ann's coffe shop

this morning elle and i were off to palo alto/menlo park to check out some neighborhoods in our continued search for a new home. lucky for us we had an excellent tour guide who has lived in the vicinity on and off for a long time. it was so nice of her to take time out of her day to show us around. it really helped having an expert of the area with us to and i was grateful that she shared her 2 cents on areas and locations!! it may not have seemed like it at the time though since i started feeling queasy during our drive. i think i was too involved with looking at all the surroundings that i got a little motion sick. i guess it didn't help that i was reading the newspaper adds to also see what was available. i was too embarrassed at the time to say anything but i did have a small moment of panic in the car. thankfully about that time we'd decided to stop for a bite to eat. after getting out of the car to walk to our destination i continued to have the uneasy feeling in my belly. i stepped a few paces behind just in case i had to stop and i decided i better say something now or i'm gonna look really dumb if this turns into something more than just queasiness. about that time we had reached ann's coffee shop and i was feeling slightly better from the fresh air and even better once i sat down.once i saw the old dinner/coffee shop i things all went back to normal and i was suddenly ready to eat. i'm glad my stomach is strong willed because it was able to grab control over this situation. i guess for me it's stomach over matter. both elle and our lovely tour guide ordered breakfast but i settled on a patty melt. all deliciousness aside i feel like a patty melt is great item to try at a new dinner. it’s something simple enough that it’s hard to screw up yet if done right you know the other menu items are most likely good. it starts with a burger patty, grilled onions and swiss cheese sandwiched between two slices of rye bread. then it gets pan fried to perfection so the cheese has a chance to melt. tell me what doesn’t sound good about that? especially coming from a dinner where everything is generally coated with butter. it’s normally sided with french fries but today it came with both potato salad and coleslaw. i was happy for the change and the potato salad was really good but the coleslaw was just ok. i could’ve done without the slaw for an extra scoop of the potatoes but my patty melt was really good and i will be returning to try something else off the menu. while paying for the bill a brownie caught my eye so i got a few cookies and a brownie from the case at the register. i felt that the cookies were dry and they lacked in flavor but the brownie was great.