Last Wednesday evening friends of ours from Arizona in the States arrived in PE on the late flight from Joburg to spend a month visiting with us. Despite some hard core jet lag after a day and a half of traveling and a 9 hour time difference, our friends Jackie and David, were up and ready for the Crawl bright and early on Thursday morning! Jackie is a regular reader of the PECC blog. In June, 2011 after reading post #17 on Sacramento Jackie decided that should she ever have the opportunity to vacation here she definitely wanted to visit this Schoenies establishment. As luck would have it Sacramento just happened to be the next Revisit in the queue for last Thursday's Crawl! Couldn't have planned it better.
Sacramento is situated on Marine Drive in Schoenmakerskop with an amazing view of the ocean....what a perfect introduction to the area for our guests!
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| The view of the ocean from Sacramento |
Things are pretty much the same at Sacramento since our first Crawl there in 2011 (see June 4, 2011 post). Mark de la Peyre is still the owner, and delicious breakfast/lunch/dinner selections are Caturra brand coffee still make up the extensive menu. My favorite part of visiting Sacramento is the nautical themed decor that goes along with the featured story of the 1647 Portuguese Galleon shipwreck on the inside cover of the menu.
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| The shipwreck story |
Sacramento's hours are Tues, Thurs, Sun, 9-5; Wed, Fri, Sat, 9-9; closed on Monday.
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| Meet the Barista Quintin |
There were 21 other Crawlers on Thursday at Sacramento joining me in welcoming Jackie and David to South Africa, PE, and the Coffee Crawl. Dale Mitchell, Margaret Zoetmulder, Margaret Marshall, Beth Vieira, June and Cayle Nash, Leanne Waller, Stella (Ace) and Beryl Dawson, Sylvia Mynhardt, Lee Rodwell, Celeste Hudson, Gail Darne, Jackie and David Dudek, Colleen LeRoux, Myrl Venter, Fran and Keith de Beer, newcomer Gerry Gnadt, Nicoletta Emmens, Janny Meierink, Pierrette De Winne and I had an incredible morning at the Crawl with the lovely weather, Sacramento's inviting atmosphere, and our charming and efficient barista Quintin. What better way for our guests to begin their South African adventure?
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| Thursday's Crawlers Fran, David, Beth, Margaret M., Colleen, Myrl, Jackie |
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| More of Thursday's Crawlers Beryl, Stella (Ace), June, Gail, Sylvia, Leanne, Nicoletta, Janny, Lee, Celeste, Pierrette not pictured - Keith, Cayle, Dale, Gerry |
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| And because missed the group pic.... Margaret Z. and David |
To PECC readers....I won't be posting for the next few weeks. Lou and I are taking our guests on a road trip to see a bit of the country....perhaps we'll come across some cool coffee shops along the way. Just before we depart, though, the Crawlers will meet on Thursday, March 13 for our 4th Annual St. Patrick's Day Crawl (starting the celebration a little early!) at Keg and Swan in Sunridge at 10:00 a.m. If you're out and about stop in and join us for an Irish coffee! I'm sending out a special invitation to Firefly/Jonker F. to join us.....you have been such a faithful supporter of the Coffee Crawl blog and we'd all love to meet you!
~Thank you to Barista Quintin....absolutely amazing coffee and service on Thursday!
~Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone!!!!! - March 17
~A special Happy St. Patrick's Day to all the descendants of Buzz and Katie O'Hara!
Lots of birthday wishes.........
~Happy Birthday to Crawler Mandy de Beer in Guernsey - March 15
~Happy Birthday to Crawler Fran de Beer - March 22
~Happy Birthday to Crawler Margaret Zoetmulder - March 22
~Happy Birthday to Crawler Arthur Marshall - March 22
~Happy Birthday to Crawler Margaret Marshall - Marsh 25
~Happy Birthday to my nephew Brenden in Binghamton, NY - March 28
~Happy Birthday to Crawler Jenny Fowler in Durban - March 31
Until the beginning of April,
Ellen
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| The only three who got the memo about a uniform for the day Stella (Ace), Jackie, Beryl |
It was an awesome experience to be able to participate in the crawl! We just loved meeting everyone and partaking in some wonderful South African tea!
ReplyDeleteSorry, I've been out of town for a week and didn't see this post. Would love to still make one of the crawls some time.
ReplyDeleteThe Dudeks are now PE celebrities!
ReplyDeletePopped by the Sacramento on Sunday for milkshakes and to reminisce a little bit. I started working there when I was studying and met my wife there so we decided it was time to pop in and have a look around. Not much have changed there in the last 14 years
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