Eastwood

As I mentioned in a previous post, our home is in walking distance of several business districts. One of those is Eastwood. I actually haven't yet walked there from my home, but Google Maps says it is about 15 minutes away.

A couple of weeks ago my husband and I parked at Eastwood, and explored the neighborhood. While we couldn't find a coffee shop farther west than Cafe Kubal (a 30-minute walk from our place), we did come across a couple of cool used bookstores, several bars, a Philly cheese steak shop, a burger joint, a Seven-Eleven, the post office, the old Palace movie theater (which today is used mainly for events/concerts, but also sometimes shows movies), a couple drugstores, and quite a few hair salons (that seems to be a reoccurring theme in these parts!).

Books and DVDs I purchased at Books & Melodies used bookstore

Also, if you go a little farther to the East (in the direction of Cafe Kubal), you'll encounter a Byrne Dairy (yummy milk, and it apparently has an ice cream bar too), another ice cream place with nice outdoor seating, a city library branch, some churches, etc.

All in all there are quite a few destinations in Eastwood, but what my husband and I really feel is lacking is a coffee shop in the western portion of Eastwood. Perhaps we will discover that the Seven-Eleven or a smoke shop I forgot to mention earlier have delicious coffee as well as nice spaces for enjoying that coffee. But until we learn of these secrets, we'll have to settle for the longer trip to Cafe Kubal or the 15-minute walk to Shop City (where there's a McDonald's and Dunkin' Donuts).

While at the Westcott Cultural Fair on Sunday, I overheard someone say there's a great tai chi place in Eastwood (which reminds me there's apparently also a small gym in Eastwood). Between all of these businesses and the fact that the Eastwood Neighborhood Association seems quite active (right now they are really pushing a 5-mile road race on October 26), I'm excited to better acquaint myself with this neighborhood!