Triple X+1

The mister and I celebrated our 31st wedding anniversary last Saturday.

Reaching this milestone, I am very sure that my father would be really proud of me and Jay. Like I wrote in some of my previous posts, my Papang was worried about Jay as my boyfriend when we were 18 years old. My family, relatives, some friends, and most neighbors knew that I had an attitude and temper. I admit that I was difficult to deal with. I didn't communicate my thoughts and feelings gently but expressed them in anger. I had childhood trauma that I had to manage with, unload, and heal. No one knew about it but Jay.

But here we are! We're on our 36th year of friendship and 31st year of tried-and-tested marriage.

We didn't really have plans of going out of town until my little sister decided to take her favorite nephew (our son) to a baseball game in Baltimore.

We left earlier than agreed because of the NO KING protest in the city.

Traffic wasn't really that bad, but finding a spot to drop them off near the stadium wasn't easy. 

Eventually we succeeded and dropped them at the nearest gate we passed by.

They got in the stadium with enough time for them to get settled, buy souvenirs, and get their food before the game started. The Baltimore Orioles were playing against the Minnesota Twins.

We headed to Artifact Coffee after. We are frequenters of this coffee shop when we're in the city. 

We were very lucky to find a table for two the moment we entered the shop. The place was packed, and the people arriving after us took so much time to find a vacant table. 

I had a cappuccino, and Jay had their cortado.

We also shared a serving of their crustless squash quiche. 

The quiche was to die for. It was so much better than the spinach quiche I've tried.

While still dining, I was already on the internet looking for a recipe. I really want to try making this at home.

It'll be very soon!

Artifact Coffee

Artifact Coffee is an independent rustic coffee shop in Union Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland. The mister took me to lunch here one Saturday in June. It is located in an old stone mill built in 1866 that was considered the largest producer of cotton duck in the world. Now, the Union Mill houses commercial and living spaces.




Vietnamese iced coffee ($4.50) and  Japanese style iced coffee ($4.50).


Asparagus, fish pepper, scallion quiche. $8.


White chili, chicken, hominy, charred onion served with corn bread. $11.


Vegetable Bahn Mi (marinated tofu, mayo, cilantro on baguette). $11


First time I tried hominy. I honestly wondered why the corn kernels were huge, and how they cracked them. I thought it was a different type of corn. Then, I learned it's dried corn kernel, then treated by soaking it in lye bath. I don't know what's a lye bath, but that's what it says on the internet. Lye bath?! That sounds poisonous. Hehehe.


Macchiato. $3


Everything here was love. We didn't expect to get enormous servings. One dish was actually enough for the two of us. I can't wait to take our human cubs to dine here in our next trip to Baltimore.


Artifact Coffee
1500 Union Ave
Baltimore, MD 21211
Phone: (410) 235-1881