pablos is coming up in the world of sydney coffee culture ...

so if you have been to australia or are australian then you know that coffee means serious business. beans are imported from all over the world, roasted with care by aussie bohemians with caffeine addictions, and filtered through espresso machines by the 'rockstar' baristas who measure there status in terms of coffee art. the coffee world in sydney is serious.

the long standing palace of this coffee world has been and is campos coffee. campos was right next to university for me, so it became a 2nd home of sorts when i was at school. but if campos was my 2nd home, then pablo and rusts was my 1st home. 'pablos' as it is affectionately called was only 1 train stop away from my house and was my place of part time employment. i have wrote about pablos before, and i wanted to let you all now that the 'little store that could' (fair trade coffee, dedication to service, community, and personal connection with customers) has finally got some props from the sydney morning herald.

So please take 60 seconds and give the review a read ... and remember the next time you have a mass brewed coffee or a latte without any coffee art that there are folks out there who are dying to give you a better cup of coffee - just look for them.

i'm in love ...

hbo's redemption begins next week...

with the 1st season of the appealing overtly sexually charged series 'hung' over and with the 5th season (about 2 seasons too long) of 'entourage' dragging itself across a cheezy finishline in the next couple of weeks means that hbo sunday night is ready to roll out some fall-tastic shows.

sunday night hbo in the fall, ahh its synonymous with the changing on the leaves, the crispness of the september air, and football. it brings me back to the days of college when on a typical sunday in fall you could find me on the couch of 915 hanover street from roughly 12pm until 12am glued to the television. 3 football games and then the icing on the sunday cake ... the westcoast broadcast of hbo's pro-bowl sunday line up. and starting on sunday spetember 20th (week 2 in the nfl) they are back with what looks to be 2 stellar additions to the team which should help the much deflated hbo sunday night entourage.

now is the time we have all been waiting for. the much anticipated 7th season of 'curb your enthusiasm'. to say that im not excited for this show would be like saying that seinfeld can get to a punchline of joke and keep a straight face. larry, jeff, and jerry's kidney will definitely brighten up ones sunday evening. with the awesomeness of 'curb' understood and aside, what i am really looking forward to is hbo's newest 30 minute comedy noir called 'bored to death'. i am eagerly anticipating the jason schwartzman, zach galifianakis, and ted danson new york city stoner/private eye detective flick. this looks to be a thoughful, ironic, playful and very funny show.

hilarity will ensue with hbo's new line up and i for one wont have an issue moseying up to the television on sundays for the old 1-2 combo of 'curb' and 'bored'

hbo's 'bored to deat' trailer