Gloria Jeans Coffees in Makati Avenue, central Manila offers fine brewed coffee plus the de riguer range of pastries for a late 20th century style coffee shop. It earnt my patronage as the second stop of the morning behind a vegetable laden breakfast roll a few doors along the avenue at Subway. The internet connection at the Australian franchised coffee house was reliable and fast allowing me to collect email, chat, blog and continue experimenting with the google web tools. GJ Coffees hovers at the Gloriettas outer edge and offers a pleasant outlook across the minipark towards the ignominous Shangri La Hotel. If inspiration waned a glance toward the park re ignited thought processes. A constant stream of shoppers and shop workers along the GJ Coffees frontage make those quiet moments a people watchers haven. Manila’s Hard Rock Cafe and Friday’s restaurant reside in the same block and indelibly mark this stretch as a pinnacle of F&B oriented R&R in the heart of Manila’s business district.
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Down The Road 