After all the excitement of our Traveling Tribe holidays, I quickly preceded to get sick. I've had the worst case of hacking cough of my whole live long life. What was needed was just a quiet day of resting, reading and coffee. 

Such a place was found in this lovely cafe inspired by Portugal.

Cafe trips are best achieved when everyone brings enough books and art supplies to last us a spell. We sort of just move into our space.

A bit later all of this reading and creating made us ravenously hungry but what to eat? Where a coffee had hit the spot earlier, severe hunger was beckoning to us now.

For one who's head, nose, and chest were stuffed to the max, something light on the stomach and nurturing at the same time was needed. The salad special was in order….lentil and greek salads hit the spot just perfectly.

I was thankful to have this quiet afternoon with no demands. The only place to be was with a few members of my sweet family having a cafe afternoon.