THE COFFEE BEAN

I’ve decided to start off this NEW blog with the most FABULOUS place of all (and the place I spend the most time)… THE COFFEE BEAN! For those of you not lucky enough to be in a state that has one of these coffee chains, (I believe California and Hawaii are the only ones), you are shit out of luck ☹ Sorry! This place is the epitome of FABULOUS.

THE COFFEE BEAN is so much more than your local coffee house (or Starbucks). Not only is it the place I get hopped up on Caffeine once (ok… sometimes twice a day), the Coffee Bean is an experience! I can sit on the outdoor patio for hours writing on my computer, reading a trashy magazine or chatting with random locals (and the occasional homeless passers-by). Maybe it has some thing to do with the weather (In LA the sun is always shining and even in the winter its warm enough to sit on the patio) or the nice people that fill the seats (Some may call LA fake, but I like the smiling of out-of-work actors staring back at me while sipping their caffeinated beverage of choice).

Now, I have to admit I usually don’t partake in the drip coffee (I prefer 7-11’s coffee with marshmallows), but the selection at the COFFEE BEAN is awesome. Most days I get an English Breakfast Tea latte (Piping hot tea, frothy skim milk and their special vanilla powder). If I’m feeling wild I may switch up the teas (vanilla tea, carnival matte, toffee roobios) or if it’s hot out I may go for an Ultimate Vanilla Ice Blended (A coffee milkshake type of deliciousness blended to perfection with chocolate covered coffee beans and that awesome vanilla powder). What ever your little heart desires, Coffee Bean will whip it up to perfection!

I gotta give a shout out to my favorite Coffee Bean locations. First place goes to Santa Monica on Main Street. This is my CHEERS (you know… where everybody knows your name) only they call me ROSS (Chudney is asking a lot of the nice girl behind the counter to type into the computer or scribble on my cup). They know my drink of choice and are always super chatty and fun. The locals that share the sunny bit of the patio are super cool and they brighten my every morning. Peanut even has a friend there (a very large dog named Cody).

Coming in a close second is the Sunset Boulevard location near Sunset Plaza. The best patio by far with the fire pit and heat lamps and sun hitting every corner! There are always gorgeous out-of-work actors and models writing screenplays (or staring at computer screens hoping to look smart and worthy of selling a screenplay). I too type away on my computer while keeping one eye peeled for my husband-to-be (or lover of the moment). I think it would be very romantic to fall in love over a tea latte on the patio of the Coffee Bean.

Third place goes to the Malibu location on Cross Creek. This Patio is huge and gets the most sun. At any given moment you may be sipping coffee (or tea) next to a sweatpants clad celebrity or a Pepperdine (college) Hottie. This Bean has one down fall. Once one of the employees was bad-mouthing my mom (not knowing who I was) and I called him out on it. Now he glares at me every time I come in and calls me “MS. ROSS” in a snide way (and he was the one being MEAN not me! I was standing up for the amazing woman who birthed me. Grrr… makes me mad again just thinking of it).

I want to give and honorable mention to the Waikiki location on Oahu, Hawaii. I only visited it once, but who doesn’t love a Coffee Bean on the beach! Aloha!

The Coffee Bean is a place of joy, a place of Caffeine and ultimately the most FABULOUS coffee shop in the world… Bold statement? I think NOT!