1. Thanks to Paul driving Carol and me to the Shoshone Medical Center clinic in Smelterville, we met Christy, piled into her Sube, and our February sibling outing began.
Christy was in charge of our February outing and she planned a DOMA day -- that is, a visit, first to the DOMA Coffee Lab and then lunch at the DOMA Cafe.
DOMA is a coffee business founded by Kellogg High School graduate Terry Patano and his wife, Rebecca. Recently, he sold the business, but the aesthetics, ethics, and devotion to quality coffee drinks and, now, food that he established lives on.
I found the setting and atmosphere at the DOMA Coffee Lab relaxing and especially enjoyed that DOMA features house music played on vinyl records.
I honestly don't remember the last time I went to a coffee shop that served its drinks in ceramic cups rather than paper ones. I enjoyed the traditional Macchiato I ordered Monday at the Sacred Heart hospital Thomas Hammer coffee bar, but when I made the same order today, I loved having my single shot of espresso topped with a thin layer of foam come to me in a tiny ceramic handleless cup with a tiny spoon to stir it up if I wanted to (I didn't).
2. The DOMA Cafe turned out to be another handsome spot, located very near the Centennial Trail and close to the Spokane River. At this spot, I ordered a cappuccino and, once again, I felt a jolt of pleasure when it came to the counter in a ceramic, handleless cup.
I thoroughly enjoyed the turkey sandwich I ordered, especially the bread. It was crusty white bread. Its texture was perfect and it deliciously complimented the ingredients in the sandwich itself which I cannot recite as I write this.
We sat at a counter looking out windows on to the river.
A studious looking young man sat a little ways down from us.
He had two books: a novel by Cormac McCarthy (I didn't see the title) and a book I didn't know existed entitled The Making of a Story: A Norton Guide to Creative Writing.
I thought, yeah, if I lived in or closer to CdA, I'd come to either of the DOMA locations to read and enjoy a coffee drink or two while enjoying my book. Chances would be good that I could do so anonymously since I don't know many people in CdA.
No one approached this guy. He was laser focused on something on his laptop, had two great looking books, and seemed to be enjoying his coffee.
I liked that.
3. Back in Kellogg, after a fairly quick shopping trip with Christy and Carol to Trader Joe's, I went to work almost immediately on preparing dinner.
I took a block of tofu out of the fridge, diced it, and wrapped the tofu in paper towels to draw water out of it.
A bit later, I baked the tofu for a while and, at the same time, sliced or chopped white onion, zucchini, yellow squash, red pepper, cabbage, and cilantro. I also prepared sugar peas and got out fresh spinach.
I cooked a pot of basmati rice and got out the wok and stir fried the tofu and the vegetables and before long our stir fried dinner was ready to eat and I put out three different sauces to try out on our food.
I didn't put any of the Peanut Satay or Green Dragon Hot Sauce on mine, but tried out the General Tsao Stir Fry Sauce and liked it a lot.
So did Debbie.
What a great coffee and food day! Much of it with my sisters! It was great on the road and was great back at home!
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