This is a 2003 Volkswagen euro van weekender in dirty white. It has a pop
top feature for vagabond comfort and a fabric interior that captures the smell
of wet dog and patchouli oil. If the van alone doesn't tell people that you
prefer infrequent bathing to a steady paycheck then customize it with a
library of bumper stickers and prayer flags so that it goes over no one's head
that Ruth Bader Ginsburg is your hero. It's a great vehicle for those working
in the creative industry since they don't make parts for it anymore and
you're gonna have to get creative trying to fix it. That's why it makes the
perfect media van for us. Two photographers trying to convince
ourselves life is more about experiences than money. This is The Adventures of
Jon and Chad, in a van, getting coffee. So here we are Chad beautiful day in Boise.
It just stopped snowing. It was dumping this morning. And obviously one of my favorite
things to do on a cold, January, Boise day is go get some coffee. So today
we're gonna hit three of our
favorite coffee shops in Boise. Our first stop is going to be our downtown stop
and that is the classic Flying M coffee shop. Yes its been here forever
got a great following, they also have a funky little store there. You can buy
some little knickknacks in. There are also some r-rated knickknacks there. You
know the Pacific Northwest we love being weird you know.
We really embrace our freak flag and we let it fly and Flying M is Boise's
weird, fun, coffee shop. Yeah exactly. Now, also, can we talk a little bit about
this van here. It smells like dog hair and patchouli oil in here. What is going
on? Well the patchouli oil would be the dog and the dog hair would be my wife, wait...
I'm sorry this also worth a note is the media van that you and I have been able
to you know sleep in so comfortably and travel around the state of Idaho so
efficiently. Here's the lovely night we had in a media van I slept up top. Jon
slept in the bottom. I mean it's like you're sleeping on seat belt buckles.
Are we going left? Yeah. Look at this, look at this.
What? Oh. There's another one. Oh yeah. That's the classic version right
there. Here we are at Flying M in downtown Boise and I'm having one of their most
popular drinks because they use a dilettante dark truffle chocolate in
they're mochas, it's a little bit less sweet. Jon is having a unique new drink
that's being offered now. It's black coffee with CBD. I don't taste the CBD.
This is a medium roast you know me I like my medium roast. This is so good this is so good.
Really let me try. Can I curse on camera? Yeah. This is so effen good.
That's your curse? I'll just keep it clean. I don't like mochas because they're super
sweet a lot of times my girls love them they get them they used to like them, but
that is not sweet, that's a decadent. That's really good. So listen why did they call
it the Flying M? I'm glad you asked Chad the Flying M, it's
called the Flying M as we just learned, because the original owners owned a
ranch in the Pacific Northwest. Their last name starts with an M and they
branded their cattle, their livestock with a Big M with wings. So hence the
logo on the Flying M. And above the coffee bar in there they
have some of the original prints from the ranch that has the brand burned into
the fence. Hey Lisa, hey you're on camera all the time you
want to sit down here and talk to us about the Flying M for a second? So here we
are Flying M, and met a local celebrity Lisa Sanchez that's on the Boise City
Council. A lot of my planning for my campaign happened here at the Flying M.
It's like my office away from City Hall cuz I'm a downtown girl like I don't
care if you have to wait in line to get in somewhere I love downtown so I think
there's quite a number of folks that this is our little home. They do, they
live, work, and play in downtown. So it's very vibrant I feel the love coming to
Flying M. I'm a little concerned about Jon and the CBD, he just seems way too
mellow. I didn't tell you this but they said we usually put one scoop in I said
make it four. Jon needs to calm down. I'm very calm, oh. Yeah, the van rides like a van.
Cheers. So here's what I wanna know. First of all, I drink two pots of coffee a day.
You're a 1 cup a day kind of guy. I've kind of two cups in the morning. How do
you feel? Yeah. Now we're at Java. We're at Java. Full breakfast, lunch menu. The nice
thing about Java is they have delicious food some of the things on the menu
are confetti eggs. One of my favorite things to get here is the avocado toast.
It's delicious nice meal avocado squished over some lovely toast.
I like the fact that it's an old house. I mean my favorite part of Hyde Park is
that these old houses have been converted into restaurants and
businesses and so on and that's the coolest part about this neighborhood and
the coolest part about this coffee shop. Though I dig Flying M and being
downtown. Downtown has an energy that's way up here and this one is a nice
laid-back energy. I did want to say this, we're highlighting three coffee shops
today. There are plenty of great coffee shops in the Boise area.
This is Poppy Seed Bakery and we are partial to it because our studio is
right next door. This is the coffee shop we like to go to. These are our friends.
It's nice when the person your barista knows your name or knows what you want
and says hey Chad you want that, or whatever it is they start
to know people and that's one thing I think obviously we have here. The whole
place is cozy the way they've decorated it and this area honestly
it just it feels like you're in somebody's house. They have breakfast
items and lunch items all handmade. You come here you're all coffee'd out you've
been drinking coffee all morning or meeting your friend for a brunch or a
lunch they serve the mimosas as well. Sometimes when we're at work in the
studio, by the afternoon I'm like, what is wrong with Chad? And now I
know. You've been sneakin mimosas over. I'm just having
another coffee Jon. Check out more things to do and places to visit in
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for watching, and we'll see you next time. Coffee toast.