satisfying cravings

i have very satisfying cravings and i enjoy satisfying them at our favourite coffee place in kansas city, the crave cafe

see the photograph of me entering said cafe to extinguish aforementioned cravings



this place is cool in that laid back, slacker, pot-smoking, studenty fashion, but without the mess and the cannibis - and the graffitti in the toilet is refreshingly free of the usual pornographic drawings and comments you tend to see these days - they go for the old classics here such as, 'don't throw tooth picks down the toilet as crabs can pole-vault'

so here i am satisfying my cravings with a hot chocolate and a rice krispie marshmallow block, made in the same way as chocolate rice krispies, the krispies being mixed with melted marshmallow and then left to cool and set - scrumptious - note the big dollop of cream on the hot chocolate and then you'll see why i've put on weight yet again...



it's a cosy little place on two floors, the upstairs where we never venture being set aside for smokers (presumably of tobacco) - it has three little rooms leading into each other from the serving area, each with its own comfy, sink-into sofa - sofa so good, i say

we usually get our respective drinks and marshmallow blocks and make our way to the front part overlooking the road where we sit on one of the comfy sofas - the view from which is something like this...



we've spent hours here over the last few weeks, sipping coffee, chewing marshmallow and crunching rice krispies and discussing weighty philosophical problems and interior design - all to the soundtrack of american indie bands which play in the background

we got quite melancholy yesterday as it was our last visit - they were playing one of my favourite american indie bands from new york, interpol - a retro sounding group influenced by the likes of joy division, kitchens of distinction, etc

we drank our hot chocolate, took these pictures, remarked that we'd both put on weight over the last three months, despite our best efforts at the gym, said our goodbyes and drove home through the twilight streets lined with trees shedding their brown leaves onto the road

goodbye crave cafe - it's been 'awesome'