Colon Blow: Nespresso Espresso!

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Nespresso Espresso!

Vacations are full of special experiences, memories and even sensory sensations. For the past few years, we have been vacationing with my sister and her husband (The TBFs) in Switzerland. One of the sensory sensations that always greets me when we wake up each morning at their home is the coffee that they make. It is very different than what I make at home and it is one of the ways that I finally come to realize that I am truly on vacation. The coffee that they make is more espresso tasting than what I brew at home. In previous years, they would brew it by using a Jura coffee maker. They have recently replaced it with a Nespresso machine. We were so impressed with how easy it was to use, we bought one last Sunday at Williams-Sonoma when we were out shopping with my sister (see my previous post). We fired it up today and enjoyed our first Nespresso coffee at our house!

Mind you, I will never give up my Starbucks coffee. However, it will be nice to have a Nespresso now and then while pretending I am vacationing in Europe. Nespresso, take me away!

5 Comments:

At 9:25 AM, June 11, 2007, The Big Finn said...: Now that you have a Nespresso machine, we're going to have to come up with something else at our apartment to help you realize that you are on vacation.
At 9:35 AM, June 11, 2007, CanadianSwiss said...: Nespresso makes excellent coffee. So.You getting the holiday/vacation feeling at home? ;)
At 6:54 PM, June 11, 2007, Mrs. TBF said...: Nice picture...glad to see you're enjoying the new toy! No need to give up Starbucks...they can coexist peacefully in your world.
At 5:27 PM, June 16, 2007, Unknown said...: Well I can say I absolutely love that machine too. Friends in Montreux work for Nestle and are big fans of the machine and the different flavors of espresso you can have...

I'm jealous, but maybe I'll make up for it by hitting the store while we are in California this beginning of July!
At 11:23 AM, June 17, 2007, Mark said...: Great purchase! Nothing beats the scent of freshly brewed espresso after waking up in the morning. Keep the holiday feeling coming!

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I had a colonoscopy, I sent the picture of my colon to my brother-in-law and he posted it on his blog! It also seemed like a cool name for a blog.

: Name: Colon Blow; Location: Northwest Suburb of, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Why Colon Blow? For several reasons. I am over 50, and because of that my doctor advised me to have a colonoscopy; a rite of passage that should be considered by all as proof that you have experienced much in your life, hence you might have wisdom, opinions, etc., to share. Another reason is that I sent the picture of my colon (top right of my blog) to my brother-in-law TBF, and he thought it was cool enough to post on his blog! Colon Blow is also a fictious cereal commercial spoof done by Phil Hartman on SNL(pic, top left of my blog), which I was reminded of when I went through my colonoscopy experience. Finally, I also think that much of what you read on blogs (mine included) would qualify as being rendered from an anal passage. I was born and raised in the northwest side of Chicago and have lived my entire life in the Chicagoland area. I have been married to a beautiful and wonderful woman for over 20 years and have been living in a suburb of Chicago for the past 12 years. We do not have children, unless you count the fish we sometimes have in our backyard pond. We enjoy traveling to Europe to visit my sister and her husband (The Big Finn) and spoiling our nieces and nephews.

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