I’m such a mean girl. On Sunday, I drove down to Venice to check out the new Intelligentsia Coffee shop only to find it closed. The torturous sight of a few people wandering around inside was made worse when you figured out that they were employees training on how to make the best espresso in Los Angeles. As a former Seattleite, I am very, very picky about my coffee and have been waiting for something like this to open on this side of the earth.

