Another typical Lisbon day. Morning at Copenhagen Coffee Lab to work and then over to Galerias in the afternoon. I had an unusually light task list today so I slipped out a little earlier than usual. One of my ongoing dilemmas with Lisbon is that everything closes for a spell in the afternoon. As a result, by the time I’m done working and hungry there is no place to eat that’s actually open. This dilemma led me into Palacio Chiado. It’s a similar concept to the Time Out Market. It’s an old palace that’s been renovated and now has four restaurants and seven bars (I think) throughout the building. When you come in you get a swipe card and then you just pay at the end on your way out. It’s a neat concept and the building is gorgeous. I just had a burger from the burger place inside but it was also very above standard. Or rather, the burger itself was just average and a little more well done than I like, but the preparation of the toppings for the burger (mushrooms, onion, bacon etc.) was done very well.

Word seems to have gotten out about Copenhagen Coffee Lab. During my morning time there today I ran into another two folks from our group. As usual I hung out there until the afternoon and then walked over to our Galerias work space. In the evening I went to Cafe Lisboa on the way home. It’s expensive by Lisbon standards (not by American) but it was excellent; octopus carpaccio and the Bras Cod were excellent.

Unusually, I had nothing on the docket today. Headed over to Tartine for brunch, although sadly it wasn’t as good as the first time. Strolled around town a bit and stopped into O’Gilins Irish Pub as I came back into my neighborhood and then had dinner at the nearby Time Out Market. Overall, a pretty uneventful day.

Another pretty low key day today. Started off, as usual, at Copenhagen Coffee Lab and worked there for awhile before heading over to our Galerias work space. Unfortunately, my motivation really waned on my way over and by the time I got there I decided that a better use of my time would be getting tacos. I had been meaning to check out Taqueria Pistola y Corazon anyway so I headed there. They had a great lunch special; nine Euros for a juice, chips & salsa, a quesadilla, three tacos and an espresso. And the tacos were very good. I’ll definitely be going back there for lunch. Wasn’t much help to my lack of motivation, though, so I just headed home and worked a bit from there for the rest of the day.

Another rather uneventful day today. Started off, as usual, with a stop at Copenhagen Coffee Lab (I really need to branch out…) and worked there for a while. Around lunch time there was a raw cooking demo/networking event at our Leap Center work space so I headed over to watch that. I had some errands to run before I needed to be settled in and working so I had to leave this a little early. I was hoping that I could find some ear plugs, which has been an ongoing quest, at the big shopping center near the work space. While wandering around that shopping center and reading an email on my phone I accidentally walked into Italian Republic and a waiter started trying to seat me. Not wanting to admit that I’d wandered in by accident because I was reading my phone I was forced to sit down and have lunch. I had been craving bolognese lately so I at least was able to get some. It was kind of a quick mall concept type place so mostly unremarkable. Afterwards, I succeeded in my quest to find ear plugs. Upon returning to Leap I discovered that the internet was down so after a bit I just resigned myself to heading home and working from there for the rest of the day.

A relatively uneventful day today. Grabbed coffee at my usual Copenhagen Coffee Lab on the walk over to our Galerias work space. In the morning we had a little business development work shop and then we had a town hall meeting and a little celebration for crossing the 100 mark. I worked at the office for a while but was feeling unusually tired so I headed home to work for the rest of the day and had a quick dinner at Time Out Market. The proximity of that place to my home is really hampering my motivation to explore other places to eat.

A pretty uneventful day today. Swung by my favorite Copenhagen Coffee and then to our nifty Galerias work space and basically worked all day. In the evening my sudden need for some internet access took me into O’Gilins pub which had a decently good Irish Pub feel but certainly wasn’t anything to write home about. Then it was home to try and fall asleep before the nightly raging party started in the streets outside my window.

I didn’t get much sleep last night so today was a pretty low key day dominated by catching up on work that I let slide over the weekend. I headed over to my favorite Lisbon haunt; Copenhagen Coffee Lab (a productive improvement over my favorite London haunt; Scarfes Bar) and worked there for most of the day. I had a late lunch/early dinner at my other Lisbon staple; TIme Out Market and then dozed off while trying to catch up on the reading elements of work.

A more relaxed pace today as we spent the first half just lounging at Praia da Mata and the beaches in that same string. We tried to go over to Belen in the evening but it was completely overrun with tourists so we went back to our neck of the woods and had the best sangria I’ve ever had at some little wine bar before going to dinner at The Decadente.