). this week however, i am guest sketchblogging. the pieces are a collection of coffeeshop drawings from around the neighborhood, so lots of muffins and coffee from some of my favorite hangouts. eat and drink up.

design*sponge sketch morning: monday
(subsequent posts will be appearing in the artwork section of d*s)

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man oh man was it nice on friday, a little hot over the weekend, and then back to gorgeous today. i had some sketching to do, so i wandered across the street for some doodling and a beer (friday, not today, or not yet?).

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4:47pm at oslo on a saturday, i needed ground coffee.

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drawing session at the blabel.

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another breakfast morning at eat.

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met up with the bearded scowl for some eating and drawing at eat records where my friend megan cooks up delicious foodstuffs. if you haven’t been, get yee over there.

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a condiment still life strikes me as some pretty lazy observational drawing. did you know that there are 57 varieties of heinz ketchup!?

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happy hour friday, sitting outside of the pencil factory, drawing the bar that’s diagonally across the street. i’ve been drawing a lot of street signs and street lights of late, just lazy i guess.

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breakfast drawing session with studiomate josh. this drawing is a little bit better in person, but the scan looks kind of garbage. that’s okay though, i’ve been busy and not observation drawing nearly enough, so i’ll post what i can get.

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